Yardbirds - The Most Blueswailing Futuristic Way-Out Heavy Beat Sound

"The Yardbirds were trailblazers in the rapid development of pop music in Britain between 1963 and 1968. With members including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page, they helped to set the basic template of what has been known ever since as rock music and gave rise to one of the most commercially successful bands of all time: Led Zeppelin. Peter Stanfield situates the band in the rise of British R&B and the tumult of the psychedelic era. Obsessively detailed about both the band and 1960s pop culture, this is the book fans of the Yardbirds have always needed."--Dust jacket.

About the author

Peter Stanfield is Emeritus Professor of Film at the University of Kent. His publications include A Band with Built-In Hate: The Who from Pop Art to Punk and Pin-Ups 1972: Third Generation Rock ’n’ Roll, both published by Reaktion Books.

Summary

Shows how British pop trailblazers The Yardbirds helped to shape rock music.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Stanfield, Stanfield Peter
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2025
• EAN: 9781836390770
• ISBN: 978-1-83639-077-0
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Rock, Rhythm and Blues, R’n’B, History: specific events & topics, Rock & Pop music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, HISTORY / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, United Kingdom, Great Britain, History of Music, Popular Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Soul & R 'n B, Soul & R 'n' B