Yardbirds

Yardbirds Formed 1963; broke up 1968. Re-formed intermittently since 1984. Along with John Mayall’s Blues-breakers and Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, the Yardbirds were among the first British bands to play Chicago-style electric blues for a young rock audience. The Yardbirds differed from the others in mixing the blues with rock ’n’ roll and, later, psychedelia, to create a new hybrid. The band is best remembered for a string of hit songs in the mid-1960s and for having rock guitarists Eric…