Sunday, May 8, 2016

LED ZEPPELIN - PHYSICAL GRAFFITI - Influences & Covers

Led Zeppelin's sixth album, Physical Graffiti, just about encompasses the full range of what the band is all about. "In My Time Of Dying" is the only actual cover song here. Each successive album finds the band coming more into its own and the sources of inspiration less decipherable. Below is a list of the actual and possible sources of inspiration for each song.

01 - CUSTARD PIE:
Custard Pie Blues (SONNY TERRY)
Drop Down Mama (SLEEPY JOHN ESTES)
Drop Down Mama (TOM RUSH)
Drop Down Mama (MISSISSIPPI FRED MCDOWELL)
Shake 'Em On Down (BUKKA WHITE)
I Want Some Of Your Pie (BLIND BOY FULLER)
My Mama Don't Allow Me (ARTHUR CRUDUP)
Put On Your Nightcap (BIG JOE WILLIAMS)

02 - THE ROVER:
[Original]

03 - IN MY TIME OF DYING:
In My Time Of Dying (JOSH WHITE)
Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed (JOSH WHITE)
In My Time Of Dyin' (BOB DYLAN)
Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed (BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON)
Dance Of The Inhabitants (JOHN FAHEY)
Jesus Is A Dying Bed Maker (CHARLEY PATTON)

04 - HOUSES OF THE HOLY:
[Original]

05 - TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT:
Terraplane Blues (ROBERT JOHNSON)
Superstition (STEVIE WONDER)

06 - KASHMIR:
Inspired by Indian & Middle Eastern music

07 - IN THE LIGHT:
[Original]

08 - BRON-YR-AUR:
She Likes It (OWEN HAND)

09 - DOWN BY THE SEASIDE:
Down By The River (NEIL YOUNG)

10 - TEN YEARS GONE:
Band On The Run (WINGS)

11 - NIGHT FLIGHT:
[Original]

12 - THE WANTON SONG:
Immigrant Song (LED ZEPPELIN)

13 - BOOGIE WITH STU:
Ooh, My Head (RITCHIE VALENS)

14 - BLACK COUNTRY WOMAN:
[Original]

15 - SICK AGAIN:
[Original]

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