Initially, he wanted to enlist singer Terry Reid and the Who's drummer, Keith Moom, but both declined. Page set out to find a replacement vocalist and drummer. In the summer of 1968, the Yardbirds' Keith Relf and James McCarty left the band, leaving Page and bassist Chris Dreja with the rights to the name, as well as the obligation of fulfilling an upcoming fall tour. Page would have to assemble a band sooner than he had planned. They had worked on tracks by stars such as The Kinks, Dusty Springfield and Van Morrison. Page and Jones, were already big names on the session circuit. In the spring of 1968, he played on Jones' arrangement of Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man." During the sessions, Jones requested to be part of any future project Page would develop. During 1967, the Yardbirds were fairly inactive, and while they decided their future, Page returned to session work. Jimmy Page had joined the band in its final days, playing a pivotal role on their final album, 1967's "Little Games", which also featured string arrangements from John Paul Jones, a musical arranger, bassist, and keyboard player. Led Zeppelin formed out of the ashes of the Yardbirds.
In doing so, they established the dominant format for heavy metal, as well as the genre's actual sound. More than any other group, Led Zeppelin established the concept of album-oriented rock, refusing to release popular songs from their albums as singles. Consequently, the only connection the audience had with the band was through the records and the concerts.
They rarely gave interviews, since the music press detested the band. It wasn't just their crushingly loud interpretation of the blues - it was how they incorporated mythology, mysticism, and a variety of other genres (most notably world music and British folk) - into their sound. Led Zeppelin was the definitive heavy metal band. SHE IS RADIO FLORIDA- WSHE MIAMI / FT LAUDERDALE Led Zeppelin | SHE Radio Florida | Classic Rock Florida Led Zeppelin