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The greatest supergroup that never was... The Yardbirds had many radio hits of the 60's (Heart Full of Soul, For Your Love, Evil Hearted You, Shapes of Things, Over Under Sideways Down), and had three of the best guitarists play for them at one time... Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, & Jimmy Page. Lead vocalist Keith Relf had a distinctive voice and was a chick magnet at live shows, and could play a mean harmonica, but they never reached the level of greatness. That would have to wait for the Peter Grant era, for after he took over management of the band, they morphed into the great Led Zeppelin. I have a video of the song 'I'm Confused' which was done in their later live shows. The vocal arrangement is different than its later version on Led Zeppelin I called Dazed & Confused, but it had Jimmy using the bow on his guitar!
Some of the best jams of the day were the Yardbirds.... Smokestack Lightning, Train-Kept-a-rollin, Lost Woman. Many of these songs were later done by others (Aerosmith doing Train-Kept-a-rollin, James Gang doing Lost Woman) and were made famous by those bands, but still, the Yardbirds hold a special place in my musical library with their depth and different styles.
If you have not heard much of their stuff then I highly recommend giving them a listen. The CD 'Roger the Engineer' is a good one to get.
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