Hi guys - I've been learning a couple of my favorite Led Zeppelin songs. They tend to be the more obscure ones.

There's a couple of 'cliche' sounding songs they do, and I was wondering if anyone can share what styles, grooves, songs or bands that came before them sound most similar. In particular, the songs are:

1. Hot Dog
2. South Bound Suarez
3. Down by the Seaside

In fact I'm often impressed at the overall band sound and instrumentation these guys came up with.

For the early albums the blues influence is pretty obvious especially the first 2 albums. But they seemed to really put a unique sound and stamp on many of their songs. Some that sound really fresh to me given what came before are Over the Hills and Far Away, the Ocean, Dancin' Days...oh, lots of others. But maybe I'm just not as familiar with what came before.

What is your opinion of them ?

Last edited by Joe V; 04/09/20 09:13 AM.