... . They were formed in London in 1966. "The Yardbirds virtually wrote the book on guitar-oriented blues based rock & roll- (Abel, 1093). This band pawned three major guitar heroes "Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and the one and only, Jimmy Page. The Yardbirds had ever growing popularity and soon replaced the Rolling Stones as the house band at the widely known ... 1968. The guitarist was given the rights to the band along with all of their concert obligations. He enlisted the help of John Paul Jones. Originally Page and Jones wanted B.J. Wilson and Terry Reid to join them. But they were already...

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