Epic *American* Rock guitarists.....

[OriginalGeek]

125. But did they really do anything different than any other electric blues bands of the time?

or of blues greats from before their time?

They've made right the cases where attribution can be found and a lot of stuff was just old blues licks that everyone was using and borrowing and reusing and it would be nearly impossible to actually credit the real authors of most licks.

Granted, they had to be sued to make some of it right and they should have done better than that but they also did a fair amount of crediting where credit was due on their own. They credited Ritchie Valens' mother on Boogie With Stu because they heard she never got any royalties from his music and since the song was based on one of his they wanted her to get paid.

I have a CD somewhere where living blues legends "cover" led zep versions of blues songs - it's pretty great.
this one: https://www.discogs.com/Various-Whole-Lotta-Blues-Songs-Of-Led-Zeppelin-This-Aint-No-Tribute/release/5358403