Re: [Harp-L] When the Levee Breaks

["Ronald Tuffel" <Ronald_Tuffel@xxxxxxxx>]

Riched20 5.50.30.2002;Brandon,

	When New Orleans was flooded I wanted to see if it would be appropriate
to play "When the Levee Breaks" on my radio program and began to do a
little research.  Everything that "G" and everybody chipped in was
absolutely correct, but an additional amount of info suggested that the
harp and drums were also recorded in a spiral staircase with landings and
the harp was on a lower level than the drums. The echo effect of the
stairwell was reduced and reworked but supposedly the idea came from
Robert Plant. Regardless of fact or fiction the song is a great Led Zep
offering.
	Many groups did some stoned things while recording in the late 60's and
early 70's. And, enough people were in the same state of mind. So, groups
dangled microphones out the window of recording studios and threw out
various pieces of band equipment to experiment with the exploding effects.
Remember.... some folks destroyed guitars, drum kits, lit fire to guitars,
etc. in the old days during performances live on stage and sometimes they
forgot and did so long before the performance was supposed to end. Also a
method for groups that were double booked to end one gig to get to the
next. 
	Good luck learning to play the song and achieving the effects, but be
careful on the stairs!

Play the blues!

Rockin'Ronny

-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Brandon Zarzoza
Sent: samedi, 11. mars 2006 07:05
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] When the Levee Breaks

I am pretty new to the harp in general; I've been playing about a year. On
Led Zeppelin IV, the song when the levee breaks, what is that sound? I'm a
rank amature so I can't tell if it's amplified harp, which would be awesome
because I would love to be able to play that some day. Or if it's slide
guitar; if it is slide, how would you approximate that sound on harp.
Thanks in advance
-Brandon
_______________________________________________
Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.org
Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
http://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l