How Many More Times

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How Many More Times
Led Zeppelin
publication January 12, 1969
length 8:28
Genre (s) Blues rock , hard rock , psychedelic rock , swing
Author (s) John Bonham , John Paul Jones , Jimmy Page
Label Atlantic
album Led Zeppelin

How Many More Times is the ninth and final track on the 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin by the British rock band Led Zeppelin .

Album version

At over eight minutes, How Many More Times is the longest song on the album. It consists of several smaller parts that are held together by a bolero rhythm that drives the parts forward. In the end, the song pans between the right and left channels. Parts of the piece are slightly reminiscent of the previously recorded instrumental title Beck's Bolero by Jeff Beck , in which Jimmy Page played guitar and John Paul Jones played bass . How Many More Times is one of Led Zeppelin's three songs in which Jimmy Page plays the guitar with a violin bow.

Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham were named as authors . Howlin 'Wolf (stage name of Chester Burnett) had recorded a piece called How Many More Years in 1951 and all publications of the Led Zeppelin song since 1993, following an agreement with the publisher ARC Music, also list Burnett as a co-author. Cover versions of many musicians, such as the version of LA Guns on the 1999 album Shrinking Violet , do not name Burnett as the author.

As with all other tracks on this album, Robert Plant is not named as an author in the booklet due to unfulfilled contractual obligations, but according to ASCAP he was involved.

For older LP sleeves, the length of the piece is given as 3:30, although it is actually 8:28. This was done because Page knew that no radio station would play a song over eight minutes. He therefore intentionally incorrectly entered the length so that the song would be played more often on the radio.

In an interview with Guitar World in 1993, Page stated:

“[The song] was made up of little pieces I developed when I was with the Yardbirds, as were other numbers such as 'Dazed and Confused'. It was played live in the studio with cues and nods. "

“The song was put together from little pieces I developed while I was with the Yardbirds, as well as other songs like 'Dazed and Confused'. It was played live in the studio with waves and nods. "

- Jimmy Page

It is also reported that the band spontaneously thought of the "Rosie" and "Hunter" parts of the song on the night of the recording session. The "Hunter" part was taken from the song The Hunter , recorded by blues musician Albert King with Booker T. & the MG's .

Live performances

On early Led Zeppelin concert tours, How Many More Times was mostly the last track the band played. After 1969, the intro of the song was extended and the band wanted to incorporate more and more material into the song like in a medley . An example of such an appearance can be seen on the Led Zeppelin DVD during the concert at the Royal Albert Hall . During the “Bolero” part, Plant quotes Neil Young's On the Way Home on this version . After The Hunter , the band usually played John Lee Hooker's Boogie Chillin ' , with lyrics freely chosen from other sources, and Travelin' Little Mama . They often played an excerpt from The Lemon Song and That's Alright Mama before returning to How Many More Times at the end of The Hunter . This typical medley pattern ( boogie chillin ' followed by an improvised sequence of covers and finally a slow blues and a return to the main song) later became part of Whole Lotta Love , heard on the albums Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions and How the West Was Won .

In 1970, How Many More Times was removed from Led Zeppelin's typical setlist , even though they wanted to keep performing the song. The song was performed on January 22, 1973 on a tour of Great Britain and from the first appearances on the North American tour in 1975. The latter mainly because of Jimmy Page's injured finger, which temporarily prevented him from playing the more challenging Dazed and Confused .

Page and Plant also played the song on their Walking into Clarksdale tour in 1998 and released the performance at Shepherd's Bush as a CD single.

occupation

literature

  • Dave Lewis: The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin . Omnibus Press, 2004, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9
  • Chris Welch: Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every Song . Carlton, 1998, ISBN 1-56025-818-7

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Dave Lewis: The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin . Omnibus Press, 1994, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9 .
  2. ↑ How Many More Times at ASCAP. Retrieved February 12, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Interview with Jimmy Page. Retrieved February 12, 2014 .
  4. ^ Biography of Albert King. Retrieved February 12, 2014 .
  5. ↑ John Mendelsohn's album review. Retrieved February 12, 2014 .