After decades of driving the sound of the prototypical hard rock band, the group generally acknowledged as the ones who inspired the whole heavy metal genre with their dynamic sound, Jim McCarty is ...

Nearly 60 years after forming a legendary rock band, with some so-famous alum, the original drummer is kicking off a new tour with the Yardbirds, and starting right here on Cape Cod. See Jim McCarty's ...

Chris Dreja, one of the five original members of the Yardbirds, has died. The guitarist was 79. His death was confirmed by his sister-in-law, Muriel Levy, on Threads. “This is with a deep sadness that ...

HARTFORD >> It may be hard to believe that The Yardbirds, one of the most influential of all the British Invasion blues-based rock bands — the band that gave us Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck AND Jimmy Page ...

Guitar legends Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page are the three most famous alumni of The Yardbirds, the pioneering English blues-rock band that was formed in 1963, gave birth to Led Zeppelin in ...

Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith, Top Topham, Jim McCarty, and Chris Dreja are the original members of the Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton soon replacing Topham. After Clapton left the Yardbirds, the band ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Clash writes about extreme adventure and classic rock. In Part 1 and Part 2 of this interview series with Yardbirds drummer ...

One of the most inventive bands ever is on tour playing songs from its first studio album in 36 years. Talk about an intermission. The band’s influence is so great it couldn’t possibly be truly ...

As advice to anyone building a collection of live recordings, one could scarcely go wrong with the acknowledged classics--sets by Otis Redding, the Who, the Stones' Get YerYa-Ya's Out! Combined with a ...

At 81 years old, Jim McCarty, the drummer for The Yardbirds, will be incorporating storytelling into the band's upcoming tour. The Yardbirds are known for having three legendary guitarists in the band ...