Yardbirds

A warm, music-filled look back at a pioneering band, mixing classic performances with candid reflections on friendship, ambition, and changing times.

Genres

Music, Documentary

Starring

Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page

Tagline

The Yardbirds: Where the Guitar Gods Played

Overview

With Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page as successive lead guitarists, The Yardbirds were one of rock's greatest bands. Kicking into high gear in 1964 behind Eric Clapton's blistering lead guitar, the led the British blues revival, becoming the prototype for late-'60s psychedelia. When Clapton left, soon joining John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Jeff Beck stepped in. Then Jimmy Page joined, and he and Beck shared lead guitar in what was potentially the best rock band in the world. When Beck departed in 1966 (forming the Jeff Beck Group the following year), Page took the band into a heavier, more experimental direction that eventually became the genesis of Led Zeppelin. In this definitive documentary, the band performs all their classic tracks, and the members recall the explosive beginning of rock's second wave--when they were the most blues-wailing band in the land.

How it feels

Earnest, warm and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Music, ambition, friendship, betrayal

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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