As a founding member and frontman of the ground-breaking blues/psychedelic band The Yardbirds - his vocals, songwriting, and powerful harmonica playing introduced the world to a new take on the Howlin' Wolf-Muddy Waters Chicago blues that the band loved so much. Emerging from the same 1960's"swinging London" blues boom as The Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Kinks and The Who - The Yardbirds went onto set the stage for every great rock band that followed in their footsteps.

After The Yardbirds folded in July 1968, Relf and Yardbirds' bandmate Jim McCarty launched Renaissance (whose debut was produced by former Yardbirds bassist Paul Samwell-Smith), a classical/folk/rock experimental hybrid that helped to propel modern rock music many years forward, embracing the various styles and; rich musical heritage of their native Britain - and who would continue to exist and prosper long after the ex-Yarbirds left to participate in other musical ventures in 1970.

Relf then undertook various projects through the early 1970's...producing bands like Saturnalia and Hunter Muskett - as well as producing and playing bass for Medicine Head, then producing/providing background vocals for Steamhammer - whose guitarist Martin Pugh and bassist Louis Cennamo would eventually join Relf and American drumming ace Bobby Caldwell in Relf's final band...Armageddon.

Relf died on May 14, 1976 in a bizarre incident at his home - the veteran musician was apparently playing an improperly grounded electric guitar in his basement recording studio, when he apparently received a severe shock.

While there is no shortage of web sites dedicated to The Yardbirds, this particular web site has a very comprehensive set links to various Keith Relf music projects and information:

http://keithrelf.com/index1.html