In 1967 as that era’s hipsters were growing their hair, many acts striving to be part of the or any musical revolution of the day fell into line. It might not be fair to call Jake Holmes conservative and less kind to call him opportunistic but his journey to this point wasn’t what you would […]
When bass player Paul Samwell-Smith left The Yardbirds in 1966 to concentrate on producing other bands, he was replaced by Jimmy Page as Jeff Beck had already replaced Eric Clapton on guitar. Although Page joined as the bass player with Chris Dreja as the rhythm guitarist, Dreja eventually moved to bass allowing Beck and Page […]
When one considers the case against Led Zeppelin in relation to Dazed And Confused, when one weighs up the evidence and listens to the song, one must ask how on earth could they have called the song on Led Zeppelin I by the same name as Jake Holmes’ song when there were indeed so many similarities? […]