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  Img Capt Keith Relf (second from right) with The Yardbirds in 1966
  Background solo_singer
  Birth Name William Keith Relf
  Born <br> Richmond , Surrey , England
  Died , London , England
  Instrument Vocals , Harmonica , Guitar
  Genre Blues , Blues-rock , Folk-rock , Prog Rock , Heavy Metal
  Years Active 1963 - 1976
  Associated Acts The Yardbirds <br> Renaissance <br> Medicine Head <br> Armaggedon <br> Illusion


Keith Relf (born Keith William Relf on March 22 , 1943 - May 14 , 1976 ) is best known as the Lead Singer and Harmonica player of The Yardbirds . After the Yardbirds broke up, Relf was involved in the acoustic duo Together, with fellow Yardbird Jim McCarty , and the groups Renaissance (which included his sister Jane Relf ) and Armageddon . He also produced a number of tracks for the acoustic (world music) group Amber , for Saturnalia , and also for Medicine Head , with which he also played bass guitar.

Relf perished in a most unlikely accident, electrocuting himself while playing his .) At the time, Relf was rehearsing new material for the regrouping of the original Renaissance lineup, called Illusion .


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