Page played a Fender 10-string steel guitar on this, and Jones played a church-style organ, using a pedal to generate the bass. Page told Guitar Player magazine: "I had never played steel before, but I just picked it up. It sounds like a slide or something. It's more out of tune on the first album because I hadn't got a kit to put it together."
Some say a few of the lyrics were from (which I don't think are any more than the standard lyrics of the "woman left me" typical of the times) Zeppelin manage to cook it all up into their own brand of stew, something they would make a career out if for the next decade. It's a beautiful song that has only gotten better with age.
Page played a Fender 10-string steel guitar on this, and Jones played a church-style organ, using a pedal to generate the bass. Page told Guitar Player magazine: "I had never played steel before, but I just picked it up. It sounds like a slide or something. It's more out of tune on the first album because I hadn't got a kit to put it together."
Some say a few of the lyrics were from [Ray Charles' 'I Believe To My Soul,'](https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=3617) (which I don't think are any more than the standard lyrics of the "woman left me" typical of the times) Zeppelin manage to cook it all up into their own brand of stew, something they would make a career out if for the next decade. It's a beautiful song that has only gotten better with age.
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