I didn’t really catch on to Led Zeppelin beyond Stairway To Heaven and the like until I started to do AOR radio in the 1980’s. Even then, I didn’t get much further than Whole Lotta Love.

The blues influence on the boys from the Black Country, the nuances of what made them the biggest rock and roll band in the world for a fair amount of time, is something that I’m just learning about.

Between working with the band on the ass-kicking drum part to How Many More Times and reading Barney Hoskyns 170-page treatment on Zeppelin IV (which gratefully covers more than just that album), I’m opening my ears up to a whole lotta (more) Zeppelin.

Led Zeppelin – Hats Off To (Roy) Harper

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Photo: Cover of Roy Harper’s Stormcock album

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