re: Cliche? Maybe, but Led Zeppelin IV is a fantastic album...

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God, Jimmy was SOOO overrated during his session days. Jeff Beck and certainly Eric Clapton were better guitarists than he was yet people spoke of Jimmy as this sorcerer on the guitar. Why? Bc he used a violin bow while playing? Clapton was probably the best guitarist of that decade, hands down.

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You are probably right, but so what? Clapton went on to Cream and Beck had an incredibly talented band. Cream dissolved in 1968 and JBG had been showing cracks and called it quits in 1969. That left Peter Grant with Zeppelin which he ably guided to more than fill the gap created by the demise of those 2 bands, and the rest as they say is history.

That LZ is one of the greatest rock and roll bands in history is without question or worthy of debate. The key word there is band and as usual with great bands the whole was greater than the parts.