There isn't a rock fan alive who isn't at least vaguely familiar with "Dazed and Confused," the pummeling bad-trip ballad from the first Led Zeppelin album. Less well-known is that the song — though credited to Jimmy Page on the album — was written and recorded two years before Led Zep's debut by an American folk singer named Jake Holmes.
Or at least, that's what Holmes is alleging in court; TMZ reported today that Holmes has finally filed a Federal lawsuit against Page, claiming that the Zep leader plagiarized his song "Dazed and Confused," which was originally released on the 1967 album, The Above Ground Sound of Jake Holmes. We say "finally," because the similarities between the two songs have long been evident to anyone who's heard both of them — title line aside, the lyrics are pretty different, but the music is unquestionably based upon Holmes' song. Full story...
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Or at least, that's what Holmes is alleging in court; TMZ reported today that Holmes has finally filed a Federal lawsuit against Page, claiming that the Zep leader plagiarized his song "Dazed and Confused," which was originally released on the 1967 album, The Above Ground Sound of Jake Holmes. We say "finally," because the similarities between the two songs have long been evident to anyone who's heard both of them — title line aside, the lyrics are pretty different, but the music is unquestionably based upon Holmes' song. Full story...
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