Make no mistake, while he never received such incendiary levels of popularity as Eric Clapton or Jimmy Page – his predecessor and successor respectively in The Yardbirds – Jeff Beck was without doubt ...

The date was Aug. 5, 1966. The place was Dayton's eighth floor auditorium. As part of the Super Youthquake celebration of fashion and music at the downtown Minneapolis department store, the Yardbirds, ...

Beck was the very incarnation of the British rock star, lean and focused, with an enviable pile of hair. Photo: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns There were small clubs in London in the early 1960s that, on ...

As the drummer in the Yardbirds, Jim McCarty has a unique perspective on rock history: He’s seen it all from the rear. “My immediate memory is seeing the backs of Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck playing ...

Whenever lists and discussions come up debating the greatest guitarists of all time, a peculiar pattern emerges. Justifiably, Jimi Hendrix is always number one, followed by the usual suspects: Eric ...