Musician Recalls Being Responsible for Forming Led Zeppelin: ‘Let’s Say John Paul Jones Saw the Possibilities’ Ultimate Guitar“Is it possible that this anticipated heavy metal?” Donovan says he, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones sowed the seeds for Led Zeppelin and the future of hard rock with this 1968 hit song GuitarPlayer.com“My producer Mickie Most said, ‘We can’t let a wild boy like Hendrix in there. We have to control the song, Don’”: ’60s icon Donovan tells the story of the “heavy metal folk” song that connects him to Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and The Beatles MusicRadarDonovan: I created Led Zeppelin (sort of) The TelegraphDonovan has just dropped the most epic, name-dropping answer to a question ever Louder