Chris Dreja

English guitarist

  • Fame54.6
  • Momentum7.5
  • Wikipedia5.7K
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Lived 1945–2025, aged 80United Kingdom
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    19 languages
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  • Era
    1945–2025
    Aged 80
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Updated 2026-08-08

Christopher Walenty Dreja was an English musician and photographer. He was best known as the rhythm guitarist and bassist for the rock band The Yardbirds. He left the music business in the late 1960s after The Yardbirds folded and became a professional photographer. In 1992, he and the rest of The Yardbirds were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In later life he would play Yardbirds concerts until a series of strokes forced him to retire from live touring around 2011.

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54.6
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Momentum7.5
Historical17.5
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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