The Yardbirds

Record Review

"...The YardbirdsUltimate! (Rhino) With 52 tracks running two and a half..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Denny Laine Saves the World

British Invasion pioneer played it, sang it, saw it all

"...a little bit like bands in London – the Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, all those people. Jeff Beck. We were..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...trail of greasy-haired hillbillies boppin' the blues, or the Yardbirds' blitzkrieg of the entirety of America 10 years later...."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio?

The 100 Tunes of Oldies Rock Radio

"...Z-102). Massively influential artists like Bo Diddley or the Yardbirds just plain never existed. (Excuse me, again: There are..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Music Feature

The Glam Punks of 70s Austin Get Up to Their Gypsy Tricks

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part two: Glitter rock (1972-76) fades

"...escaped Johnson City ennui via Sixties garage-punk and the Stones/Yardbirds R&B that inspired it. Also lured to Austin by..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

LBJ Swings Like the Pendulum Do

For a fun Sixties flashback – sans acid – see the LBJ Library's 'Signs of the Times: Life in the Swingin' Sixties'

"...era of love-ins and Laugh-In, Carnaby Street "birds" and Yardbirds, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and "The Girl From Ipanema,"..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fort Worth Teen Scene! Vols. 1-3

Texas platters

"...For that matter, they would rather have been the Yardbirds (two different bands do "Mister, You're a Better Man..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Music Review by John Morthland

The Who Bettered, The Who's Best

Reissuing 30 Years of Maximum R&B

"...back catalogs have fallen into savage disrepair: "Oh, T.Rex/The Yardbirds/whoever used to sell for us? Who cares now, beyond..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Austin Psych Fest Announces Night Shows With the Zakary Thaks, METZ, Luna Li

As well as set times for the main fest at Far Out Lounge

"...proto-punk rhythms supported names like Jefferson Airplane and the Yardbirds before splitting up after only two years. The band..."

April 3, 2024 Music Post by Miranda Garza

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Melissa Carper, Taméca Jones, the Hide Outs, Alex Coke, and more local shows to see

"...retro-layered vocal harmonies and guitar reverb, à la the Yardbirds and the Easybeats, on this translucent-orange Flak Records pressing...."

Nov. 25, 2022 Music Column by Abby Johnston

Austin Punk Chronicles: "Hard, Fast & Unapologetic" – Raul's Shifts Into Fourth Gear

In the wake of the one-night debut of the Skunks and the Violators, Austin punk begins in earnest in Chapter 5, Part 2 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...things" from the harder British Invasion outfits like the Yardbirds and the rowdier early UK psychedelia from the Creation,..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Sue Foley, Nat Adderley Jr., Cheap Trick, Little Mazarn and Ralph White, High Desert Queen, and the Austin Record Convention

"...the raw power of early Who and Jeff Beck-era Yardbirds. Live, they're consistently great. – Tim Stegall Adderley School Presents..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Tumble 22 Brings the Chickens and the Heat to Lake Austin Boulevard

Former Magnolia Cafe waiter noms his way through meat and memories

"...reveals the five levels of pepper-heat that these fried yardbirds are available in: Wimpy. Hot. Mo’ Hot. Dang Hot...."

Nov. 9, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Local Music to Livestream, Download, and Otherwise Enjoy Digitally

What we’re watching and listening to

"...the point that Gibbons' Moving Sidewalks pull a New Yardbirds and morph into ZZ Top, Beard abducts him for..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Forgotten Era of Glitter Rock in Mid-70s Austin

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part one: glam rock (1972-76)

"...on select European dates, when they were the New Yardbirds. Uncle John Turner would tell you John Bonham saw..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5 & My Life of Impossibilities

MC5 leader rolls five books into one

"...led several lives beyond the fire-breathing revolutionary marrying the Yardbirds' explosive R&B to radical leftist politics and free jazz...."

Dec. 21, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Cooking the Whole Pig at Banger's

Move over beef, there's a new barbecue meat in town

"...the type of guy that refers to chickens as "yardbirds," a hunter and fisher with a scraggly goatee that's..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

Leather Girls

"...Ty Segall, and honeyed paean "Dear Deborah" echoes the Yardbirds. "Arabian Daze" and "She" muscle stop-and-start propulsion and climbing..."

June 9, 2017 Music Review by Libby Webster

Shinyribs

"...of Allen Toussaint's "A Certain Girl" since the 1965 Yardbirds, and Toussaint McCall's "Nothing Takes the Place of You,"..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Eve Monsees & the Exiles

"...this taut rhythm section snorts out both prime era Yardbirds/Pretty Things ("One Glass," "Follow the Thread") and grinding, Chess..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Guitar Pedals

Gas prices are down, so the boutique guitar pedal boom is up

"...American garage band and aural terrorist beginning with a Yardbirds-era Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix...."

Feb. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Strypes

"...the Sixties R&B of the Pretty Things, Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, and Who filters through 1977 punk via loud perfection..."

July 18, 2014 Music Review by Tim Stegall

SXSW Live Shot: The Strypes

Wake Joe Strummer, Ireland Calling

"...1965 London R&B – Brian Jones-era Stones, Jeff Beck’s Yardbirds, the Pretty Things – plus the Willie Dixon catalog..."

March 14, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

SXSW Thursday Interviews

Busting out with six Thursday SXSW interviews

"...British R&B combos like the Rolling Stones, Pretty Things, Yardbirds, and 1977 punk rock...."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Harry Nilsson

"...Three Dog Night, Blood, Sweat & Tears, and the Yardbirds, it's the mother lode for under $140. For the..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Orbiting SXSW

Return of the Secaucus 7? Try the arrival of a SXSW septet: Dana Falconberry, Shakey Graves, The Eastern Sea, My Jerusalem, Black Pistol Fire, The Preservation, and The Boxing Lesson.

"...of Creedence Clear­water Revival and rave-up elasticity of early Yardbirds, all hot smoke and sassafras. Guitarist/singer Kevin McKeown stomps..."

March 1, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine

Rockabilly fillies Rosie Flores and Janis Martin together through life and death

"...with the Beatles thing, falling in love with the Yardbirds and Jeff Beck and Stephen Stills and Jimi Hendrix..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Black Pistol Fire

Have Canadians usurped our Texas roadhouse blues?

"...Degeneration Next billing. McKeown raves up like Jimmy Page-era Yardbirds, stretching each riff for a country mile. Owen resembles..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Barnyardy, Yardbirds, Snow White, and more

"...play the game Risk with Chris Dreja of the Yardbirds...."

Dec. 2, 2011 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

My Children Are Becoming Heavy

When San Antonio rock ruled South Texas

"...shows, Blind Faith's only American tour, Led Zeppelin, the Yardbirds, etc., San Antonio between 1967 and 1971 made it..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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