Frontman Robert Plant revived the band's name in 2010 for a concert tour of North America and Europe.

[2] Band of Joy was originally formed in 1966 in West Bromwich, a town near Birmingham, England, by Chris Brown (keyboards), Vernon Pereira (guitar),[3] and singer Robert Plant.

A third incarnation of the band, including Plant's friend John Bonham lasted from 1967 to mid-1968.

[5] For a 1968 tour of Scotland, Plant and Bonham used bassist John Hill (ex–Uncle Joseph) and guitarist Mick Strode to fill in a temporary line-up.

In 1977 Gammond and Paul Lockey revived Band of Joy, rounding out the line-up with John Pasternak, Peter Robinson, and keyboardist Michael Chetwood.