Product Description

This is the definitive work on the seminal '60s British rock band that produced a trio of guitar heroes and two of the world's biggest supergroups - Cream and Led Zeppelin. Although together for only five years, The Yardbirds exerted tremendous influence on the music and style of the times and for decades beyond. Their impact has been felt throughout the rock genre, from psychedelia to blues-rock, heavy metal, and the music of today's jam bands. The Yardbirds came from privileged, middle-class England, embraced the soulful music of the USA's African American South, and helped re-import it back into the States as the embryo of heavy metal music. In the process, the band produced three of the world's greatest guitar heroes: Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck. Sensitively written, with evocative photographs from the era, The Yardbirds offers an essential piece of the late-20th century pop jigsaw puzzle.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #464602 in Books
• Published on: 2002-08-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

About the Author
Alan Clayson is a professional musician, composer, performer, and writer. He is the author of numerous books on music, including the best-selling Backbeat, on which a major film about The Beatles was based. Clayson has also written for The Times, The Guardian, Record Collector, and several other music magazines.

Customer Reviews

A Yardbirds fan
I wanted to find out more about their productive years and what they are up to now.This book is beautifully produced with a very good layout and images. However, the content is very poor.

The list of disks was openly lifted from another publication and had not been updated with any of the current material despite many references to them in the text.
The author has clearly spent a lot of time talking to the various members of the group and their contemporaries. He has failed to get over their views. Instead, I feel I have a very good idea of what the author thinks they meant.The sentences were long and unclear. I constantly found I was re-reading sections and still didn't know what point or fact he was actually trying to convey.

I read this book on holiday.
Will I go back to it?
yes to look at,
no to read.

This book is excellent if you have a large coffee stain that needs to be hidden or you like looking at pictures.
I think this book is poor if you want information.