The Yardbirds

Jeff was so hard up he didn't own a guitar when he joined The Yardbirds.

54 years ago today Eric Clapton got invitation from Keith Relf a college friend and singer of The Yardbirds to join the band and play lead guitar.

A new album that includes previously unreleased Yardbirds material from 1968 will be released later this year.

The Yardbirds are getting ready to record their next album.

On Eric Clapton’s suggestion, the Yardbirds initially approached a session guitarist they knew as a possible replacement. Jimmy Page instead suggested Jeff Beck.

More than 20 years after the band's reunion -- and weathering countless lineup changes along the way -- the Yardbirds appear to be back in limbo, at least temporarily.

This week back in 1965, The Yardbirds another band from the British Invasion of Rock were hitting the shores of America. The Yardbirds with their single “For Your Love” was entering the charts on its way to #6. The song featured both Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck on guitar.

Gypie Mayo, who played guitar for Dr. Feelgood and the reunited Yardbirds, has passed away. He was 62.

To the best of my knowledge this is the first appearance of Psychedelic rock guitar licks. Its Jeff Beck playing lead guitar with The Yardbirds doing "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"