Early Blues Roots of Led Zeppelin (2007)

About this title: This was a great idea. Certainly Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page made no secret of the fact that he had been deeply influenced by blues and that Led Zep was going to be a modern day outlet for the form of American music that inspired him to become a guitarist in the first place. And early Zep certainly borrowed deeply from both blues and folk traditions, albeit they made their tunes a lot heavier. There are a number of obvious choices here, tunes the band actually covered, such as Memphis Minnie's "When the Levee Breaks," "Gallis Pole," by Leadbelly, which means the same thing as "Gallow's Pole," ... read more

Tracks:

1. When the Levee Breaks [McCoy]
2. Sugar Mama [Williamson]
3. Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed [Traditional]
4. Nobody's Fault But Mine [Johnson]
5. Traveling Riverside Blues [Johnson]
6. The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair
7. Shake 'Em on Down [White]
8. I Want Some of Your Pie [Fuller]
9. Gallis Pole [Ledbetter/Lomax]
10. My Mama Don't Allow Me [Crudup]
11. My Baby I've Been You Slave [Williamson]
12. Fixin' to Die [White]
13. Boogie Chillen [Hooker]
14. Lone Wolf Blues [Woods]
15. Got the Bottle Up and Gone [Traditional]
16. Truckin' Little Woman [Broonzy]
17. Going Down Slow [Oden]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.