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This Day in Rock History – July 7th

1968: Following a gig in Luton, England, the Yardbirds disband.

Their guitarist, a young kid named Jimmy Page, decides to try and honor some of the gigs the band had committed to and starts recruiting members for “the New Yardbirds.” He gets Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham. Wonder how that worked out?

 

 

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