Beyond the Yardbirds: How Drummer Jim McCarty Forged Shoot, Reissued by Think Like A Key - It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine

Beyond the Yardbirds: How Drummer Jim McCarty Forged Shoot, Reissued by Think Like A Key - It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine

In the long shadow of the Yardbirds, it’s easy to forget how far Jim McCarty’s musical journey strayed from the wild blues-rock energy of ‘Shapes of Things’ and ‘For Your Love.’ By the early 1970s, McCarty had already helped seed the beginnings of progressive rock through Renaissance, but what came next remains one of rock’s lesser-known, subtly captivating chapters. This includes ‘On The Frontier,’ the lone album by Shoot, McCarty’s short-lived…