The Yardbirds: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1992

Rock Hall Bio:

http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-yardbirds/bio/

Imagine a band with Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page…

The Yardbirds formed in 1963 and signed a contract in 1964.

For Your Love (1965):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU5zqidlxMQ

Clapton left to join John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers

Heart Full of Soul (1965):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9mQkFpkShg&feature=related

I’m a Man (1965):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAdCePtwoW4

Shapes of Things (1966):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc17DqcA6Qc&feature=related

Over Under Sideways Down (1966):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLv7viCMGo8

Happenings 10 Years Time Ago (1966):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFqxiQa74PQ

Beck was fired for missing some shows because of an illness.
Ten Little Indians (1967):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyqkeMlcGFE

Goodnight Sweet Josephine (1968):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnKCEC-xcwc

In 1968, Jim McCarthy and Kevin Relf left the band. Page mutated the band’s remnants into Led Zeppelin.