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Bitter Panic Once the Levee Breaks Hearts and Lives? The TuneSmith Series Episode OO The Doctor of DigitalTM GMick Smith, PhD

Published: Feb. 14, 2022, 9:45 p.m.

Pop music brings us, in a strange way, back to the Great Flood of 1927. Probably the single most lasting example of the flood songs' direct legacy on popular culture is a monster of a rock song: Led Zeppelin's 1972 cover of Memphis Minnie's "When the Levee Breaks." Guitarist Jimmy Page removes the song from its historical context, but it clearing has a feeling of oppressive, impending doom instead. John Bonham's drums in "When The Levee Breaks" eventually became one of the most sampled breaks in history, used by Dr. Dre, the Beastie Boys, Ice-T, and hundreds more. And with each new iteration, the tracks became further and further removed from the plaintive story of desolation which Memphis Minnie penned. Zeppelin and others used this song to climb to artistic and monetary heights. The original songs that commemorated the great flood opened a whole new marketing angle for blues artists in the 1920s-1930s while local, state, and national governments responded, albeit reluctantly, to assist the poor flood victims.

Led Zeppelin vs. Memphis Minnie: Whose version of When The Levee Breaks is better?
https://www.loudersound.com/features/led-zeppelin-vs-memphis-minnie-when-the-levee-breaks

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