the yardbirds - smokestack lightning

amazing live track

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[8h6ed]

great video, great song, thanks for putting it on

[cc1873cc]

thanks a lot

cheers for your comment

[leonardovargast]

this version is Kickass!!! where can I find it?

[itsobvious2]

I fell in love with this tune way back when I first heard it on the Yardbirds greatesst hits album. This version is the true classis.

[MrGaryzepp]

@kngscb actually Jake Holmes, tower records 1967 and the claim for copyright against jimmy page was started in 2010, go figure, why wait so long? why not take action when the Yardbirds first performed it, hell they shared the same bill

Like I said, its a grey area to make claim that Jimmy stole the song. Influenced by is much better, being that the song recorded by Zeppelin is actually different.

[kngscb]

@MrGaryzepp Jake Holmes, Tower Records, 1968.........

[MrGaryzepp]

@MrJimadkins, stole is a strong word, influenced is probably better as the base line on this is similar to how many more times, and Jimmy cant steel what his initially his.. he wrote dazed and confused and it was always a work in progress and designed to be a show piece which is why the recorded version is 6 minutes long and the live version is anywhere between 23 to 35 minutes long

[89MoLL]

I bet that one of these days VEVO will be here too, unfortunately

[terrinakamura]

Wow. This footage looks ancient

[mickeymousebiker1]

Oh yeah -- lest we forget John Paul Jones' patented bass run.

[mickeymousebiker1]

King tone from the UK circa mid-Sixties! Bruisin'! This tune reminds me of working on my '47 H-D Knucklehead chopper back in the winter of 1966.

[sczepp]

In response to Mr Jimadakins;Uh, Jimmy Page had all the right to the Yardbirds!!!!Jimmy Page was also on several orginal Yardbird tracks playing guitar but before thta played Bass.Jones also played on a couple of Yardbird track session studio player.