The Yardbirds : the band that launched Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page / Alan Clayson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clayson, Alan.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yardbirds (Musical group).

Rock musicians--Great Britain--Biography.

Rock musicians.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Backbeat Books ; London : Hi Marketing, 2002.

Summary:

Lasting just five years, the original Yardbirds had a tremendous impact on 1960s music and culture in America and England. Featuring 100 evocative photos in color and b&w, this biography explores those years and also the post-Yardbirds careers of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page, plus today's Yardbirds incarnation led by original drummer Jim McCarty.

Contents:

Prologue: You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover 6

1 Happenings Ten Years Time Ago 10

The Pictures 17

2 Ever Since The World Began 34

3 Drinking Muddy Water 44

4 Boom Boom 56

5 Got To Hurry 64

6 For Your Love 72

7 The Train Kept A-Rollin' 80

8 Too Much Monkey Business 90

9 Psycho Daisies 100

10 Farewell 110

11 Line Of Least Resistance 122

12 All The Falling Angels 130

13 A Box Of Frogs 139

14 Signs From An Age Gone By 148

Epilogue: Out Of The Dark 156

Yardbirds Diary: All the gigs and recordings from June '63-Oct '68 160.

Notes:

Includes discographical references (pages 196-200) and index.

ISBN:

0879307242

OCLC:

50101679