John Paul Jones has re-recorded the 1971 Led Zeppelin classic “When The Levee Breaks” with help from 17 musicians from around the globe. Watch the exclusive video now:
“Looking at ‘When The Levee Breaks’ through the lens of producing a song to raise awareness for key environmental organizations truly felt like a plea for climate justice,” says Sebastian Robertson. “The wailing guitars, harmonica, and vocals all in harmony for Mother Earth.”
“When The Levee Breaks” wasn’t a regular part of Led Zeppelin’s live repertoire. They only played it at a handful of January 1975 concerts and again at their 1995 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But John Paul Jones revived the song at many of his solo shows in the late 1990s and early 2000s. When Johnson and Robertson began sketching out their vision for the new rendition, they felt Jones would want to contribute.
He also feels that the song resonates today just as much as it ever has. “It seems that little has changed since 1927, or even 2005 with [Hurricane] Katrina,” he says. “It’s still a really powerful track, both musically and lyrically.” Once Jones was onboard, recruiting other artists wasn’t a huge challenge. In keeping with one of the central missions of Playing For Change, they wanted artists from every corner of the globe to play on the song. “We started the process with the locomotion of Stephen Perkins on the drums which was an incredible energy to get rolling,” says Robertson. “John Paul Jones hipped us to the remarkable singer, Elle Márjá Eira in Norway.
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