Watch Led Zeppelin and Neil Young Play "When the Levee Breaks"
When Led Zeppelin were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, they got on stage with fellow Rock Hall inductee Neil Young and performed a new arrangement of "When the Levee Breaks," a classic Led Zeppelin IV track.
You can relive the, um, magic by watching the top video below.
Because Jimmy Page's Les Paul and Young's Les Paul weren't quite enough, vocalist Robert Plant grabs a Les Paul of his own at the 2:00 mark. You can watch him truly go to town on his Gibson at 4:36 as Page looks on.
Page and Plant were in full-on Page & Plant mode at this time; in fact, they'd just released a successful live album called No Quarter, which was packed with Led Zep tunes. However, they didn't ask the other surviving Led Zep member, John Paul Jones, to take part in the project.
That's why Jones—during the band's now-legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech, which you can watch in the bottom video—says, "Thank you, my friends, for finally remembering my phone number" (jump to 6:31).
That's Michael Lee on drums.
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Damian is Editor-in-Chief of Guitar World magazine. In past lives, he was GW’s managing editor and online managing editor. He's written liner notes for major-label releases, including Stevie Ray Vaughan's 'The Complete Epic Recordings Collection' (Sony Legacy) and has interviewed everyone from Yngwie Malmsteen to Kevin Bacon (with a few memorable Eric Clapton chats thrown into the mix). Damian, a former member of Brooklyn's The Gas House Gorillas, was the sole guitarist in Mister Neutron, a trio that toured the U.S. and released three albums. He now plays in two NYC-area bands.
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