Back in 1969 (I think it was '69 anyway) I got to see Jethro Tull blow Led Zeppelin off the stage in San Diego. People were screaming for Tull halfway through LZ's set. As I remember the story, Tull was canned from the rest of the tour. Anybody else remember this? I actually went to see Jethro Tull but must confess that, even as a snot nosed 15 year old kid, I knew about the Pillage Of The Delta Bluesmen's tunes by Page And The Boys. I actually own some LZ recordings and every so often listen to them but, they don't deserve the All Time Rock Hero status they seem to have maintained. Granted that ALL music is repetition and there's a certain amount of "stealing/borrowing" in all forms of it from classical to rock and beyond. I play guitar and lapslide and when I want to write stuff, I have to stop listening to other people's music so I'm not being influenced on a conscious level. I doubt that it works. End of the story: Music will always borrow from what came before and unless there is a conscious plaugerism at work, it's probably just the nature of memory to repeat and embellish.

-Bilko

Somewhere in the hinterlands of Northern California