Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith, Top Topham, Jim McCarty, and Chris Dreja are the original members of the Yardbirds. Relf and Samwell-Smith played together in a band called Metropolitan Blues Quartet.

His bandmates were 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 ...

Star power or not, The Yardbirds were ahead of their time. And that might be the reason five decades later, time hasn't passed them by. From 1963 to 1968, The Yardbirds were one of rock's most ...

Jim McCarty has the distinction of being the only member of The Yardbirds to perform in every iteration of the group since it first took flight in 1963. He is also the only remaining founding member ...