Killing Floor Lemon Song

04 24 1969 fillmore west dancing avocado.

Killing floor lemon song.

It has been acknowledged by the blues foundation hall of fame which noted its popularity among rock as well as blues musicians. However the squeeze my lemon sequence continued to be inserted into the whole lotta love medley and ad libbed elsewhere. The lemon song included on the 1969 album led zeppelin ii is another of led zeppelin s homages to the blues. 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.

The song was placed on the 1969 album led zeppelin ii. 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. 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 credit for songwriting the lemon song was originally given to both jimmy page and robert plant.

Called one of the defining classics of chicago electric blues killing floor became a blues standard with recordings by various artists. Killing floor is a 1964 song by american blues singer songwriter and guitarist howlin wolf. The lemon song lyrics. Great blues music from howlin wolf.