Sean Walters (@seanwrite.bsky.social)

Sorry to hear Yardbirds bassist and rhythm guitarist Chris Dreja has died at 79. Jimmy Page offered him the role of bassist in what was to become Led Zeppelin, but he declined in order to pursue photography. Yardbirds live in 1968. #RIPChrisDreja m.youtube.com/watch?v=kVd5...

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The Yardbirds - live on Bouton Rouge [Colourised] 1968 The Yardbirds live on French TV show 'Bouton Rouge' on the 9th March 1968. This was towards the end of the Yardbirds with the band splitting in June some 3 months later. Keith Relf & Jim McCarty announced their leaving in June with McCarty saying later "Toward the end of the Yardbirds we wanted to do something a bit more poetic, if you like, not so heavy. A bit more folky... We had had enough of heavy rock." Chris Dreja decided to pursue photography. Jimmy wanted to keep rocking and after an approach to Terry Reid who turned down the opportunity but suggested a singer from the Band of Joy from Birmingham along with his drummer the rest is history. I don't make anything colourising and putting these videos together so please support the channel with the link here if you can its greatly appreciated! https://tr.ee/cplUOY9n5L It's interesting to see the Yardbirds version of the Jake Holmes song Dazed & Confused which already seems to have the full (later) Led Zep arrangement in place at this stage. If any videos get blocked I tend to post them on my other social media platforms, so have a look if you don't want to miss anything! All links are here: https://linktr.ee/blues.in.colour 0:00 Train Kept A Rollin' 3:24 Dazed & Confused 9:05 Goodnight Sweet Josephine Vocals: Keith Relf Guitar: Jimmy Page Bass: Chris Dreja Drums & Vocals: Mick McCarty https://www.instagram.com/blues.in.colour/ https://www.facebook.com/blues.in.colour https://twitter.com/blues_in_colour https://www.youtube.com/c/bluesincolour #colourised #bluesincolour #blues #sixties #sixtiesmusic #ledzeppelin #ledzep #jimmypage #rockandroll #pyschrock #guitarist #guitarlegend https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kVd5ywxDNQI&pp=0gcJCRsBo7VqN5tD