Killing Floor Lemon Song

Called one of the defining classics of chicago electric blues killing floor became a blues standard with recordings by various artists.

Killing floor lemon song.

This is very similar to a blues song by howlin wolf called killing floor it was so similar wolf was eventually given a composer credit. The led zeppelin song that i chose to focus on is the lemon song and compare it to howlin wolf s killing floor. 04 24 1969 fillmore west dancing avocado. Great blues music from howlin wolf.

I should have quit you a long time ago ohh yeahhh long time ago i wouldn t be here my children down on this killing floor i should have listened baby to my second. The song was placed on the 1969 album led zeppelin ii. The lemon song lyrics. The lemon song included on the 1969 album led zeppelin ii is another of led zeppelin s homages to the blues.

The credit for songwriting the lemon song was originally given to both jimmy page and robert plant. However the squeeze my lemon sequence continued to be inserted into the whole lotta love medley and ad libbed elsewhere. On the original british copies of led zeppelin ii the label on the record lists killing floor as the third track and is credited to chester burnett howlin wolf s real name while the liner lists the lemon song and credits led zeppelin. On these sorts of tracks robert plant was never content to take lyrics from just one source but for the most part the lemon song draws on howlin wolf s killing floor according to led zeppelin.