Blues Artists

Led Zeppelin was one of the greatest rock bands of all time. We first discovered Led Zeppelin in 1970, when we were very young, and we’ve been listening to Led Zeppelin ever since.

This is a band which exposed a new, and very large, audience to blues classics, including I Can’t Quit You Baby (Otis Rush), Gallows Pole (Leadbelly), When The Levee Breaks (Memphis Minnie), In My Time Of Dying (Blind Willie Johnson)

Here are some videos of Led Zeppelin:

Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1995

Today Show, 2003

A&E documentary, 2004

Here’s another documentary about Led Zeppelin

Here’s another documentary about Led Zeppelin with emphasis on the influence of the blues on Led Zeppelin’s music

Charlie Rose, 2012

Interview with Jimmy Page, 2014

Jimmy Page speaking at the Oxford Union, 2017

Here are some videos about Led Zeppelin’s alleged plagiarism of earlier songs:

CBC News, 2013

 

Recommended Recordings of Led Zeppelin
Album cover - Led Zeppelin I, released 1969
Album cover – Led Zeppelin I, released 1969
Album cover - Led Zeppelin II, released 1969
Album cover – Led Zeppelin II, released 1969
Album cover - Led Zeppelin III, released 1970
Album cover – Led Zeppelin III, released 1970
Album cover - Led Zeppelin IV, released 1972
Album cover – Led Zeppelin IV, released 1971
Album cover - Led Zeppelin, Houses Of The Holy, released 1973
Album cover – Led Zeppelin, Houses Of The Holy, released 1973
Album cover - Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti, released 1975
Album cover – Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti, released 1975

 

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