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“Black Dog” is the first track on Led Zeppelin’s famous untitled album which is often referred to as “Led Zeppelin IV”. For the “few” of you that have actually been following my blog, it goes without saying that a lot Zeppelin tunes are a favourite of mine and Black Dog with its cool riff [...]

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Arguably, the most famous rock song of all time, “Stairway to Heaven” was released by Led Zeppelin in 1971. Even though it’s banned in most guitar shops, (lol) the sheet music for this song has sold well-over a million copies.
During an interview with Jimmy Page, Rolling Stone magazine asked how much of the song’s guitar [...]

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“Bring it on Home” was recorded in 1969 for Led Zeppelin’s second album, Led Zeppelin II.
Another Willie Dixon influenced song (of the same title), which eventually lead to Led Zeppelin paying royalties for the song and giving Dixon credit as the song’s composer. In all fairness it is apparent that the beginning and ending of [...]

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Led Zeppelin is well-known for borrowing various tunes and ideas from Blues recordings. Moby Dick’s main guitar riff seems that it may have originated from Bobby Parker’s 1961 song, “Watch Your Step“.
One of my favourite from Zeppelin, it has a fairly easy main riff. You shouldn’t have too many problems with this one.

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