I think the main styling of Led Zep's initial work is more rhythm and blues (the original R'n'B) which is where the variations of guitar playing and vocals allowed the band to develop. I think they definitely are a band with blues roots, In My Time of Dying is a classic blues song and they recorded that pretty late in their career. I saw Robert Plant a few years back and he covered a Muddy Waters song perfectly and demonstrated how the standard blues riff from that evolved into Whole Lotta Love. One of the joys of Led Zeppelin is that the DO shift from hardrock to blues, to Celtic oddness. To tie yourself down in any one genre lacks artistic strength
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