Pickin' on Zeppelin: A Tribute

Product Description:
Be warned! This album contains explosive jams, breathtaking solos and mystifying breakdowns in which you are guaranteed to lose yourself. These amazing and genre-defying musicians deconstruct Led Zeppelin's best in masterful form. The grace of the mandolin, the unique charm of the 5-string banjo, the lonesome moan of the harmonica, the sweet strings of the fiddle vocalizing all lend themselves to the power of the acoustic and steel guitars on this instrumental masterpiece. Tracks include: "Kashmir", "Stairway To Heaven", "The Song Remains The Same" and many more.

Tracks:

D'yer Mak'er - Dennis Caplinger
Kashmir - Earl Palmer/Joe Smith/Dave Talbot/Kurt Mason/Lee Hanover/J.J. Edwards
Ramble On - Kenny Blackwell/Dennis Caplinger/Gabe Witcher/Rudi Ekstein
Black Dog - Earl Palmer/Jow Smith/Dave Talbot/Kurt Mason/Lee Hanover/J.J. Edwards
Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You - Kenny Blackwell/Dennis Caplinger/Gabe Witcher/Rudi Ekstein
Going To California - Dennis Caplinger
No Quarter - Kenny Blackwell/Dennis Blackwell/Gabe Witcher/Rudi Ekstein
The Song Remains The Same - Dennis Caplinger
All My Love - Earl Palmer/Joe Smith/Dave Talbot/Kust Mason/Lee Hanover/J.J. Edwards
The Battle Of Evermore - Kenny Blackwell/Dennis Caplinger/Gabe Witcher/Rudi Ekstein
Rock And Roll - Dennis Caplinger
Stairway To Heaven - Mark Thornton/Pat McGrath/David Grier/Robby Turner/Pat Bergeson/Charlie Cushman/Bob Warren

Product Description

1. D yer Mak er2. Kashmir3. Ramble On4. Black Dog5. Babe, I m Gonna Leave You6. Going To California7. No Quarter8. The Song Remains The Same9. All My Love10. The Battle Of Evermore11. Rock And Roll12. Stairway To Heaven

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

They are all fun .......2007-02-04

Okay so its like this,

I have been listening to rock and roll for 25 years

I work in an office, do the "cube life", sitting at a PC for most of the day, working on my own, popping out to get liquids or drain liquids, chat some, that's the life. Now this ipod deal comes along a few years ago. Only, if your going to listen to music all day, you just cant listen to real pure rock and roll all day, you just cant. I don't care if your homeless sitting in a park all day with an ipod on, you just cant listen to real hard rock and roll for hours and hours at time all day everyday.

Classical puts me to sleep. I can handle some of it in the morning, ease into the day, but not allot of it. Pop I don't care for. Country singing about my dog had an affair on my wife doesn't cut either, what did I just say? Anyway, and Rap is out. Opera, No. So what to do?

Well thanks to my Dad, who used to watch Hee Haw all the time when I was growing up, and man did I hate it that show! Even today I seen some of it not long ago, its corny country stuff, but when Roy Clark comes on and solos for a song, then man always caught my attention. He was flat out good. But still I would "never" and have never owned a bluegrass cd. Get real!

But then, a friend, listening to me talk of my search to get some kind of music going for the day, loaned me a String Cheese Incident CD, an On The Road 3 cd set, and said just try it for awhile. Let it grow on you. What do you have to lose? Well yep I ended up submitting to it, and then really liking it. Before long I was walking around the office humming along, co workers going what you got playing man?? So having remembered seeing these Pickin' on cd's before, I said well why not try it, so I started off with one, right away started laughing and laughing good not at it. Now mind you no way would this happen up till a few years ago. Getting older? I don't know, many people are born and raised on this stuff. Its all in how you approach it. And I will tell ya what, that was a couple years ago and 6 pickin' on cd's later, I am so much more relaxed at work now. What I didn't notice before was music and singing along with it ALL day works on you more than you realize. Just having some "cruising tunes" playing with no singing really is relaxing. I don't have this playing all day, but its taking up a couple hours a day. Some more String Cheese cd's. And I will sooner or later just end up getting everyone of these pickin' on cd's. You see its not all about "oh this one doesn't jam enough" or the other one is better than this one. Nah. If you like Rock, and don't want to listen to it all day, then get used to these trust me, I did and its worth it. I still laugh at dif times playing them. And now some coworkers and friends have them loaded up also. I still have all the "real" bands loaded into my ipod, never giving up on Classic Rock and Roll, ever!

Lastly, I am not someone who sells these CD's. I actually am very picky if you read my reviews, and look at my Amazon name! and flunk so much stuff that's out there. Believe me this has caught me off guard. Just thought I would let anyone know that is searching for a new way listen to the day to try it out a bit. Give it time. Don't just listen partly or once then blow it all off, scoff and go Sacrilege! For I did before, but now a convert, and after a couple years of it, I get it, and will be enjoying these for years to come, just like the real rock and roll at times. Good luck.

Great.......2006-11-25

Alright, if you don't like bluegrass, you probably won't like this. Hence the 1 star reviews. You probably should have thought of that before you bought a bluegrass cover, yea? That said, if you like bluegrass and Led Zeppelin, this is incredible. This CD made my week. Talented musicians, with new takes on classic songs. When I looked at the track listing, I wasn't sure how well some of the songs would translate between the genres. Stairway to Heaven, for example. As it turned out this is my favorite song on this CD, they do great things with it. Rest assured, these are not hacks covering Led Zeppelin for the name, and they have brought something new and inventive to each song. This is a beautiful CD and I can't recommend it enough, if, like me, you enjoy Led Zeppelin AND bluegrass.

awesome mix of zep and bluegrass.......2006-04-10

I am huge fan of Led Zep as well as bluegrass, so this was right up my alley. It was really amazing how they adapted the Zeppelin tunes to bluegrass. Definitely worth getting if you are like me!

OK CD.......2006-03-16

If you are into this genre, it is a good CD. If you are in to Led Zeppelin, buy a Led Zeppelin CD.

Suck Eggs.......2005-08-15

This is the worst *****ing music I've ever heard! Youve ruined The Real Led Zepplin by adding in Red neck Music. Yee haaa.

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