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James Stanley McCarty (born 25 July 1943)[1] is an English musician, best known as the drummer for the Yardbirds and Renaissance.[2] 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.
Jim McCarty
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Jim McCarty in Basingstoke, 2008
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| Birth name | James Stanley McCarty |
| Born | (1943-07-25) 25 July 1943 (age 80) Walton, Liverpool, England |
| Genres | Blues rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, hard rock, folk rock |
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| Years active | 1960s–present |
| Member of | The Yardbirds |
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He was born at Walton Hospital in Liverpool, England,[1] but his family moved to London when he was two years old. He attended Hampton SchoolinHampton 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.[3][4]
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.[1] 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)
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