Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Led Zeppelin + Reggae + Elvis = Dread Zeppelin

Dread Zeppelin is an American band best known for covering the songs of Led Zeppelin in a reggae style sung by an Elvis Presley impersonator named Tortelvis (Greg Tortell), though their act now encompasses many other songs and other styles of music

If you're not moved by the wikipedic description of Dread Zeppelin you're in the wrong blog. Before the days of youtube instant musical curiosity satisafaction, their fame preceded then and I was looking all over for a musical glimpse of this band. Now it's easy:
Immigrant Song:


Stairway to Heaven:


Speaking of wildly cool Elvis impersonators, check out Metal Elvis doing some sort of G&R vs Elvis, in All Shook Up:

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