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Still Alive And Kicking: A Conversation With Jim McCarty Of The Yardbirds

YB

The Yardbirds. Yes, the very same seminal 60’s rock outfit that helped to spawn the careers of not one, not two, but three of the most legendary guitar players in history – Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck ...


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Jeff Beck To Be Crowned Classic Rock's Living Legend

Jeff Beck

Guitar great Jeff Beck is set to be honored as a living legend by editors at Classic Rock magazine. The music icon, a former member of British super-group the Yardbirds, will follow in the footst...


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Do The Standing Still: Five Songs About Disinterested Concert Goers

Arcade_Fire

It’s been an ongoing phenomenon at concert halls and clubs for years: audience members who, in spite of booming rhythms or funky beats, spend the evening just kind of standing there. Sometimes you’...


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Jeff Beck Kills Off 'Spinal Tap' Rumor

Jeff Beck

Guitar legend Jeff Beck has silenced one of the longest-running rumors in rock - he was not the inspiration for This Is Spinal Tap. The former Yardbirds star has long been linked to the spoof docum...


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Celebrity Birthdays, June 24

Petra Nemcova

Happy Birthday to singer/actress Solange Knowles (1986), Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova (1979), actor Joe Penny (1956), "Robocop" star Peter Weller (1947), Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck (1944), and...


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Late Stars Remembered At Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction

Run DMC

Metallica, Run-DMC, Jeff Beck and Bobby Womack entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday at an emotional ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio. Red Hot Chili Peppers rocker Flea inducted headl...


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Celebrity Birthdays, June 24

Petra Nemcova

Happy Birthday to singer/actress Solange Knowles (1986), Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova (1979), actor Joe Penny (1956), "Robocop" star Peter Weller (1947), Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck (1944), and...


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Led Zeppelin To Release Digital Catalog

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin's catalog is among the most enduring bodies of musical composition to come out of the 20th century -- and now it's coming to the 21st. As one of digital music's final holdouts, the ban...


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Graham Colton's 'Here Right Now' Hits Stores Oct. 30

Graham Colton

"I've never felt more like myself than I have on this album. I found myself, and I finally found my voice," the singer, songwriter and guitarist Graham Colton says of his forthcoming CD, 'Here Righ...


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Jeff Beck's Manager: 'No Truth' To Yardbirds Reunion Rumors

Jeff Beck

Rocker Jeff Beck has denied reports he and Jimmy Page are reuniting legendary 1960s band The Yardbirds for a tour to begin in October. Beck and Page were said to be recruiting bassist Chris Dreja a...


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Celebrity Birthdays, June 24

Petra Nemcova

Happy Birthday to singer/actress Solange Knowles (1986), Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova (1979), actor Joe Penny (1956), "Robocop" star Peter Weller (1947), Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck (1944), and...


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Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees The Yardbirds Release Live CD

Yardbirds

On a hot July 19th evening in 2006, the B.B. King Blues Club in New York City was host to the legendary Yardbirds. Captured on tape was a blistering non-stop set of powerful blues and rock n' roll...


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Guitar Legends JJ Cale and Eric Clapton Unite For An Epic, Soulful CD: "The Road To Escondido"

Eric Clapton

After years of admiring each other's musical masterworks and Clapton covers of Cale songs such as "After Midnight" and "Cocaine," guitar greats J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton have teamed up for the fir...


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Celebrity Birthdays, June 24

Petra Nemcova

Happy Birthday to singer/actress Solange Knowles (1986), Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova (1979), actor Joe Penny (1956), "Robocop" star Peter Weller (1947), Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck (1944), and...


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27 Classic Prog Rock Anthems on 2CDs Features Yes, Genesis, Rush & more…

Rush

Progressive rock ("prog") is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s principally in England, reaching the peak of its popularity in the early 1...


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