When Keith Relf, Chris Dreja, and Jim McCarty left The Yardbirds in 1968, the band still had some touring commitments to honor in Scandinavia. Guitarist Jimmy Page scrambled to put together a group to fulfill the contracts that were in place. He gathered singer Robert Plant, bassist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham, and […]
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