The Pagemeister Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Led Zeppelin created the blueprint for heavy metal, but much of the Brit rock band's hard-hitting sound was based on American blues. Farai Chideya talks with Led Zeppelin biographer Stephen Davis about how blues music influenced the iconic rock and roll band. Davis is the author of Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga. LISTEN NOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJD Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Cool, thanks for that. Mojo Magazine did a Roots of Led Zeppelin issue with a CD with lots of great songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Cool, thanks for that. Mojo Magazine did a Roots of Led Zeppelin issue with a CD with lots of great songs. Here's the track list Long Tall Sally - LITTLE RICHARD As Long As I Have You - GARNETT MIMMS Travelling Riverside Blues - ROBERT JOHNSON Shake 'Em On Down - BUKKA WHITE Summertime - SANTO & JOHNNY Blackwater Side - BERT JANSCH Nobody's Fault But Mine - JOHN RENBOURN Fresh Garbage - SPIRIT You Need Love - MUDDY WATERS Killin' Floor - HOWLIN' WOLF In My Time Of Dying - BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON She Moved Through The Fair/Blue Ragga - DAVY GRAHAM Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - JOAN BAEZ Dance Of The Inhabitants Of The Palace Of King Phillip XIV Of Spain - JOHN FAHEY She Likes It - OWEN HAND. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie29 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Led Zeppelin created the blueprint for heavy metal, but much of the Brit rock band's hard-hitting sound was based on American blues. Farai Chideya talks with Led Zeppelin biographer Stephen Davis about how blues music influenced the iconic rock and roll band. Davis is the author of Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga. Now there's a credible source of information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunChild Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 That was less about roots and influence and more about the same old boring accusations of wholesale theft. Seems like Davis has gone deaf in terms of being able tell composers apart, and has forgotten where Willie Dixon got his "inspirations" from as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragster Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Cool read..thanx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Mojo Magazine did a Roots of Led Zeppelin issue with a CD with lots of great songs. There's quite a few of those if you do a search at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Blues-Roots-Led-Zeppelin/dp/B00004Y333 I know there was a good one I saw in record stores years ago but someone bought it before I had a chance to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Zeppnile Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 That was less about roots and influence and more about the same old boring accusations of wholesale theft. Seems like Davis has gone deaf in terms of being able tell composers apart, and has forgotten where Willie Dixon got his "inspirations" from as well. Maybe. But then why would Led Zeppelin change their song credits in later years if this was only about "roots and influence?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppelin0731 Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Thnx for the interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunChild Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Maybe. But then why would Led Zeppelin change their song credits in later years if this was only about "roots and influence?" Because Plant didn't change some of the lyrics he lifted wholesale early on. Anyway, out of their whole catalog, they've only added a few credits over the decades. What always kills me is when people play some snippet of a song, then follow it with a snippet of Zeppelin's take on it, which even in a few seconds doesn't sound remotely the same. Similarities, yes. Straight theft? Not hardly. Those people can't see the forest for the trees. I've never had the slightest problem telling Led Zeppelin apart from Muddy Waters, how about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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