The members of Led Zeppelin were very clear fans of Blind Willie Johnson. Johnson was a major figure in gospel blues throughout the late 1920s. They covered several of his songs, one of which being ...

Led Zeppelin song titles didn’t necessarily convey the massive amount of creativity the band put into their music. “Black Dog” took its name from a stray canine. “Four Stick” was so dubbed because ...

The Black Crowes were joined by John Fogerty and Slash during a triumphant set at the FireAid benefit concert in Los Angeles. The group opened their three-song set with a high-energy rendition of ...

After Robert Plant sang “Stairway to Heaven” at a charity event in England last October — the first time he’d done so since 2007 — the rock god said it may have been the last time he’ll ever perform ...

Fans of the band would never confuse the airy, sparkling ballad “Thank You” for the grandly dense epic “Achilles Last Stand.” Yet those are two of the eight Led Zeppelin songs with one thing in common ...

Rock and roll history is littered with the wreckage of acts that couldn’t make it beyond an EP, album or first tour. Once upon a time, groups were given time to figure it out, with major labels ...

Led Zeppelin‘s album opening songs are as varied and interesting as the LPs that followed. Together, they provide a road map as the band quickly transcended their foundational influences to redraw the ...

At the height of Led Zeppelin’s fame in 1975, Robert Plant called himself a “golden god,” a phrase he delivered with his tongue firmly in cheek. In the nearly 50 years since he uttered those words, ...

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