Birdland

Birdland is a 2003 album by English blues rock band the Yardbirds the first Yardbirds release in over 35 years however the only original 60's era Yardbirds are drummer Jim McCarty and rhythm guitarist Chris Dreja (Jeff Beck does make a cameo appearance on "My Blind Life"). New members are John Idan, Gypie Mayo, and Alan Glen. Several notable guitarists appear throughout the record, including Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Slash, Johnny Rzeznik, Jeff "S... more

Birdland is a 2003 album by English blues rock band the Yardbirds the first Yardbirds release in over 35 years however the only original 60's era Yardbirds are drummer Jim McCarty and rhythm guitarist Chris Dreja (Jeff Beck does make a cameo appearance on "My Blind Life"). New members are John Idan, Gypie Mayo, and Alan Glen. Several notable guitarists appear throughout the record, including Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Slash, Johnny Rzeznik, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, and Brian May. The album contains seven new tracks composed mostly by McCarty or Dreja, and eight remakes of Yardbirds songs from the 1960s. The song An Original Man (A Song for Keith) was dedicated to The Yardbirds' original lead singer, Keith Relf, who died in 1976. (*) denotes a new song The album features several guitar legends which play on multiple tracks. These songs/guitarists are as follows: less