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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christopher Walenty “Chris” Dreja, April 1967 (Jorgen Angel/Redferns) Chris Dreja, the co-founding rhythm guitarist and later ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. During their initial years together, The Yardbirds scored several ...

Page shared on Instagram, "I heard today of the passing of musician Chris Dreja, who passionately played with the iconic Yardbirds, on rhythm guitar and then the bass. I hadn’t seen him in a while, ...

The Yardbirds guitarist said his battered 1954 Fender could survive almost anything — even his own attempts to smash it.

“It’s a shame the Yardbirds have no image,” opined Herman’s Hermits’ Peter Noone bluntly in 1966, “because they would be the Number One group in England.” It’s true that the Yardbirds—whose ...

Chris Dreja, who was a major component of the iconic English rock band The Yardbirds, has died. He was 79. Dreja's passing was confirmed by Jimmy Page, his former bandmate and one of rock's most ...

A long-lost album by a short-lived supergroup that featured the lead singer of arguably one of the most influential British blues-rock bands of the 1960s is being reissued as a limited-edition colored ...

Chris Dreja, rhythm guitarist turned bassist for the influential Yardbirds and later a celebrated rock photographer, has died at 79. His death was confirmed in posts from his sister-in-law Muriel Levy ...

His sister-in-law announced his death on social media, Variety reported. She did not say when he died or how, but wrote he “passed away after years of health problems.” He had several strokes in 2012 ...