Thursday, September 30, 2004

Craving new tunes from an old band


2004 Yardbirds
In the 1980's I had a couple of albums by a band composed of 3 former Yardbird members called Box of Frogs that I really liked. Now, the Yardbirds have a new album featuring 2 founding members. I've heard tracks of it on XM and want to add it to my collection.
Founding members Chris Dreja (rhythm guitar) and Jim McCarty (drums/songwriter) lead the flock in which new members Gypie Mayo (lead guitar and backing vocals), John Idan (bass and lead vocals) and Alan Glen (harmonica and backing vocals) continue forth with the band's guitar-driven blues-rock sound.
Birdland contains Yardbirds standards ("Heart Full Of Soul," "Over Under Sideways Down," "For Your Love," "Shapes Of Things") alongside new songs which sound right in time with the classics. The LA Weekly recently stated, "The sound and spirit of classic Yardbirds is present on every track," while American Way declared: "The Yardbirds are still flying high and this disc is here to prove it."
The CD features cameos from Jeff Beck, Johnny Rzeznik, Slash, Steve Vai and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, amongst many others -- who knows who will drop by the shows.

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