The Boathouse - Where Led Zeppelin was formed

Jimmy Page bought the Boathouse in Pangbourne in 1967 when he was just 23 years of age and played as the lead guitarist in the band The Yardbirds.

It was only a year later when Jimmy decided that he wanted to split from the band and form a new one of his own.

It was later in 1968 when he was introduced to Robert Plant, an up and coming vocalist from the Midlands. After hearing Robert sing at the Birmingham Teacher Training College, Jimmy later invited him to stay at the Boathouse to discuss his proposals for the new band.

Jimmy in the lounge	The lounge today

Soon after, John Bonham and John Paul Jones too joined and the four of them spent time at the Boathouse jamming and preparing for gigs.

Although they performed initially under the old Yardbirds name, it wasn't long before Jimmy had come up with a new name for the band.

This would be Led Zeppelin and this would be the name of the band that would take the world by storm over the next decade, regularly breaking tour attendance and album record sales, worldwide.

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