Posted on 07/09/2025 2:30:36 PM PDT by DallasBiff
The Yardbirds doing Dazed And Confused 1968 with Jimmy Page
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Ritchie Valens.
The Elvis Hound Dog hit was a cover for the Big Mama Thornton version—I saw her at a blues festival and she still stung from her version being “stolen”. Elvis knew songs such as hist 1960 Are You Lonesome Tonight was a new version of the 1927 hit by Al Jolson which he learned from a record.
When people said Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love sounded a lot like Muddy Water’s version of the Willie Dixon song “You Need Love”, Willie Dixon agreed. He sued and got money and credits in an out of court settlement.
And a $45,123 settlement went for the Howlin’ Wolf song Killing Floor. Not a lot.
“Some Zeppelin hating FReeper said Page stole the song.”
Huh? No hatred here. But yes LZ stole the core of Jake Holmes’ 1967 song entitled Dazed and Confused including the song title which they didn’t bother to change. :-) The original was just a folk song and Page/LZ added all the breaks, solos and turned it into a monster song.
Jake Holmes opened for the Yardbirds in a NYC concert where Page no doubt heard the song. Lawsuit in 2010 with a settlement in 2011.
No ill intent IMO. Page transformed an unknown folk song into the rock masterpiece it became. Yeah he should have at least provided credit on the album. But this was the early days of rock and Page and others were sloppy about such things.
All bands copy from one another. Listen to Richie Blackmore’s interview where he elaborates on where many Deep Purple licks came from. Due to all the lawsuits however things have tightened up in that regard in more recent times. There are levels of copying though.
You can listen for yourself. Cheers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTsvs-pAGDc
I prefer LZ’s version.
Soul of a woman was created below, yeah
Ladies?
Page played Dazed with the Yardbirds. Added the bow.
What did Ritchie do?
Page wasn’t the first to use a bow.
The Creation - Making Time (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl7T5GCfEL0
I blame the record companies. They didn’t care.
Boogie With Stu.
Funky. Don’t recall them. Did they cross the pond?
“Page played Dazed with the Yardbirds. “
Yeah I know. The Yardbirds started doing their version of Dazed and Confused after Holmes opened for them and played the original song.
Elvis didn’t claim to have written Hound Dog.
Apparently at the time, they were one of many Mod bands in England, but AFAIK they never crossed the pond.
But didn’t credit her. Elvis never wrote anything.
At least with Boogie with Stu they did credit Ian and Mrs. Valencia.
But deep pockets get sued.
Heck, it all goes back so far who knows what was sampled, stolen, etc. I wonder if Bach ever sued Mozart. LOL
Valens. Autocorrect.
This story begins in 1967, when the Yardbirds toured the U.S. With Jimmy Page at the helm, the British blues band began moving in a heavier, more experimental, and more psychedelic direction. Among their openers on this tour was a folk singer named Jake Holmes. Only Jim McCarty—the Yardbirds drummer—witnessed Jake’s opening set on an August night in Greenwich Village. As Holmes sarcastically recalls, “That was the infamous moment of my life when ‘Dazed and Confused’ fell into the loving arms and hands of Jimmy Page.”
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