The YARDBIRDS were a great band!
Eric Clapton joins the group in late 1963 and Jeff Beck replaces him two days after he leaves in 1965.
Jimmy Page joined the Yardbirds as the replacement bass player (probably wanted to become Willie Dixon, eh Dave?) and later become a tandem lead guitar with Jeff Beck. Beck leaves the band in late 1966 and the Yardbirds touring winds down to a final show in the summer of 1968, but with a few concert commitments remaining in Scandinavia. So with the band essentially broken up Page was given permission to put a group together to play those final gigs as
The New Yardbirds and featured Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones... which eventually became Led Zeppelin.
It was rumored that Jimmy Page wanted to form a super group with Jeff Beck... plus John Entwistle and Keith Moon... but that never materialized. Beck's first album after the Yardbirds is released in 1967... called
TRUTH... which featured Ron Wood and Rod Stewart (prior to Faces) with drummers Aynsley Dunbar and Keith Moon, plus Nicky Hopkins, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones.
