This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
To many, Led Zeppelin were the first heavy metal band. But as this tribute disc argues, they were also the last great ’60s blues band.
And to prove the point, a roster of Chicago and Memphis players get the Led out here, covering a dozen or (Zo)so classic Zep tracks. Alvin Youngblood Hart finds the folk at the heart of Heartbreaker, Clarence (Gatemouth) Brown puts a little Memphis boogie into Rock And Roll, and Joe Louis Walker and James Cotton reclaim Willie Dixon’s You Need Love, which Zep, er, “borrowed” for Whole Lotta Love. This could use a few hipper acts and cooler tracks — why not have R.L. Burnside doing Black Dog? — but Whole Lotta Blues is still gonna make you sweat, and gonna make you groove. On the whole, anyway.
