BIG TOM YARDLEY
Musiker der Beat-Aera
Vocals, 2nd Lead Guitar, Bass Guitar
Model
casted by
GAD
Hardy Mutschler
Brody Casting
Silvie Brucklacher
Jürgen Altmann
Lutz Schelhorn
Sabine Lingg
Blutsgeschwister
Discothek Tonstudio
PRINZ
and some more
Actor
TV-Serie "Pfarrerin Lenau"
Werbung
Nebenrolle in Spielfilm
Kunststudent an der P.Art
Freie Kunstschule
Designer
Schmuck ♦ Parfums
Labels ♦ Logos
Brillen ♦ HiFi
Unfug
wurde irgendwann in den 50ern südlich von London geboren.
In den Sechzigern war er dann irgendwann müde, auf die
Penne zu gehen und schnappte sich eine Bassgitarre.
Er nahm Unterricht und spielte nach 3 Monaten seinen Lehrer an die Wand.
Dann gründete er diverse Bands.
Nachdem eine Bassgitarre mit Verzerrer nicht zu spielen
ist, schnappte er sich kurzerhand eine Stromgitarre
und spielte fortan Leadgitarre.
Als ihn auch das langweilte, begann er als Sänger.
Nachdem er diverse nationale Bandwettbewerbe gewann,
tourte er durch Deutschland, England und die Schweiz.
Ende der Sechziger zählte er zu den absoluten Highlights und war der Local Hero.
Dann waren die Sixties vorbei und seine Musik nicht mehr angesagt.
Kurzum startete er eine Karriere als Fotomodell.
Parallel unternahm er Versuche als Schauspieler,
u.a. unter Rainer Werner Fassbinder,
mit dem er sich jedoch überwarf,
so dass es nach einigen Probeaufnahmen vorbei war.
Mitte der Achziger gab ihm die Punkmusik neuen Auftrieb
und er versuchte, an die Musik der Sechziger anzuknüpfen.
Yardley: "Ich machte genau die selbe Scheiße wie
20 Jahre vorher, bloß dass sie es jetzt Punk nannten.
Mir egal, solange es der Musik keinen Abbruch tut".
Schließlich folgten einige Werbevideos in den Neunzigern
und eine Nebenrolle in einer Fernsehserie.
Sein unverwechselbarer Sound – er spielt noch immer die legendäre Gitarre
mit dem Totenkopf und seinen Sechziger VOX-Verzerrer -
sowie seine charismatische Erscheinung machen ihn auch heute noch gefragt.
Die Gitarre ist auch heute noch auf den Studioaufnahmen
als 2. Leadgitarre zu hören.
was born somewhere in the Fifties South of London.
In the Sixties he was tired of going to school and took a bass guitar.
He took some lessons and after 3 months he
played his teacher with the balls to the wall.
`cause it’s impossible to play a bass guitar with a distortion booster,
he immediately took a guitar and played from now on Lead Guitar.
Boring him, too, he started as a singer.
After winning some band contests, the Sixties meanwhile
were over and his music no more demanded.
So he started a career as a model.
At the end of the Sixties he wan an absolute highlicht an local hero.
In a parallel manner he took some efforts as an actor –
after some stress with the directors this part was finished, too.
After that some PR-Movies followed as well
as acting on TV Seriesin the Nineties.
In the mid of the Eighties he started music again and tried
to continue the music of the Sixties.
His special sound – he still plays the legendary guitar
with the skeleton head and his
original Sixties VOX distortion booster –
and also his charsimatic appearance
still make him very demanded today.
The guitar still ist to hear on the studio tracks
as 2nd Lead Guitar nowadays.
Foto: Jürgen Altmann
The Bands
THE ORIGINAL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
1965
Tommy McCloud (Big Tom Yardley) Vocals, Bass Guitar
Temucin Atac Guitar
Wild King Davenport (+) Drums
THE FIRESTRINGS
1965/66
Big Tom Ryder (Yardley) Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar
Clyde Mc Feather Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Temucin Atac Rhythm Guitar
Wild King Davenport (+) Drums, Backing Vocals
THE BEATMEN
1966-1969, 1974-1979
Big Tom Yardley Lead Vocals, 2nd Lead Guitar
Clyde Mc Feather Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Temucin Atac Rhythm Guitar
"Harpie" Blues Harps, Percussions
Speedy "12 Fingers" Kline Keyboards
Wild King Davenport (+) Drums, Backing Vocals
Giovanni Scandale (+) Drums
(replaced King after his death)
Helmut Malue (and many others) Bass Guitar
URIAH HEEP feat. Big Tom Yardley
1967
Vocals on Studio Tapes
MC5
1970
with Big Tom Yardley on
2nd Lead Guitar in one concert
BIG TOM YARDLEY AND FRIENDS
1981
Big Tom Yardley Lead Vocals, 2nd Lead Guitar
Gary Tiger Malbrich Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Vinco Mountains Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals
Bert "Pianorider" Boll Keyboards
Helmut "Basswutz" Malue Bass Guitar
Giovanni Scandale (+) Drums
Jimmy Kraemer Drums
(replaced Scandale after his death)
Axel "Metronome" Kaufmann (+) Drums
Hendrik "The Gypsy" Bühler Drums
Sugar Phil Backing Vocals
"Teenie" Backing Vocals
and also for a wihile
Lord Ulli Günther Vocals, Backing Vocals
Johnny "Tex Tornado" Miller Saxophone
Klaus X Lead Guitar
Dave Ryder Rhythm Guitar
Dirk Koppmann Lead Guitar
Michael Kaufmann Piano, Keyboards
Katie "Blues Baby" Vocals, Backing Vocals
Stefan Mellmann Blues Harp
and additional at Vogelsang Studios
Zlatko Ducbaba Keyboards and Engineer
Special thanks for digitally tape remastering to
Ralf Schübel / ADS Studios
Hendrik "The Gypsy" Bühler
Lead Vocals as Tour Vocalist
in several Bands
1986 until now
UNDERCOVER
2006
featuring Big Tom Yardley
Vocals through their Tenerife Tour
BIG TOM YARDLEY GROUP
2007
Guitar at a One Night Jam Session
(Video available on YouTube)
2010
??? Well, we'll see !!!
In Memoriam to Gone Friends
Nico
Brian Jones
Steve Marriott
Bon Scott
Alexis Korner
Johnny Paris (Johnny & Hurricanes)
Lord Ulli Günther
Wild King Davenport
Giovanni Scandale
Axel "Metronome" Kaufmann
Clyde Mc Feather
and also memoriam
Keith Moon
Manuela
Drafi
Roy Buchanan
Janis
Jim
We won't forget you
But The Beat Goes On
