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| FotiniD |
Hm, I stumbled across this. It's part of an interview with Chris Dreja of the Yardbirds, when they played Greece last October (trying my best with the translation):
Q: Who's the oldest in the business, the Stones or you?
CD: Who's spreading these rumours? (laughs). Hmm, I don't know. You tell me, you're the journalist and you're young enough, because my memory sometimes fails me. One thing's certain, we're the only survivors. Now that I think about it, I think we are really honored by this characterization and it'd be nice to play together and promote the gig as "The two oldest bands in the world".
Q: Or "80 years of music in three hours"
CD: Even better. |
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| scratched |
The Shadows are still going too. |
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| Doxa |
Do the Yardbirds still exist? And through all these years? Those guys really know how to keep a secret!
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| glencar |
It's probably like the Temptations - they hung around for many years after their prime with members who had never been near the real band. Shameless, really. |
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| alex_taper |
The drummer is still in the band, they also have the ex-Doctor Feelgood guitarist (Gypie Mayo) who is fantastic.
I've seen them a few years ago and it's not bad at all, they still play "dazed and confused"!! |
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| alex_taper |
So they are two survivors : Chris Dreja and Jim Mc Carthy |
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| Gazza |
The Shadows are doing a "final" tour in 2004.
However, the longest running band of them all would be the Four Tops - the original line up was together from 1954 until Lawrence Payton died in 1997. The others continued as "The Tops" and are still goin', I think. All are original members.
The Blind Boys of Alabama have been going since around the 1940's I guess but I'd imagine with several personnel changes |
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