yardbird

基本解释

He was honored first as a member of the Yardbirds, then with Cream, then as a solo performer in two thousand.

Clapton relied on this instrument throughout his career, from the Yardbirds, to Cream, to John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominos, and then as a solo artist.
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Since his days in The Yardbirds as part of the British invasion of the 1960s, Beck has picked and plucked and whammy bar'd his way to true Guitar Hero status ( and not the video game kind).
NPR: First Listen: Jeff Beck, 'Emotion And Commotion'
In addition, the name and its industrial aesthetic seemed like a subtle affront to the earthy English hippies who were popular at the time, bands such as Cream, the Yardbirds, and Led Zeppelin, who performed versions of American blues, complete with long guitar solos.
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