Buy Walking Into Clarksdale. With a blend of world music and alternative rock elements along with modern production techniques, this is not a Zeppelin album in any sense nor was it designed to be so.
Instead this stands as a unique work within the long solo catalogs of either artist. Page and Plant re-united in after casual discussions between the two about performing on the popular MTV Unplugged television series, which had been a rousing success for artists ranging from Eric Clapton to Tesla to Nirvana.
Producer Bill Curbishley, who had been managing Plant since the s and began managing Page in , was able to close the deal and, in August , they recorded performances in London, Wales, and Morocco of several re-arranged Led Zeppelin tunes along with four new tracks.
Following the successful release of this album, Page and Plant launched a world tour backed by bassist Charlie Jones , drummer Michael Lee , and a small orchestra of musicians and background singers.
The string sections in between verses help build the musical momentum of this track. Lost in my darkness now, the rain keeps falling down Light of my life, where have you gone? In fact, Jones was not even told about the reunion by his former bandmates. He later commented that he was unhappy about Plant and Page naming the album after "No Quarter", a Led Zeppelin song which was largely his work. It was released by Atlantic Records on 21 April Walking into Clarksdale took 35 days to record.
Clarksdale is a town in the Mississippi Delta, a historical home of Delta blues music. Made in Germany. Made in DE. It also gave him his first solo Top 40 hit with "Big Log". The most popular track on album-oriented rock radio in the US was "Other Arms", which reached number-one on the Billboard Top Tracks chart.
Genesis' drummer Phil Collins played drums for six of the album's eight songs as he did on Pictures at Eleven. On the other two tracks former Jethro Tull drummer Barriemore Barlow performed. It featured his second Mainstream Rock Tracks top hit, "Little by Little", which was 1 on the chart for two weeks.
Genesis drummer Phil Collins played drums for six of the album's eight songs. It was released in and re-released in a remastered edition on 20 March It was released in July Many of the songs are cover versions, mainly blues, but also some rock.
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