Public Service Announcement…<\/p>\n
PRESS RELEASE:<\/p>\n
Which British band once included three of the greatest guitarists of all time? THE YARDBIRDS<\/b>. Eric Clapton<\/b>, Jeff Beck<\/b> and Jimmy Page<\/b> all served time in the group.<\/p>\n
Now The Yardbirds<\/b> are back with a new lineup, ready to rock. Founding member and drummer JIM McCARTY<\/b> is the keeper of the flame, and he\u2019s brought back the Yardbirds\u2019<\/b> first guitarist, TOP TOPHAM<\/b>! He was in the band before Clapton and had to leave because his parents didn\u2019t approve of his career choice. Top<\/b> was an art student and had to continue with his studies. Enter another art student from the same secondary school, Eric Clapton, and you know what happened from there. Top<\/b> is now happy to leave his paintbrush home and play the blues.<\/p>\n
The rest of the Yardbirds<\/b> now also includes bassist KENNY AARONSON<\/b> (Bob Dylan, David Gilmour), MYKE SCAVONE<\/b> (singer, Ram Jam) on blues harp, vocals and percussion along with lead guitarist and singer JOHN IDAN<\/b> who was on The Yardbirds\u2019<\/b> critically acclaimed 2003 album, Birdland<\/i>.<\/p>\n
JIM McCARTY<\/b> is a textbook on rock history unto himself. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member co-founded The Yardbirds<\/b> in London in 1963 with singer KEITH RELF<\/b>, rhythm guitarist CHRIS DREJA<\/b>, bassist PAUL SAMWELL-SMITH<\/b> and lead guitarist TOP TOPHAM<\/b>. They first called themselves the Metropolitan Blues Quartet and then the Blue-Sounds before settling on The Yardbirds<\/b> as a tribute to jazz sax legend CHARLIE PARKER, and the hobos who hung around the London train yards waiting to hop a freight. Top<\/b> left and was replaced by ERIC CLAPTON. The band\u2019s first album \u201cFive Live Yardbirds\u201d was recorded at London\u2019s Marquee Club and really captured the group\u2019s manic live sound. After a few pop singles, Clapton split and JEFF BECK came aboard. Then JIMMY PAGE joined up, first as a bass player, then took over lead guitar when Jeff left to start a solo career. When the entire rest of the group quit in 1968, Page went on to form LED ZEPPELIN.<\/p>\n
When The Yardbirds<\/b> first came to America, they were shocked that the kids had never heard of the American blues and R&B artists that were worshipped in the UK. But, thanks to The Yardbirds\u2019<\/b> versions of BO DIDDLEY\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m A Man,\u201d HOWLIN\u2019 WOLF\u2019s \u201cSmokestack Lightning\u201d and CHUCK BERRY\u2019s \u201cToo Much Monkey Business,\u201d those original artists finally got airplay on white radio in the U.S.A.<\/p>\n
To celebrate the 25th<\/sup><\/span> anniversary of The Yardbirds<\/b> in 1985, Jim<\/b> hooked up with Chris Dreja and Paul Samwell-Smith for a pair of shows at London\u2019s Marquee Club where the band recorded its debut album. They had such a good time that they put together a new band, BOX OF FROGS<\/b> and recorded two albums under the name with some help from Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck.<\/p>\n Here we are today with Jim<\/b> and The Yardbirds<\/b> back again. This lineup is very exciting, especially with Top Topham<\/b> back in the group after playing a few gigs last year with a different edition of the band. The Yardbirds<\/b> are hitting the road. More dates to be announced shortly.<\/p>\n Yardbirds Tour Dates:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Friday, April 3 – Norfolk, CT – Infinity Hall<\/p>\n Saturday, April 4 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun<\/p>\n Monday, April 6 – New York, NY – BB King Blues Club & Grill<\/p>\n Thursday, April 9 – Bethlehem, PA – Musikfest Cafe<\/p>\n Friday, April 10 – Beverley, MA – Larcom Theatre<\/p>\n Saturday, April 11 – Plymouth, NH \u2013 The Flying Monkey<\/p>\n Sunday, April 12 – Newton, NJ \u2013 The Newton Theatre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Public Service Announcement… PRESS RELEASE: Which British band once included three of the greatest guitarists of all time? THE YARDBIRDS. Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page all served time in the group. Now The Yardbirds are back with a new lineup, ready to rock. Founding member and drummer JIM McCARTY is the keeper of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4034],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theyardbirds2015.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50610"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51051,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50610\/revisions\/51051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}