The Yardbirds

TheYardbirds were trailblazers in the rapid development of pop music in Britainbetween 1963 and 1968. With members including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck andJimmy Page, they helped to set the basic template of what has been known eversince as rock music, and gave rise to one of the most commercially successfulbands of all time: Led Zeppelin. Peter Stanfield situates the band in therise of British R&B and the tumult of the psychedelic era. Obsessivelydetailed about both the band and 1960s pop culture, this is the book fans ofThe Yardbirds have always needed.