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Did you know that..........

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ninthwondernj

Jul 1, 2004
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SOuthern New Jersey
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Jimmy Page was the Bassist for The Yardbirds for a while???
Silly me found that out today....
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ninthwondernj said:
SHEESH GIMMIE SOME CREDIT, I KNEW HE WAS IN THE YARD BIRDS JUST I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS THE BASSIST FOR A WHILE
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Number A, you don't have to shout. Do you know how many Internet etiquette laws you're breaking by typing in all caps like that? Um, well, you're breaking one: Don't type in all caps.

Also, I too did not know that JP played bass in the Yardbirds. I don't think he did it regularly.
 
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he only played bass to fill in for Paul Samwell-smith, so i don't think he was ever considered "The Bass player" but just as a fill in...

The Yardbirds Wiki said:
It was shortly after the sessions that produced Yardbirds that Paul Samwell-Smith decided to quit the group and move behind the boards as a producer. Jimmy Page re-entered the picture here, agreeing to pinch-hit on bass until rhythm guitarist Chris Dreja could become comfortable with that instrument, and then teaming with Beck for tantalising twin-guitar attacks.
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KeithBMI said:
I didn't know that, but then again, I never cared who their bass player was.
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Ya, Paul Samwell-Smith was nothing. He only co-wrote almost every single song they had that wasn't a cover. The guitarists take all the credit for that band and Paul SS and Jim McCarty wrote everything and nobody knows or cares who the hell they are. And you guys all thought this star-making crap started with boy bands and Britney Spears.
 

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