Jim McCarty
{{Short description|English drummer}}
{{For|the guitarist|Jim McCarty (guitarist)}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox musical artist|
| name = Jim McCarty
| image = Jim McCarty of the Yardbirds circa 1966.jpg
| caption = McCarty {{circa|early 1966}}
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = James Stanley McCarty
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|7|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Walton, Liverpool, England
| genre = {{hlist|Blues rock|psychedelic rock|progressive rock|hard rock|folk rock}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Drums|vocals|guitar|keyboards}}
| years_active = 1960s–present
| label =
| current_member_of = The Yardbirds
| past_member_of = {{hlist|Together|Renaissance|Shoot|Box of Frogs|Stairway|Pilgrim|}}
| website =
}}
James Stanley McCarty (born 25 July 1943){{cite book|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=1550}} is an English musician, best known as the drummer for the Yardbirds and Renaissance.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p45077/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Jim McCarty|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|website=AllMusic|access-date=18 May 2010}} Following Chris Dreja's departure from the Yardbirds in 2013, McCarty became the only founding member to still tour in the band. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a member of the Yardbirds.
Early life
He was born at Walton Hospital in Liverpool, England, but his family moved to London when he was two years old. He attended Hampton School in Hampton where Paul Samwell-Smith was a fellow pupil. When playing with the early Yardbirds, he worked as a clerk for the stockbroking firm Phillips & Drew in the City of London.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uMRSDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA43|page=43|title=Nobody Told Me: My Life with the Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Stories|author1= Jim McCarty|author2= Dave Thompson|publisher=Lulu|date= 5 Feb 2018|isbn=9780244966508 }}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TAnoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA15|page=15|title=Heart Full of Soul: Keith Relf of the Yardbirds|author= David French|publisher=McFarland|date= 29 May 2020|isbn=9781476640464 }}
Career
McCarty has performed and recorded with the Yardbirds, Together, Renaissance, Shoot, Illusion, the Yardbirds reunion band Box of Frogs, Stairway, the British Invasion All-Stars, and Pilgrim, as well as under his own name and as the Jim McCarty Band. Since 1992 he has been playing with the reformed Yardbirds. McCarty has released three solo albums : Out of the Dark (1994), Sitting on the Top of Time (2009), and Walking in the Wild Land. (2018)
References
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Bibliography
- Yardbirds (John Platt, Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty) Sidgwick & Jackson, 1983. {{ISBN|0-283-98982-3}}
- Yardbirds : The Ultimate Rave-Up (Greg Russo) Crossfire Publications, 1997. {{ISBN|0-9648157-8-8}}
- The Yardbirds (Alan Clayson) Backbeat Books, 2002. {{ISBN|0-87930-724-2}}
- Nobody Told Me: My Life with the Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Stories (Jim McCarty with Dave Thompson), 2018. {{ISBN|0244966508}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0565407|Jim McCarty}}
- [http://www.jimmccarty.co.uk/ Jim McCarty's website]
- [http://dmme.net/interviews/interview-with-jim-mccarty-yardbirds-pt1/ Extensive interview with Jim McCarty]
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Category:People educated at Hampton School
Category:English rock drummers
Category:English male drummers
Category:English autobiographers
Category:The Yardbirds members
Category:Musicians from Liverpool
Category:British rhythm and blues boom musicians
Category:Renaissance (band) members
Category:People from Walton, Liverpool
Category:Illusion (band) members
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