The Yardbirds: The Most Blueswailing Futuristic Way-Out Heavy Beat Sound

One of the "Most Exciting Rock Books Released in 2025" at Ultimate Classic Rock • "Stanfield makes one want to step back in time into one of those packed clubs, so hot that, as one writer of the day put it, 'you could have boiled an egg.'"—Wesley Stace, The Wall Street Journal

The story of an iconic group, the advent of pop, and the birth of rock music in 1960s Britain.

The Yardbirds were trailblazers in the rapid development of pop music in Britain between 1963 and 1968. With members includ...