Original: The Yardbirds recorded most of their Top 40 hit songs during Beck 's time with The Yardbirds , which was short , allowing him only one full album , Yardbirds which became known as Roger the Engineer , released in 1966 .
Simplified: He became famous when he replaced Eric Clapton as the guitarist for The Yardbirds . After leaving The Yardbirds in 1966 Beck went on to work with his own group and with other musicians .