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Chris Dreja was born in Surbiton ... Dreja's brother Stefan happened to meet guitarist Top ... Clapton and later Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. [2] Dreja changed from ...
Dec 4, 2019 · Three dates into their eighth US tour in four years, although guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist Chris Dreja don’t know it yet, this will be the last tour the band ever do. “We lost enthusiasm for it,” drummer and co-founder Jim McCarty says now.
Jimmy Page, who was at the show, agreed that night to play bass until rhythm guitarist Dreja could rehearse on the instrument. [27] The band toured with Page on bass, and Beck and Dreja on guitars, playing dates in Paris, the UK, the Midwestern US, and the California coast. Beck fell ill late in the latter tour and was hospitalised in San ...
Jan 29, 2023 · Of all the members of the Yardbirds, Keith Relf seems to have suffered the most in life. As rhythm guitarist Chris Dreja told Forbes, the singer, songwriter, and harmonica player was a supremely gifted musician, but at the same time, he endured grueling and terrifying health problems throughout his life. A prime example was when the frontman ...
Sep 18, 2015 · Dreja's portraits of Jimmy Page and Peter Grant during the final leg of the Yardbirds' tour viewed alongside led Zeppelin's early promo shoots provide a stunning visual history between the bands and trace burgeoning rock 'n' roll movement of the late 60s and early 70s.
Apr 21, 2022 · The Yardbirds in 1966 (l-r): guitarist/bassist Chris Dreja, singer Keith Relf, guitarist Jeff Beck, guitarist/bassist Jimmy Page, and drummer Jim McCarty. (Image credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Page’s stint as bassist in the Yardbirds was short-lived, however. Having swapped roles with the group’s co-founder and guitarist Chris ...
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Jim McCarty will be giving a Q&A; Session. Rhythm guitarist Chris Dreja, who became a professional photographer after the Yardbirds broke up in 1968, will be showing (and selling) photographs, including the iconic back lit shot of JIMMY PAGE, which will be signed by both Jimmy and Chris. A sampling of Chris' work can be seen on his website.
