Back in march 2005 Brian May (Queen), Eric Clapton (Cream), Jeff Beck (Yardbirds) and Jimmy Page (Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin) met the Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace. During Beck’s 20 month reign with the Yardbirds he was only present for one full album, Roger the Engineer. The turnaround time between Clapton and Beck was a quick one…two days to be exact. Interview: Jeff Beck on Hendrix, Page, Clapton, Van Halen and more... By Peter Makowski ( Classic Rock ) 09 August 2016 He almost recorded an album with Sly Stone, toured with Stevie Ray Vaughan, “pissed Eric Clapton off big time”, and used to get mistaken for Mick Jagger. A man who played with all three guitarists reveals who his favorite was and why. Recently a footage of this moment was released and Brian May talked about it. Read what … They were together for a benefit show called the ARMS Charity Concert for Multiple Sclerosis at the Royal Albert Hall. ILoveJimmyPage Senior Member. Page then Clapton then Beck Apr 26, 2011 at 11:20 PM #10. The Jimmy Page disc is basically worthless-some second rate R & B singer with a studio band that apparently Page is … At one time or another, they had three of the great guitarists - Eric Clapton (Cream), Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) - … The Yardbirds are an English rock band, formed in London in 1963. They're all worthy of inclusion on the list of all time greatest guitarists of all time. But the powers that were couldn't ignore the fact that the group had morphed by way of guitarist Jimmy Page into the mega-selling Led Zeppelin; or that Epic happened to hold, in the Yardbirds' library, the largest commercial body of early work by Page, as well as Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton, both of whom were still selling lots of records. Back in 1983, the 3 amazing ex-Yardbirds guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page divided the stage with many other great musicians, like Joe Cocker, Bill Wyman, Paul Rodgers and more. Take a look: […] Most songs on this album were written by Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck or Jimmy Page, and of the three guitarists, only Jimmy Page appears on every track, though not always in a lead role. Jeff Beck. I personally love all three of them for different reasons. Age: 34 Posts: 11,233 Likes Received: 7 Joined: Jan 29, 2011. The Clapton one has the songs he did with Page which is great to hear, but the Beck songs are mostly Yardbirds tracks and instrumentals-I'm not sure where those songs came from. The finale was direct and effective: Clapton peeling off the intro to “Layla,” with Beck and Page chiming along and Wyman, Cocker and the rest of the crew pitching in, too. The Yardbirds were one of the seminal bands of the 1960s. Clapton was not present for the tracks featuring Jeff Beck, which were recorded with members of … Cleopatra's 1998 release Clapton Page Beck is a triple disc with each disc devoted to one of the three Yardbirds.But it doesn't contain the original hits from the band itself -- it rounds up odds and ends, usually live tracks but also some stray sessions. Jimmy Page is by far the most technical of the three. Page was not willing to give up the gig he had at the time so he recommended his friend Jeff Beck. | iHeartRadio