Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. The three albums they did when they were still together were Five Live Yardbirds, The Yardbirds and Little Games. Cable TV was coming into more and more homes. 'target="_blank">Done button to see the photos in the gallery. The Box of Frogs albums are very good though and the present Yardbirds lineup plays many of the songs from those albums. Music has always been part of my life, helped me through tough moments and was with me to celebrate the good ones. if (document.readyState === 'complete') { I will say this is the Yardbirds and they are not rooted in the past. The ailments nonetheless had a significant impact on the musicians life despite the frequent medicine he used to treat them. He was a guy from Richmond, Surrey. Yardbirds "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX_DpMWXBQo }); The Yardbirds are known to be one of the first great British rock bands. After the Yardbirds broke up Relf formed the acoustic duo Together, with fellow Yardbird Jim McCarty, followed by Renaissance, which also featured his sister, singer Jane Relf, then hard rock group Armageddon. Some people thought it wasn't quite The Yardbirds without Keith though. Still initially, people were buying albums or going to concerts because according to a 1971 Hit Parader, "it's good to hear that voice again." William Keith Relf (22 March 1943 - 12 May 1976) was an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist and harmonica player for rock band the Yardbirds. Although his former Yardbirds bandmates outshined him, Relf also left a significant legacy behind with his contributions to the band and was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1992 posthumously. 50 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1966. Like "Mr. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Rock Musician. The Live Yardbirds Featuring Jimmy Page album released in 1971 shows Keith and the band cutting loose with their best stuff. These three names are still active in the rock scene and have continued to influence other musicians careers throughout the years. oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['text']['message.action.resubscribed'] = 'Oh yeah, you\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'re back! They play lots of new songs too. Keith Relf was born on March 22, 1943, in Richmond, a town in southwest London. Search above to list available cemeteries. (Yardbirds) Received: 5/3/0 Keith Relf did not die in the bathtub. It's Keith who's the most interesting of all to listen to. His 8-year-old son found him, still holding the plugged-in guitar. Keith, however, wanted to play heavier music, which led him to split fromRenaissance and form Armageddon in 1974. Relf played with his future Yardbirds bandmate Paul Samwell-Smith in a band named the Metropolitan Blues Quartet. 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