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I love Roberts voice in the beginning! Can't really tell what hes saying though- 'watch' out or something? They didn't steal it, it was a tribute. Plant dramatically alters his voice and accent to sound like Willie Dixon. Page alters his guitar tone to sound more bassy .
Blues tunes in "major" keys are mostly actually in the Mixolydian mode , rather than the normal major key. So to play blues in E you don't need an E harp, you need an E mixolydian harp. This is a harmonica cross harp key ref. The song is in E, so I think the harmonica key would be A. The original Led Zeppelin II album notes credit Page and Plant. The 2014 reissue credits Dixon alone.
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So am I the only here who finds this alternate take to be the gem of all gems!!! Sure, love Pod and Keep On Raining, but man my head is still spinning over this alternate take of Bring it on Home.... So to hear that awesome sound one more time in a different take blows me away.... And Jimmy never got that sound live which makes this even more special to me..... PLUS I love how we are hearing what I believe is the band pretty much learning the song in the studio... My guess is that by later that day they had the track down...
For a really excellent harp/blues background history, i recommend "moaning at midnight-the life and times of howlin' wolf" by james seagrest and mark hoffman.... Without songwriter Willie Dixon's knowledge, Arc Music, the music publishing arm of Chess Records, brought a claim against Led Zeppelin for using "Bring It on Home" without its permission. The group maintained that they copied parts of the song as an intentional tribute to Williamson, but resolved the matter with an undisclosed cash settlement. For the 2003 live album How the West Was Won, the song was credited to Dixon alone, with the note "Medley contains 'Bring It On Back' (Jimmy Page/Robert Plant/John Paul Jones/John Bonham)".
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"Cleveland Rocks" was written by an Englishman. Ian Hunter wrote the song after touring America in the late '70s and finding that Cleveland was by far the most receptive city to his brand of Glam Rock. On the The Song Remains The Same DVD, Page plays this riff just before starting with Black Dog.
Yeah, if you categorized led zeppelin's music I'd probably rate this song #1 for blues. It really highlighted the blues influence towards the band. And plants voice in the beginning is awesome! Doesn't really sound like him though. I agree, its definitely a standout track and i expected more of a live studio sound with all the comp discs, and i am not complaining. I actually was listening to the bbc recordings before the release of these last 3 records, specifically for the raw live sound.
Bring It On Home: Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin, and Beyond
This earlier version is all over the place, the arrangement has not been figured out yet.... According to the notes this was recorded July 24, '69 at Alantic during a three day break before heading out to the west coast.... As I said my guess is they got the backing track down by the end of the session and finished overdubs afterwards...
In the absence of hard facts about Grant's early life, an alternative history took, shape, assisted by books, magazine articles, and television documentaries. Some of the information was true, some was wild speculation, and some was completely false. Grant himself contributed to this confused backstory.
Then it transitions to real Zeppelin where they're playing their own orginal material. This was influenced by a song of the same name recorded by Blues great Sonny Boy Williamson and written by Willie Dixon. Wow, this sounds a lot like the James Gang in terms of the music. Will usually ship within 3 business days of receiving cleared payment. As E mixolydian is derived from the notes of A major, so that's the harp you need.
I wish he got into the fun onstage with the other guys. How the west was won brings it to life so much better. I've spent the past couple years gathering as much of Zeppelin's roots as I could.
If I remember correctly I believe Plant put down his final vocals a few days later in Vancouver.... LOVE to hear how quickly this song developed from this alternate take to the final take... As jimmy page has said in recent interviews, john bonham changed drumming overnight with his drums on, good times bad times. With listening to the records lately and hearing this version of, bring it on home. I wonder if page and jpj were part of, taming the beast, with bonhams drum playing for the final studio versions, if there were any group discussions about that.
Sounds pretty strange, one second you have the riff, then vocals, then something completely different. This is one of the few songs that John Paul doesn't look bored playing. In most of their songs he sort of just stands behind Jimmy and Robert and plays his part while looking like he's about to fall asleep.
Then as you say, bonham was given the freedom to go off, live. I can imagine john bonham insisting that jimmy page "always" keeping his drums loud in the mix on the records. Delivery times may vary, especially during peak periods. Mostly ive been listenin to the new reissues on the car stereo.
I think this song is ment to be played as the last song. It is the last song on Led Zeppelin II, and on the DVD (I don't know if it is on the song remains the same but it is on the other DVD). In doing so, I discovered this song called "Let's Get Together" by the blues artist Jimmy Reed. My favorite track from Led Zeppelin II.
The 'How The West Was Won' version is just amazing. Even if they were sloppy when playing live the awesome improvisations and solos make up for all that. Wish I could have been at a Zeppelin concert. Definitely one of Jimmy Page's best guitar riffs. Living Colour's 'Cult of Personality' is reminiscent of this song -- especially the moment when the heavy guitar first comes in.
He alternates his vocal sections with harmonica phrases, accompanied by Matt "Guitar" Murphy on guitar, Milton Rector on bass guitar, Al Duncan on drums, and either Lafayette Leake or Billy Emerson on organ. "What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes has endured as one of the most popular songs of the '90s, but it wasn't a huge hit at the time and the band split after one album. Frontwoman Linda Perry went on to write hits for Pink and Christina Aguilera. Yeah this has the best guitar riff to sing (if "don-a-don-a-dawe---dawe-da-da-dawe-da-dawe" is considered singing)to, i constantly find myself walking through walmart air guitaring to this song.
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