The Early Blues Roots Of Led Zeppelin

(The Original Classic Blues Songs Which Inspired Led Zeppelin)

The Early Blues Roots of Led Zeppelin shines light on the band's multitude of borrowed material from blues pioneers, some well known, others more obscure. This is essential for fans of Zeppelin, providing the blueprint for 17 songs they electrified and made their own. This is also an enjoyable collection for die-hard blues fans as it features classics from Bukka White, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Willie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Memphis Minnie, and Sleepy John Estes. (Review by Al Campbell).

The Early Blues Roots Of Led Zeppelin (2000)

Tracks:

01 Memphis Minnie - When the Levee Breaks

02 Sonny Boy Williamson - Sugar Mama

03 Josh White - Jesus Gonna Make up My Dying Bed

04 Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault but Mine

05 Robert Johnson - Traveling Riverside Blues

06 Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair

07 Bukka White - Shake 'em on Down

08 Blind Boy Fuller - I Want Some of Your Pie

09 Lead Belly - Gallis Pole

10 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - My Mama Don't Allow Me

11 Sonny Boy Williamson - My Baby I've been Your Slave

12 Bukka White - Fixin' to Die

13 John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen

14 Oscar Woods - Lone Wolf Blues

15 Sonny Boy Williamson - Got the Bottle up and Gone

16 Big Bill Broonzy - Truckin' Little Woman

17 St. Louis Jimmy Oden - Going Down Slow