“Even wilder is the fact that Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton all grew up near each other in Surrey, England. “
All Yardbirds !
Clapton was the original Yardbirds lead guitarist, but left when the rest of the band wanted to move away from the blues. They offered the job to Page, but he did not want to leave session work. He recommended Jeff Beck. Later, Page joined as bassist, then he and Beck were dual guitarists for a stretch. Page became the sole guitarist when Beck quit during a tour. He was left with rights to the Yardbirds name. He recruited his new bandmates, and fulfilled previously-booked tour dates as the “New Yardbirds,” before they took on their new name: Led Zeppelin.