<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in The-yardbirds ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/the-yardbirds Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:09:56 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “There’s only one way out — break that guitar!” Jeff Beck on frustration, Fender Esquires and the limits of destruction ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/theres-only-one-way-out-break-that-guitar-jeff-beck-on-frustration-fender-esquires-and-the-limits-of-destruction fruDnypNacrDQYk4DdagCV Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:09:56 +0000 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:45:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That is partly the reason, but he also had a bit of aggravation.” Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty on the other reason Eric Clapton left the group to join John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/the-other-reason-eric-clapton-left-the-yardbirds-according-to-jim-mccarty NvgGZTgiLMnzEDX6xDth6K Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:25:18 +0000 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:48:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was a very moody sort of guy. We’d be traveling in a van, going to the shows, and he would sit in the corner and not talk to anybody.” Jim McCarty recalls Eric Clapton’s “quite unhappy” time with the Yardbirds ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jim-mccarty-recalls-eric-clapton-s-quite-unhappy-time-with-the-yardbirds JDwqFe44zr3PPzSyE8Aeym Fri, 02 Jan 2026 20:02:48 +0000 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:07:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Even though he says he wrote it, I wrote it!” Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page disagreed about who composed the world’s “first heavy metal riff” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jeff-beck-jimmy-page-and-the-first-heavy-metal-riff pycxCfRvSMd7AZ6mfx9Bj Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:22:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jeff just lost his rag and smashed up his guitar. He said to Jimmy Page, ‘You could’ve stopped me doing that!’" Jim McCarty on Jeff Beck’s and Jimmy Page’s “stressed out” time in the Yardbirds ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jim-mccarty-on-jeff-beck-and-jimmy-page-in-the-yardbirds Csdc2ZgVV6BroBEmrBBCmb Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:32:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Even though he says he wrote it, I wrote it!" Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page never agreed on which of them composed the song Beck called “the first heavy metal riff ever written" ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jeff-beck-jimmy-page-and-the-supergroup-that-never-was T825JK7MPYsxSdZsMU39rh Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:49:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jeff Beck used to love seeing him and Lenny play live! It feels full circle.” Jeff Beck’s $490,000 Yardburst Les Paul was just played on Lenny Kravitz's full tour by guitarist Craig Ross ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/craig-ross-playing-jeff-becks-1959-yardburst-les-paul 6jmiDSbsYsSW7vPvxEuewe Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:01:27 +0000 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:03:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It's cobbled together, but it has an aura to it.” Jeff Beck's 'Blow by Blow' Oxblood Les Paul is not all that it seems ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/electric-guitars/jeff-becks-oxblood-les-paul ftgeNBLJSMgEY2uNmMqRGo Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:14:31 +0000 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:53:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I might have done better in the Bluesbreakers than in the Yardbirds. But I didn't want to be mimicking Chicago blues musicians forever." Jeff Beck said he turned down a spot in John Mayall’s group, only for Jimi Hendrix to nearly derail his career ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/why-jeff-beck-turned-down-john-mayall-and-the-bluesbreakers 3Eu35Mwoe5ofcG6sT9QL74 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:05:43 +0000 Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:24:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There were parts where it just did not work.” Jimmy Page reflects on the Yardbirds and his short-lived two-guitar tandem with Jeff Beck ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/page-on-beck-yardbirds ZYTF6VYPE69oStsWb5ZLDV Wed, 30 Oct 2024 19:30:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jeff was enormously proud to have owned the original of this guitar”: Gibson's Custom Shop recreates Jeff Beck’s 1959 ‘YardBurst’ Les Paul Standard ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/gibson-custom-shop-jeff-beck-yardburst-les-paul pPgKDaeStBetFVZSA48a5Q Mon, 24 Jun 2024 19:21:09 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was doing what I was supposed to do, while something totally different was coming from Jeff… There were parts where it just did not work”: Jimmy Page reflects on the Yardbirds, and his short-lived two-guitar tandem with Jeff Beck ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jimmy-page-jeff-beck-yardbirds LDZxZda42N9utJ4keaNPam Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:22:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I Was 19 When I Left the Yardbirds. I Intended to Give Up Then, but John Mayall Offered Me a Job... I Needed the Bread, and Some Kind of Identity Too': Cream's Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce Discuss Balancing Blues, Jazz, and Volume in 1967 GP Interview ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/cream-june-1967-interview shQnGHsi89mLFxm56QCKvZ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 22:04:24 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:10:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He Swept Us All Aside and Put Us in a Bin”: Jeff Beck On Jimi Hendrix ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/jeff-beck-jimi-hendrix-2003 HuBkNqko6oEjXuegvbGep6 Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:17:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’d Lost My Girl, Hendrix Had Come and Smeared Everybody Across the Floor… It Wasn’t Looking Too Rosy”: In 1968, Jeff Beck Found Success on His Own Terms With His Own Group ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/jeff-beck-group-bogert-appice 2ucgYvHuR6689K93ZesrdV Fri, 14 Apr 2023 11:24:01 +0000 Fri, 14 Apr 2023 11:26:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Nels Cline Names Five Life-Changing Riffs ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/nels-cline-five-riffs idNhDQUgQHebB2sKkS2SUj Wed, 12 Apr 2023 11:19:28 +0000 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:51:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jeff Beck’s Top Five Psychedelic Rock Tracks ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/jeff-beck-yardbirds-psychedelic-rock k3SxFwZvo3Vf2ibpyHT4qJ Tue, 11 Apr 2023 13:42:22 +0000 Tue, 11 Apr 2023 14:12:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I know he didn’t like the fact that I took over from him in the Yardbirds”: Jeff Beck on his “uncomfortable rivalry” with Eric Clapton ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/jeff-beck-eric-clapton-rivalry WixrRWBVn8oD7FyntRhhw5 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 12:08:48 +0000 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:44:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ How Jeff Beck Threw Down the Gauntlet in 1968 With ‘Truth’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/how-jeff-beck-threw-down-the-gauntlet-in-1968-with-truth 8o8JQDKiCpLZdF98fAje45 Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:30:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jeff Beck: Tributes Pour in Following Guitar Hero’s Passing ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jeff-beck-tributes-pour-in-following-guitar-heros-passing t9TGPjeiUZZHrmnsq9z4CM Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:31:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Remembering Jeff Beck With This Insightful Interview From the ‘Guitar Player’ Vault ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/remembering-jeff-beck-with-this-insightful-interview-from-the-guitar-player-vault BZPccTvJ4YrC8hgXmeWWG9 Thu, 12 Jan 2023 13:18:08 +0000 Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:00:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Here's Why Jimmy Page Is a Missing Link Between ‘60s Psychedelia and ‘70s Hard Rock ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/heres-why-jimmy-page-is-a-missing-link-between-60s-psychedelia-and-70s-hard-rock DdXGTvg6nppbrAustj4u5N Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:56:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They Started out Unbelievable and They Ended That Way Too”: Roky Erickson Recalls the 13th Floor Elevators’ Rise From Obscurity to Psychedelic Rock Heroes in This Vintage Interview ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/they-started-out-unbelievable-and-they-ended-that-way-too-roky-erickson-recalls-the-13th-floor-elevators-rise-from-obscurity-to-psychedelic-rock-heroes-in-this-vintage-interview s6vamnEVEJeBS45Nzn6svn Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:03:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Take a Mindbending Journey Into the Adventurous and Experimental Style of Psychedelic Guitar ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/take-a-mindbending-journey-into-the-adventurous-and-experimental-style-of-psychedelic-guitar g6EgfCCqh2pwekQZZyDfm6 Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:57:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Jeff Beck Playing a ‘Burst in This Far-Out Film of the Yardbirds’ Genre-Defining Track "Shapes of Things" ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-jeff-beck-playing-a-burst-in-this-far-out-film-of-the-yardbirds-genre-defining-track-shapes-of-things C57zsVxEo9aBThYYXk528M Tue, 18 Oct 2022 15:17:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The Anteroom of Paradise, Or Is It Hell?” Watch this Incredible Mini Doc on London’s Mysterious Rock ‘n’ Roll Island ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/the-anteroom-of-paradise-or-is-it-hell-watch-this-incredible-mini-doc-on-londons-mysterious-rock-n-roll-island CANK5gYBp2cozxQCDy2EAC Thu, 19 May 2022 15:35:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Jimmy Page Rock Out on Bass with Jeff Beck in this Explosive Yardbirds Show ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-jimmy-page-rock-out-on-bass-with-jeff-beck-in-this-explosive-yardbirds-show nnw7cv2ZFcHXoUEQEpNMS8 Thu, 21 Apr 2022 13:23:39 +0000 Thu, 21 Apr 2022 13:51:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Jeff Beck and Jennifer Batten’s Dazzling Display of Guitar Wizardry on ‘Letterman’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-jeff-beck-and-jennifer-battens-dazzling-display-of-guitar-wizardry-on-letterman EGLfDwDC6e5AnPji2x9rAT Wed, 02 Mar 2022 16:43:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Five Times Famous Musicians Stole from Chuck Berry ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/five-times-famous-musicians-stole-from-chuck-berry Q52VxDBJogBSULbfJ5o57f Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:24:01 +0000 Wed, 02 Mar 2022 14:40:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch the Tantalizing Trailer for the New ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Documentary On the Anniversary of the Band's First Gig ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/watch-the-tantalizing-trailer-for-the-new-becoming-led-zeppelin-documentary-on-the-anniversary-of-the-bands-first-gig ZP9ag6WssZDxUMSCy8TiN7 Tue, 07 Sep 2021 16:57:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Jeff Beck Smash His Guitar to Pieces in Mock Rage ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-jeff-beck-smashing-his-guitar-to-pieces-in-mock-rage 63vJ9ePTpdzJzZCSLFo4FS Fri, 30 Jul 2021 18:34:46 +0000 Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:41:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Vinyl Treasures: The Yardbirds' 'Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds' ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/vinyl-treasures-the-yardbirds-having-a-rave-up-with-the-yardbirds WyPPrJhTLPpwax2KSmCWM Thu, 07 Jan 2021 19:45:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jeff Beck Discusses the Yardbirds, Telecasters, Clapton & Hendrix in 1968 GP Interview ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/jeff-beck-discusses-the-yardbirds-telecasters-clapton-and-hendrix-in-1968-gp-interview aPbFFfyePFUPH5Uc5zbBg Wed, 24 Jun 2020 15:08:43 +0000