As an era slips into dust I once again mourn the loss of a great from the past.
The Yardbirds were a seminal band from the early sixties. They took Chicago Blues and boosted it into an amphetamined speed and intensity.
Back in those early days it seemed that a new great band blasted into existence every five minutes – Who, Smallfaces, Downliners Sect, Rolling Stones, Them, Animals, Spencer Davies, Kinks, Manfred Mann, Sorrows, Measles, Pretty Things, Birds, Bo Street Runners. So many great innovative bands.
Sadly, they are fading away, one by one. Where once we had trendy, dynamic long-haired young men we now have balding old men. They still know their craft though! The music lives!
I was fortunate enough to live through that age. The Yardbirds were one of my favourites! I remember buying Five Live Yardbirds and all those early singles.
Thank you Chris Dreja and the rest of the band. Those were great days.