# Led Zeppelin

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zeppelin/322931>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 22, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zeppelin/322931 "2005-09-22T19:29:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![chefjef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@chefjef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefjef)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zeppelin/322931/21 "2005-09-23T18:07:12Z")

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Interesting…

Ok I’m hopping in this thread and while I’m a huge music fan I’m not one to know all this history and details. I’ve _always_ wondered about the bridge thing though - thanks for clearing that one up! 😃

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**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zeppelin/322931/22 "2005-09-23T18:13:15Z")

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Didn’t the band, sans Plant, also all play together on some Donovan tracks prior to Zeppelin? I though I remembered reading this somewhere.

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**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zeppelin/322931/23 "2005-09-23T18:16:35Z")

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> [@WordMan](#):
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> Ah, there you go. You may not be a fan of his music, but as a musician, if you ever want to hear a crack band just _kill_, check out his stuff.

Which is why **Live at the Apollo** may be one of the best recordings ever made.

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**Author:** ![Grendel\_s\_Father](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grendel\_s\_Father](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grendel_s_Father)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zeppelin/322931/24 "2005-09-23T19:15:01Z")

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> [@Club 33](#):
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> Didn’t the band, sans Plant, also all play together on some Donovan tracks prior to Zeppelin? I though I remembered reading this somewhere.

Page, Bonham, and JPJ all played on Donovan’s song _Hurdy Gurdy Man_. Not sure if there were others.

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zeppelin/322931/25 "2005-09-23T19:18:09Z")

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> [@Club 33](#):
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> Didn’t the band, sans Plant, also all play together on some Donovan tracks prior to Zeppelin? I though I remembered reading this somewhere.

Yes. The “Hurdy Gurdy Man” track, for example, is basically the three members of Led Zeppelin with Donovan on vocals rather than Plant.

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