The Yardbirds (General Discussion Thread) - Steve Hoffman Music Forums I know, of course, that The Yardbirds launched 3 of rock's greatest guitarists (Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page) but I was listening to top-40 radio in the U S at the time (as a pre-teen) and had only a passing acquaintance with some of the Yardbird songs
The Yardbirds Still Im Sad: the oddest rock record of 1965? The mid-60s UK scene was one of the most vibrant and creative ever It's thoroughly stupid to dismiss the Yardbirds as a footnote to the careers of Beck and Clapton "Shapes Of Things" and "Still I'm Sad" especially are important and great pop records Those were the days when a group could write a song like "Still I'm Sad", do it as a rock Gregorian chant and throw it at the Top 40 The