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Back in May 1966, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, fellow Yardbirds guitarist, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon recorded an instrumental of “Beck’s Bolero.” They loved the recording so much they joked about forming some sort of supergroup. Apparently, Keith Moon said the potential band would go over like a lead balloon. Then, Entwistle joked, adding, “a lead zeppelin!” That’s the alleged story, and then they decided to change it from lead to led so Americans could pronounce it properly.
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In case you were wondering, the Yardbirds was actually the first name the band used. Back when Page, Jones, Plant, and Bonham first performed at a teen club in Gladsaxe, Denmark, they only had 15 hours of practice. That first performance was on September 7, 1968. Some songs from their first set include, “Dazed and Confused,” Train Kept-A-Rollin” and “You Shook Me.”
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