INTERVIEW: The Yardbirds Jim McCarty talks about Roger the Engineer - 10.5.21
Preceding the pending release of The Yardbirds 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition of their classic 1966 album Roger The Engineer released on the Demon Music Group label, Gigslutz speaks to their drummer Jim McCarty to discuss his upbringing, the background to recording plus what he’s up to now: Hi Jim, how has your 2020 and 2021 been so far? This year and last year have been very tough for me, as I lost my wife to Cancer last June. We were very close, and ever since have been learning methods to communicate with her, which has actually been going well. Going to be working with Dave Thompson on another book about it. I’m really sorry to hear that sad news Jim, I hope the new year can bring you abit more happiness in the new year. We’re here to talk all things Yardbirds; can you expand a little on your upbringing and were you in bands before you joined The Yardbirds? My parents were not very musical, but they would listen to BBC radio, and things like “Family Favourites...