Robert Plant - Big Log

[BelairPlayer]

I love this one. I believe the guitarist on this is Robert Blunt. What’s some other stand out work by Mr. Blunt?

 

[elihu]

Robby's playing all over Pictures At Eleven was stellar.

And Big Log sounds like the quintessential Strat, right?

 

[aging_rocker]

Robbie Blunt played on a couple of Chicken Shack albums in the mid\late 70s and he's done lots of session work, but I can't think of anything specific.

 

[drmordo]

I always wondered if this song was about a bowel movement

 

[soul-o]

I really admire this bold step into a sound different from Zeppelin right at the start of Robert Plant’s solo career. The fact that he was able to forge a creative partnership with another guitarist, and one that had a distinctiv sound that was not similar to Jimmy Page, was impressive. A lot of guys would have looked for another guy who did the same kind of thing.

 

[BelairPlayer]

I really admire this bold step into a sound different from Zeppelin right at the start of Robert Plant’s solo career. The fact that he was able to forge a creative partnership with another guitarist, and one that had a distinctiv sound that was not similar to Jimmy Page, was impressive. A lot of guys would have looked for another guy who did the same kind of thing.

Plant has continually evolved and always in interesting ways. It’s never contrived or hackneyed. There’s not a bad era in his solo work.

 

[BelairPlayer]

And Big Log sounds like the quintessential Strat, right?

Absolutely agree.

 

[PomPomPudding]

Vocals: Alison Krauss
Electric Guitar: Bill Frisell
Guitar: Jerry Douglas
Drums: Steve Jordan
Bass, Vocals: Viktor Krauss
Writer: Robert Plant/Robbie Blunt/Jezz Woodroffe

 

[beyer160]

I always wondered if this song was about a bowel movement

I always thought Plant had brass balls to release a single called "Big Log"

There’s not a bad era in his solo work.

Um...

 

[BelairPlayer]

I always thought Plant had brass balls to release a single called "Big Log"


Um...

Now and Zen is a phenomenal album. I stand by my assessment. Things from the eighties look of their time. Sonically it stands up.

 

[NHFlyCaster]

Big Log, yes
Tall Cool One, not as much

 

[beyer160]

Now and Zen is a phenomenal album. I stand by my assessment. Things from the eighties look of their time. Sonically it stands up.

In a 2005 interview with Uncut magazine, Plant was asked about his '80s solo work.

Plant replied, "What can I say? Will 'sorry' do?"

 

[Jim W]

Robbie Blunt was also in Bronco with Jess Roden in the early 70s.

 

[freddieking]

He played on Edie Brickell and The New Bohemian's Shooting Rubber Bands At The Stars album

 

[Blazer]

One of my all-time favorite Eighties swoon songs.

And here's a version not everybody is aware of. Dutch hair metal singer Bert Heerink from Vandenberg, covered this song in the nineties, but with Dutch lyrics. It has to be said, though, he didn't do it badly.

 

[Flat6Driver]

I really admire this bold step into a sound different from Zeppelin right at the start of Robert Plant’s solo career. The fact that he was able to forge a creative partnership with another guitarist, and one that had a distinctiv sound that was not similar to Jimmy Page, was impressive. A lot of guys would have looked for another guy who did the same kind of thing.

It's kinda weird. He was, what, like 33 or so there? "Retired" from a huge iconic band and now off to something else. When I was 33, I was just having my first kid and struggling through my career. It's weird. Like a pro athlete.

 

[Otisblove]

I’ve heard that song many times. Never in a trillion years would I have guessed that it was called Big Log.

 

[City Sirens]

I like these underrated '80s english guitar players.

Robbie McIntosh is another one you should check out, and Snowy White as well.

 

[regularslinky]

I think Plant's 80s solo records are very underrated, maybe even by Plant himself. And Robbie Blunt is a great guitarist.

 

[BigDaddyLH]

I always wondered if this song was about a bowel movement

My initial reaction to the title was, "musta flushed twice"