Birds of Wales | zh

雏鸟乐队（英语：The Yardbirds）（又译新兵乐队）是一支英国摇滚乐队，在1960年代中期作有一系列热门歌曲，包括For Your Love、Over Under Sideways Down和Heart Full of Soul。该乐队闻名于拥有三名摇滚乐坛最著名的吉他手：埃里克·克莱普顿、杰夫·贝克和吉米·佩奇，这三人都是从这支乐队开始了各自的音乐事业，并都入选了《滚石杂志》“最伟大的100位吉他手”榜单中的前5位（克莱普顿、佩奇和贝克分列第2、3和第5位）。雏鸟乐队基于布鲁斯音乐，风格拓展至流行和摇滚，涉足于1960年代中期电吉他的革新，例如声音回授效果、失真和放大器改进。《Spinner》网站的帕特·彭博顿（Pat Pemberton）认为雏鸟乐队是“摇滚乐历史上最令人印象深刻的吉他乐队”。在乐队于1968年解散后，他们的主音吉他手吉米·佩奇创建了齐柏林飞船。 1992年，雏鸟乐队入选了摇滚名人堂。 .

Cloudbirds began writing and recording after their previous project, The M’s(Polyvinyl). Keeping the same studio space, an old Salvation Army Church on Chicago’s North side, the three started a new approach to writing and recording. Simplifying, they traded fuzzed-out electronics, bombastic drums and psych guitar riffs for acoustic guitars and little to no effects. This allowed for their three part vocal harmonies to chime on top of the instrument melodies. The result is folk music with a touch of country and some pop, blending old and new. Cloudbirds are currently working on their second collection of songs with hope of...

There are two bands by the name "The Mockingbirds:" 1) The Mockingbirds were formed by Graham Gouldman in late 1964, following the breakup of the earlier Whirlwinds. The lineup included two fellow members of that band, bassist Bernard Basso and guitarist Steve Jacobsen, plus drummer Kevin Godley from another recently disbanded Manchester group, the Sabres. The stage was set for perhaps Britain's greatest should have but didn't band of the mid-'60s. Throughout that period, after all, Gouldman was writing some of the most successful and individual hits of the entire decade -- but not one of them brought the Mockingbirds...

How does a one time varsity soccer star, a student of political science and a descendant of Florence Nightingale get mixed up in the world of rock? And furthermore...where does a band get a name like Birds of Wales? Vancouver singer/songwriter and frontman of Birds of Wales, Morgan Cameron Ross, tells the story best... "While living on campus at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George I spent most of my time either playing soccer or writing songs on acoustic guitar in my room," recalls Ross. "Friends of mine in a band called Stabilo, from Vancouver, eventually convinced...