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James Stanley McCarty (born 25 July 1943) is an English drummer, best known as a member of the Yardbirds and Renaissance.[1] McCarty has performed and recorded as a drummer and occasional singer with the Yardbirds, Together, Renaissance, Shoot,[2] Illusion, Box of Frogs, the British Invasion All-Stars, and Pilgrim. He was also a keyboardist for Stairway and, under his own name, a guitarist in the Jim McCarty Band.[3][4] Since 1992 he has been playing with the reformed Yardbirds. Following Chris Dreja's departure from the Yardbirds in 2013, McCarty became the only founding member to still tour in the band.[6] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a member of the Yardbirds.[7] 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) as well as two books.[8] McCarty has contributed to four Yardbird books: Yardbirds (1983.) / Yardbirds: The Ultimate Rave-Up (1997.) / The Yardbirds (2002.) / Nobody Told Me: My Life with the Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Stories (2018.).

Jim McCarty

Jim McCarty Basingstoke 2008 By Marc Lacaze

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Full name
James Stanley McCarty.
Born
1943. · Liverpool.
Nationality
United Kingdom.
Occupation
musician, drummer, songwriter and composer.
Fields
blues rock.
Education
Hampton School.
Languages
English.

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James Stanley McCarty (born 25 July 1943) is an English drummer, best known as a member of the Yardbirds and Renaissance.[1] McCarty has performed and recorded as a drummer and occasional singer with the Yardbirds, Together, Renaissance, Shoot,[2] Illusion, Box of Frogs, the British Invasion All-Stars, and Pilgrim. He was also a keyboardist for Stairway and, under his own name, a guitarist in the Jim McCarty Band.[3][4] Since 1992 he has been playing with the reformed Yardbirds. Following Chris Dreja's departure from the Yardbirds in 2013, McCarty became the only founding member to still tour in the band.[6] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a member of the Yardbirds.[7] 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) as well as two books.[8] McCarty has contributed to four Yardbird books: Yardbirds (1983.) / Yardbirds: The Ultimate Rave-Up (1997.) / The Yardbirds (2002.) / Nobody Told Me: My Life with the Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Stories (2018.).

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Jim McCarty (born 1943) is a composer, drummer and musician, among other activities, of British nationality. The composer was born James Stanley McCarty in Liverpool. Jim McCarty was educated at Hampton School.

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