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Paul Samwell-Smith (born Paul Smith, 8 May 1943, in Richmond, Surrey) is best known as a founding member and bassist of the 1960s English band The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page. As a youth, Samwell-Smith attended Hampton School with The Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty. While in The Yardbirds, he co-produced and engineered much of their music, working with record producers such as Mickie Most, Simon Napier-Bell and Giorgio Gomelsky. He left The Yardbirds in June 1966 to pursue a career as a music producer. ==The Yardbirds== In late May 1963 he formed The Yardbirds with Keith Relf, Anthony Topham, Chris Dreja, and Jim McCarty. He mainly used an Epiphone Rivoli bass. He played on the UK albums, ''Five Live Yardbirds'' and ''Yardbirds'' (also known as ''Roger the Engineer'') and on the US albums ''For Your Love'', ''Having a Rave Up'', and ''Over Under Sideways Down'' (which was ''Roger the Engineer'' retitled), all released on Epic Records. He provided background vocals on many songs like "Good Morning Little School Girl", "For Your Love", "Heart Full of Soul", "Evil Hearted You", and more. While in the Yardbirds he started working on the technical side in the studio. In 1966, he started to get tired of touring and had concerns about Keith Relf's drinking and left the Yardbirds; he was replaced by Jimmy Page. The last Yardbirds album he played on was ''Yardbirds'' (''Roger the Engineer''). In the early 80s, Samwell-Smith played in the Yardbirds reunion band Box of Frogs with original Yardbird members Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty. The Box of Frogs did not tour because Chris Dreja was busy with his photography and Samwell-Smith was busy in the recording studio. He was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds in 1992. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Samwell-Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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