Paul Samwell-Smith

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Paul Samwell-Smith

b, eb, *1943 GB, Richmond
Musician / Producer of Rock and Blues
A.k.a. Paul Granville Samwell-Smith

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.

Instruments

Bass
Bass guitar
Keyboards
Backing Vocals
Percussion

Genres

Rock
Blues
Pop

Plays With

Box Of Frogs

Holy Smoke

The Yardbirds

Nick Hamilton

Band Members

External Links

Wikipedia

MusicBrainz

Discogs

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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