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I remember reading an interview where Plant said that the first rehearsal scared him to death! He's used to being the Big Huge Rock Star, playing stadiums with hundreds of thousands of people... which gives him some distance. But the first rehearsal was unamplified, just him and Allison and T-Bone in her living room. He had "nowhere to hide". I think that's one reason for the un-Zeppelin sound in his singing... which is GOOD imho. It got him out of his comfort zone.
And I loved, LOVED the band. Marc Ribot is one of my favorite guitarists (and a Tele player!), Greg Leisz is just breathtaking on steel. And the sound? Maybe it's me, but I like the murk.
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Oz: Well, other bands know more than three chords. Your professional bands can play up to six, sometimes seven completely different chords.
Devon: That's just, like, fruity jazz bands.
-from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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