What’s In A Name? The Reason These Bands Were Named After Animals

The Yardbirds Can Mean Three Different Things

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The band that throttled the careers of Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck had an interesting take to their name.

The name could be an expression for hobos hanging around rail yards, or prisoners hanging out in a prison yard, or it’s a reference to jazz musician Charlie “Yardbird” Parker. Just ahead, once David Crosby joined this band, they paid tribute to the fab four from England.