Jim McCarty
- Musician
- songwriter
- Drums
- vocals
- guitar
- keyboards
- Together
- Renaissance
- Shoot
- Box of Frogs
- Stairway
- Pilgrim
James Stanley McCarty (born 25 July 1943)[1] is an English musician, best known as the drummer for the Yardbirds and Renaissance.[2] Following Chris Dreja's departure from the Yardbirds in 2013, McCarty became the only founding member to still tour in the band. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a member of the Yardbirds.
Early life
He was born at Walton Hospital in Liverpool, England,[1] but his family moved to London when he was two years old. He attended Hampton School in Hampton where Paul Samwell-Smith was a fellow pupil. When playing with the early Yardbirds, he worked as a clerk for the stockbroking firm Phillips & Drew in the City of London.[3][4]
Career
McCarty has performed and recorded with the Yardbirds, Together, Renaissance, Shoot, Illusion, the Yardbirds reunion band Box of Frogs, Stairway, the British Invasion All-Stars, and Pilgrim, as well as under his own name and as the Jim McCarty Band.[1] Since 1992 he has been playing with the reformed Yardbirds. McCarty has released three solo albums : Out of the Dark (1994), Sitting on the Top of Time (2009), and Walking in the Wild Land. (2018)
References
- ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1550. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Biography: Jim McCarty". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ^ Jim McCarty; Dave Thompson (5 February 2018). Nobody Told Me: My Life with the Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Stories. Lulu. p. 43. ISBN 9780244966508.
- ^ David French (29 May 2020). Heart Full of Soul: Keith Relf of the Yardbirds. McFarland. p. 15. ISBN 9781476640464.
Bibliography
- Yardbirds (John Platt, Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty) Sidgwick & Jackson, 1983. ISBN 0-283-98982-3
- Yardbirds : The Ultimate Rave-Up (Greg Russo) Crossfire Publications, 1997. ISBN 0-9648157-8-8
- The Yardbirds (Alan Clayson) Backbeat Books, 2002. ISBN 0-87930-724-2
- Nobody Told Me: My Life with the Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Stories (Jim McCarty with Dave Thompson), 2018. ISBN 0244966508
External links
- Jim McCarty at IMDb
- Jim McCarty's website
- Extensive interview with Jim McCarty
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- Original members (1963–1968): Keith Relf
- Paul Samwell-Smith
- Chris Dreja
- Jim McCarty
- Top Topham
- Eric Clapton
- Jeff Beck
- Jimmy Page
- Later members (since 1992): John Idan
- Gypie Mayo
- Alan Glen
- Jerry Donahue
- Ben King
- Johnny A.
- Kenny Aaronson
- Myke Scavone
recordings
- For Your Love
- Having a Rave Up
- Roger the Engineer
- Little Games
- Birdland
- Five Live Yardbirds
- Sonny Boy Williamson and the Yardbirds
- Live Yardbirds! Featuring Jimmy Page
- Live! Blueswailing July '64
- The Yardbirds Greatest Hits
- Shapes of Things
- Ultimate!
- Glimpses 1963–1968
- Yardbirds '68
- Blow-Up – The Original Sound Track Album
- "I Wish You Would"
- "A Certain Girl"
- "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"
- "For Your Love"
- "Heart Full of Soul"
- "Evil Hearted You"
- "I'm a Man"
- "Shapes of Things"
- "You're a Better Man Than I"
- "Boom Boom"
- "Over Under Sideways Down"
- "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago"
- "Ha Ha Said the Clown"
- "Ten Little Indians"
- "Let It Rock"
- "Who Do You Love"
- "You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover"
- "Too Much Monkey Business"
- "Smokestack Lightning"
- "Five Long Years"
- "The Sky Is Crying"
- "My Girl Sloopy"
- "The Train Kept A-Rollin'"
- "Spoonful"
- "The Stumble"
- "Dust My Blues"
- "White Summer"
- "Drinking Muddy Water"
- "Stealing Stealing"
- "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)"
- "Dazed and Confused"
- "Knowing That I'm Losing You"
- "I'm Waiting for the Man"
- Discography
- Members
- Cream
- Jeff Beck Group
- Led Zeppelin
- Renaissance
- Box of Frogs
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