Artist: Snooks Eaglin Album: New Orleans Street Singer Song: Saint James Infirmary Released: 1958-59
Part One: Led Zeppelin (1969)
To better understand this series, read the introduction to Setting The Record Straight here. The songs under scrutiny from the scorching first album: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You You Shook Me I Can't Quit You Baby Dazed and Confused Black Mountain Side For the sake of clarity, below is the original listing with credits of [...]
Setting The Record Straight
Introduction This isn't something I find particularly enthralling subject matter, mainly because it's extremely self-evident to me, but I feel it's important to set the record straight about Led Zeppelin's history of alleged plagiarism. I readily admit that as a big fan of their music, I may hold some inherent bias regarding the situation, but [...]
Monte Luna – Jimmie Spheeris
Artist: Jimmy Spheeris Album: Isle Of View Song: Monte Luna
Letters From A Porcupine – Blind Melon
Artist: Blind Melon Album: Nico Song: Letters For A Porcupine
Presence
As Led Zeppelin albums go, Presence is considered by many to be the most difficult to sit through. Personally, I find the album fascinating and hold its display of musicianship in high esteem, but it's easy to understand why it garners relatively high criticism from fans and reviewers alike. Not only does Plant — who [...]
Letters From A Porcupine 