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14. Mai 2016 · Keith Relf, the voice of the Yardbirds, died by electrocution while practicing guitar on May 14, 1976 in his cellar.
27. Mai 2021 · On May 14, 1976, Relf, then only 33 years old, was playing his guitar in his basement when he was fatally electrocuted — at that time, he was practicing on an ungrounded guitar while standing on a gas pipe. His body was later discovered by his 8-year-old son.
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Im Jahr 1963 gründete er die Band The Yardbirds, bei der u. a. Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck und Jimmy Page mitspielten. Mit ihrem 1966er-Album The Yardbirds (auch als Roger the Engineer bekannt) setzten sie neue Maßstäbe im Bluesrock. Anfang 1968 hatte die Band keine Platte mehr in den Charts, Jimmy Page wollte eine eigene Band gründen, so wie es auch R...
1963: The Yardbirds – Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds: Live At The Crawdaddy1964: The Yardbirds – Five Live Yardbirds1965: The Yardbirds – For Your Love1966: The Yardbirds – Having A Rave UpThe Yardbirds - die Crawdaddy-Clubband mit Pionierarbeit und orientalischen Einflüssen. In: Horst Rudolf: Der Beat fiel vom Himmel. Band I: Von den Quarrymen bis zum Ende der Beatles – eine neue Ge...
French, David: Heart Full of Soul: Keith Relf of the Yardbirds. McFarland & Co, 2020, ISBN 978-1-4766-8011-8.Relf died in the basement of his home in 1976 at age 33 from electrocution while playing an ungrounded electric guitar. He had had several health problems throughout his life, including emphysema and asthma .
In fact, his family says, Relf was not in the tub; apparently he was playing guitar in the basement when the tragic combination of malfunctioning equipment, an exposed pipe, and electric current killed him at age 33.
17. Mai 2021 · Ex-Yardbirds-Sänger Keith Relf verstarb am 14. Mai 1976 an den Folgen eines Stromschlags, den er sich beim Gitarrespielen zugezogen hatte. Er wurde 33 Jahre alt. Relf hatte die Yardbirds mitgegründet, die zum Sprungbrett der Gitarristen Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck und Jimmy Page wurden.
25. Mai 2020 · Yardbirds legendary singer Keith died on the basement of his house while playing an electric guitar at bathtub in 1976, when he was only 33 years-old. He was electrocuted when he stood on a gas pipe. Since the instrument was ungrounded, the electrical current resulted in a severe shock in his entire body.
