THE ERA OF THE YARDBIRDS, or THE EPIC OF THE YARDBIRDS... (9)
So defined by Mike Bongiorno at San Remo in 1966, where they presented this infamy along with Lucio Dalla, in the "new" lineup featuring two lead guitarists, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. The former had replaced Eric Clapton about a year earlier, while the latter joined them after a brilliant start to his career as a highly sought-after session musician... Mike Bongiorno literally translated the band's name to "backyard birds" and wanted to amuse the neatly dressed, stiff audience of the festival by humorously calling them "Gallinacci," since they were totally unable to speak a word of Italian... He, God rest his soul, was unaware that "Yardbird" was the slang term for "prisoner" but also for "foot soldier."
Oh well...
"We have to include 'For Your Love,' even though it was the over-sold song that made Clapton decide to leave them in order to secure a career in the name of the blues, which he felt the band was abdicating.... Here we see an unrecognizable Jeff Beck, a bit subdued as he simply accompanies an average song with acoustic guitar; let’s be honest, it’s not all that great.... In a live version, he would have added a blazing solo, of course... but this is TV...
The Yardbirds had much greater arrows in their quiver....
The Yardbirds - For Your Love (1965) (Full version)
So defined by Mike Bongiorno at San Remo in 1966, where they presented this infamy along with Lucio Dalla, in the "new" lineup featuring two lead guitarists, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. The former had replaced Eric Clapton about a year earlier, while the latter joined them after a brilliant start to his career as a highly sought-after session musician... Mike Bongiorno literally translated the band's name to "backyard birds" and wanted to amuse the neatly dressed, stiff audience of the festival by humorously calling them "Gallinacci," since they were totally unable to speak a word of Italian... He, God rest his soul, was unaware that "Yardbird" was the slang term for "prisoner" but also for "foot soldier."
Oh well...
"We have to include 'For Your Love,' even though it was the over-sold song that made Clapton decide to leave them in order to secure a career in the name of the blues, which he felt the band was abdicating.... Here we see an unrecognizable Jeff Beck, a bit subdued as he simply accompanies an average song with acoustic guitar; let’s be honest, it’s not all that great.... In a live version, he would have added a blazing solo, of course... but this is TV...
The Yardbirds had much greater arrows in their quiver....
The Yardbirds - For Your Love (1965) (Full version)
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