PreviousReid, already making waves on the British music scene, had the voice, the swagger, and the attention of Jimmy Page, who was forming a new band after the Yardbirds dissolved. Page wanted Reid as his frontman. It was, on paper, a dream pairing: Page’s visionary guitar work and Reid’s powerful, soulful vocals. But Reid said no. He had other commitments and a strong belief in the solo path he was carving. Instead, he pointed Page toward a relatively unknown singer from the Midlands — “this tall lad from the Black Country,” as Reid put it. That lad was Robert Plant.
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