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Guitarist. Years active. 1963–2013. Formerly of. The Yardbirds. Box of Frogs. Christopher Walenty Dreja[ 1 ] (born 11 November 1945 in Surbiton, Surrey) [ 2 ][ 3 ] is an English musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist and bassist for rock band the Yardbirds for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
Dreja initially remained, but by August, Page formed a new group with vocalist Robert Plant, bassist John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham, who later renamed themselves Led Zeppelin. [ 8 ] McCarty and Dreja reformed the Yardbirds in 1992, adding new members "Detroit" John Idan (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Rod Demick (bass, harmonica, backing vocals) from the drummer's eponymous band.
NameYears ActiveInstrumentsRelease ContributionsJohnny A. (John Antonopoulos)2015–2018lead guitarnoneEarl Slick (Frank Madeloni)2015lead guitarnoneDavid Smale2009–2015bass backing vocalsMaking Tracks (2012)Andy Mitchell2009–2015lead vocals acoustic guitar harmonica ...Making Tracks (2012)- Beginnings and Clapton Line-Up
- Beck Line-Up
- Beck/Page Line-Up
- Page Line-Up and Split
- The New Yardbirds/Led Zeppelin
- After The Yardbirds
- Reformation
The band formed in the south-west London suburbs in 1963. Relf and Samwell-Smith were originally in a band named the Metropolitan Blues Quartet. After being joined by Dreja, McCarty, and Top Topham, they performed at Kingston Art School in late May 1963 as a backup band for Cyril Davies. Following a couple of gigs in September 1963 as the Blue-Soun...
Beck's exploration of fuzz tone, reverb, feedback, sustain, distortion, and hammer-on soloing fit well into the increasingly raw style of British beat music. The Yardbirds began to experiment with eclectic arrangements reminiscent of Gregorian chants and various European and Asian styles while Beck infused a pervasive Middle Eastern influence into ...
Roger the Engineer was released in June 1966. Soon afterward, Samwell-Smith quit the band at a drunken gig at Queen's College in Oxford and embarked on a career as a record producer. Jimmy Page, who was at the show, agreed that night to play bass until rhythm guitarist Dreja could rehearse on the instrument. The band toured with Page on bass, and B...
Page subsequently introduced playing the guitar with a cello bow (suggested to him by violinist David McCallum Sr.) and the combination of a wah-wah pedal in addition to a distortion fuzzbox. Other innovations included the use of a taped noise loop in live settings (on the psychedelic dirge "Glimpses") and open-tuned guitarto enhance the sitar-like...
Page and Dreja, with a tour of Scandinavia scheduled for late summer 1968, saw the break-up as an opportunity to put a new lineup together, with Page as producer and Grant as manager. Page initially described his vision for the new band as "a new sort of collage of sound" that would include mellotron keyboard while still featuring the guitar. Drumm...
Relf and McCarty formed an acoustic rock band called Together and then Renaissance, which recorded two albums for Island Records over two years. McCarty formed the band Shoot in 1973. Relf, after producing albums for Medicine Head (with whom he also played bass) and Saturnalia, resurfaced in 1975 with a new quartet, Armageddon; a hybrid of heavy me...
In 1992, Peter Barton from Rock Artist Management contacted Jim McCarty about the prospect of reforming the Yardbirds. McCarty was interested but only if Chris Dreja would agree, but at the time he thought it highly unlikely that Dreja would want to tour again. Barton then contacted Dreja, who agreed to give it a try. Their debut gig was booked at ...
McCarty and Dreja reformed the Yardbirds in 1992, adding new members "Detroit" John Idan (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Rod Demick (bass, harmonica, backing vocals) from the drummer's eponymous band. Months later Demick left the band, Ray Majors joined on lead guitar, and Idan moved to bass, [9] Laurie Garman also joined on harmonica.
Jul 10, 2022 · Chris Dreja (born November 11th, 1945) is the original rhythm guitarist of the Yardbirds who served as the backbone of Clapton’s and Beck’s lead guitar. Even though his name is often overshadowed by the great guitar trio of the band, his contribution is none but equal. The rhythm guitar’s role in early RnB and blues is crucial.
Apr 26, 2015 · Jim McCarty and Chris Dreja returned for a lengthier reboot of the Yardbirds following their early '90s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. McCarty and original guitarist Top Topham ...
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Oct 9, 2024 · McCarty and Dreja reformed the Yardbirds in 1992, adding new members "Detroit" John Idan (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Rod Demick (bass, harmonica, backing vocals) from the drummer's eponymous band. Months later Demick left the band, Ray Majors joined on lead guitar, and Idan moved to bass, [9] Laurie Garman also joined on harmonica.
