Here’s my previous ‘Jazzers Who Rock’ post. If you’ve followed this blog for more than a day, you’ll know that I love artists’ reinvention of others’ songs. Jazz musicians have forever used pop songs and standards as the basis for their explorings. (Case in point … Continue reading Jazzers Who Rock – Covers of Radiohead, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin
Wherein I take an established song and show how different artists interpret it, in ways not hearable by us mere mortals … All I ask for all I pray Steady rollin’ woman gonna come my way Led Zeppelin’s song “Black Dog” from their fourth (ZoSo) … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Black Dog – Led Zeppelin
My guess is most people know the story by now. If not, here it is. If so, consider this a refresher: To summarize: Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and Jimmy Page must face a U.S. jury trial over whether they stole opening chords for “Stairway to … Continue reading Spirit vs. Led Zeppelin: The Stairway to Heaven Lawsuit
When he first met Robert Plant, one of the first tunes Jimmy Page told him he wanted to do was a folk song called “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” which he heard on a Joan Baez album. As mentioned in a prior post, Page was … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
