I love all those old Ma Raney/Bessie Smith/Charlie Patton tunes. Something pure about them. Scratchy, barely making it, truly booze soaked. And not in the least bit asking you to 'check out their woes'. Actually, they're almost celebrating being fecked. Nothing studied about it. It just seems to 'happen'.
However Led Zep are the perhaps the only 'rock band' for me who do anything fresh with 'blues inflections'. Tight, funky, and folky. Fluid, and with clarity.
For the most part elsewhere it's either guitar wank showmanship or 'wading through the mud', with added note bending tricks. Just so formulaic it's unreal. And 'worthy'. Jesus Christ it gets so feckin worthy!
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