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Before 1966, the blues was tired, worn out and unsexy. But then Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Jimi Hendrix created the modern guitar hero too
Ronnie Wood hasn't lost his enthusiasm for rock 'n' roll
Chris Dreja played in The Yardbirds alongside Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page
Middle Earth: The Soundtrack Of London’s Legendary Psychedelic Club features David Bowie, Family Brian Auger, Denny Laine, Yardbirds, Deviants, The Who and more
Some albums are just so good that they come at us again, loaded with extra tracks and other goodies to give the original an extra bang for your buy-it-again buck
Think waiting 53 years for a new MC5 album is a chore? They're merely the latest in a long line of slow-working, deadline-averse dawdlers
Undervalued pioneers The Yardbirds rock the corporation on 90-track collection
When a politician spoke out against rock music in the House of Lords in spring of 1964, The Yardbirds had an idea: to stage an unannounced gig in his garden
Jeff Beck had big shoes to fill when he joined the Yardbirds in 1965, and Eric Clapton was annoyed at how Beck rose to the ocassion
Before the heyday of London’s Marquee as the hub of late 60s blues rock, it was the Crawdaddy that launched resident house bands the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds
