LED zep test

What was the name of the big #1 record by Jet Harris and Tony Meehan started his road to popularity

60%

Jimmy Page motivation to learn the guitar started with two early songs, Baby Let's Play House and My Baby Left Me. Who were the artist and the guitarist for these songs?

Elvis presley, focused on guitarist scotty moore

What was different about LZ I from LZ II?

Greatest Rock Album made used their own style

Who replaced the guitarist that left after For Your Love was released? He led the group in a more psychedelic direction.

Jeff Beck who was then replaced by Page

J.R.R. Tolkien lyrically influenced what track on LZ II?

Ramble On

What was the band doing in between and during these tour dates?

Recording in Studios and working on their second album

When Jimmy decided he wanted to put a new band together, he first asked Terry Reid if he was interested and he was not. However, who did he recommend?

Robert Plant

Who recommended John Bonham for the drum chair for The New Yardbirds?

Robert Plant

Hugh Weldon interviewed Jimmy Page when he was 13 in 1957. What type of music did he play on the show and what did Jimmy want to do besides be a guitarist at that point in his life? Name the most famous skiffle artist that inspired bands at that time?**

Skiffle, old American songs

What was one the sources of American records coming into England?

They were brought in

From the age of 15 on, Jimmy was had becoming a professional musician. What was it about this lifestyle that helped to give him rheumatic fever?

Travelling a lot

Who many hours did it take to record it?

30

What career did Robert's parents want him to pursue?

Accounting

Yardbirds Biographer

Alan Clayson

Sonny Boy Williamson song was referenced in LZ II?

Bring it on home

What was significance of The Road to Love by Neil Christian and the Crusaders in 1962?

Page was featured, he was catapoulted into becoming a pro

Aurthor and Journalist

Paolo Hewitt

Steve Marriott Biographer

Paolo Hewitt

What is controversial about Led Zeppelin's treatment of the songs and the folk sources of these songs?

Some people thought he was copying, tasteless and disrespectful

What year did Jeff Beck and Yardbirds have tension and part ways (during an American tour)?

1966

In what year did Zeppelin first do 4 American and 3 European concert tours?

1969

50. Black Mt Side came from Black Water Side. Who were the two singers/guitarist that Jimmy got the song from?

Bert Yench and Anne Briggs

Train Kept A Rolling (Stroll On) was readapted for what film which Jimmy and Jeff Beck played guitar together.

Blow Up

What forms of music was Led Zeppelin music derived from?

Blues, folk, psychedelic

What west coast band did Plant like that was a representation of the psychedelic, hippy sound coming out of the US?

Buffalo Springfield

Guitar and Bass (Yardbirds)

Chris Dreja

R&B singer

Chris Farlowe

led Zeppelin Biographer

Chris Welch

Session Drummer starting 1966

Clem Cattini

What Pete Townshend trademark did Jeff Beck use in the middle of the song to excite a bored crowd?

Destroyed his guitar

What instrument did Jimmy Page play when he first joined the Yardbirds?

Guitar

What was Plants next band that tried to emulate that sound somewhat?

Hobbs Twingle

Smokestack Lightening by the Howlin Wolf via the Yardbirds inspired what Zeppelin song on LZ I?

How Many More Times

What Howlin Wolf lyric inspired How Many More Times?

How Many More Years

Presumably, who came up with the name, Led Zeppelin?

John Entwistle

The who's PR

Keith Altham

What concept was mentioned to be a Page concept in reference to Ramble On? Read this article for more information on the concept:

Light and Shade

What was the significance of this club in respect to the Rolling Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin?**

Marquee club

What Eddie Cochran song inspired Communication Breakdown?

Nervous Breakdown

Who was the manager that the Yardbirds acquired during the last phase of the Yardbirds? He would play a central role in the formation and success of Led Zeppelin.

Peter Grant

Journalist and Author

Phil Sutcliff

Be familiar with some of the facts about the opening track, Good Times, Bad Times.

Powerful statement to open a rock album

What predominate genre was being replaced (supplant) by the blues artists in the early and mid-1950's?

Replaced jazz

What country (roots) blues player did Robert Plant "study" when he was learning to sing? Crossroads was one of his songs. What Yardbirds guitarist later became synonymous with Crossroads?

Robert Johnson

What style was Communication Breakdown reminiscent of?

Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran

You Need Loving was by what group? What was taken directly from that version by Robert Plant?

The Small Faces, they took some lyrics

What band was playing a "really tasty white version of Ramp; B" in London in the mid 60's? Who was there lead guitarist at the time?

The Yardbirds , Eric Clapton

Dazed and Confused came from two sources for Page. What were they?

The Yardbirds, Jake Holmes

What was released on Jan. 12, 1969 on Atlantic Records? It is considered one of the greatest debut albums in rock and roll.

Their debut album, Led Zeppelin

What made Jimmy and Clem Clattini play during the sessions that made them so popular? Why?

They knew how to play rock and roll, they were inventive

John Paul Jones like Jimmy Page was also a successful

bass player

What two musical interests did Plant have that was also the first inspirations of Jimmy Page?

elvis, and devoted to American blues music

What were some of the musical attributes that made JPJ a special player?

he was inventive, he had good timing, solid bass player

In Dazed and Confused what two members had a lot of interplay between them?

jimmy page and robert plant

What type of sound did Jimmy emulate on his guitar during the beginning of the solo?

mini rock opera, extreme example of psychadelia

Why was John Bonham kicked out of some bands previous to Led Zeppelin? This aspect of his playing turned out to be an asset for the group.

most powerful drummer in the west midlands, he was so loud, most influential rock drummers of all time

What technique did Jimmy use on guitar with both the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin on Dazed and Confused?

psychedelic feeling

What were the two differences in Pages version and the trade version of Black Mt. Side?

rearranged to be instrumental, acoustic guitar