Jimmy Page's FIRST choice of vocalists for the mighty Zeppelin

[Glamrock]

Who influenced Robert Plant, Paul Rogers, and Steve Marriot? Terry Reid. You can hear all three in this performance if you listen close.

Terry Reid - Dean (live '71. The year i was born...i missed out)

[Ohiogal]

1. You sure can see those influences!

Late 60s early 70s such a gold mine of good stuff!

A very unique voice there.

[Glamrock]

3. Just changed the title of my post.

This was Jimmy Page's first choice to head up Zep. Can you imagine? Not that I don't love the Plant of course....

[DonCoquixote]

2. Steve Winwood

was also a choice, and damned he would have done it well!

[Glamrock]

4. True dat!

Love Steve!

[Ohiogal]

5. Wow they BOTH would have been great

But the Plant... I can't imagine LZ without him!

[Power 2 the People]

6. Reminds me of Chris Robinson from The Black Crowes

Good stuff.

[LuvLoogie]

11. This!

I agree. Chris Robinson has a lot of this going on.

[Glamrock]

15. I hear a lot more Steve Marriot

But Marriott was a huge influence on Chris so there ya go.

[exboyfil]

7. Would have added a second guitar

to Led Zeppelin as well as a unique voice that is different than Plants.

It would not have been the same band, but it would have been a hell of a band anyway. Would they have moved away from the heavy blues sound with Reid instead of Plant? By Led Zep III they were really no longer a strictly blues band.

[Glamrock]

8. Probably

Terry was more into the folk and country thing

[exboyfil]

9. Thanks for the recommendation

I am actually listening to his Seed of Memory album right now (never listened to him before). You are right about the folk and country thing. The blues song you did share was great. It seems they could have gone in any direction with him as well.

[Glamrock]

10. He had a chance to join

If memory serves, deep purple too.

[Glamrock]

14. Glad to have turned you on to him!

[LuvLoogie]

12. Great, skillful, straight up rock voice.

But like someone up stream said, I can't imagine Led Zeppelin without Robert Plant. I think you would have gotten a largely different band. Led Zeppelin incorporated a lot of mysticism and heroism in its material.

The war wails Robert brings on The Immigrant Song, Achilles' Last Stand, Battle of Evermore etc.

I think the two Schrodinger's Zeppelins would have begun to widely diverge after the second album.

Robert is one of the great front men of all time. That goes beyond the voice.

[Glamrock]

13. No doubt agree with all you've said.

Plant is a huge influence on me. But I love Terry too and it's fun to think how that could've been, ya know?