The Yardbirds, one of the most important bands of all time is back on the road in 2020. The group that had Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton as guitarists is formed nowadays by Jim McCarty (Drums, percussion, backing vocals) that is the only original member, John Idan (Lead vocals), Kenny Aaronson (Bass), Myke Scavone (Harmonica, percussion) and Godfrey Townsend (Lead guitar).
All The Yardbirds 2020 tour dates
February
- 5 Portland, OR, US Alberta Rose Theatre
- 7 Las Vegas, NV, US Showroom, Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino
- 8 Everett, WA, US Historic Everett Theatre
March
- 6 São Paulo, Brazil Tom Brasil
October
- 3 St Charles, IL, US Arcada Theatre
Possible Yardbirds setlist
- Heart Full of Soul
- Drinking Muddy Water
- I’m Not Talking (Mose Allison cover)
- The Nazz Are Blue
- You’re a Better Man Than I
- I Ain’t Got You (Jimmy Reed cover)
- Little Games
- Shapes of Things
- New York City Blues
- Back Where I Started (Box of Frogs cover)
- Evil Hearted You
- Lost Woman
- Over Under Sideways Down
- Smokestack Lightning (Howlin’ Wolf cover)
- For Your Love
- Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
- Dazed and Confused (Jake Holmes cover)
- The Train Kept A-Rollin’ (Tiny Bradshaw cover)
- I’m a Man (Bo Diddley cover)
The Yardbirds is one of the most important blues-rock bands in England in the 60s. In addition to the quality of his work, he became famous for having had three of the best guitarists of all time in his formation, successively Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. The group started in London in 1963, but only became known when Clapton joined the band.
At this time, according to Eric Clapton himself on the solo guitar, there were five members who made up the group: Keith Relf on vocals Chris Dreja on the base guitar, Paul Samwell-smith on Bass and Jim McCarty on Drums