S7E350 - Led Zeppelin 'Physical Graffiti with Corey duBrowa
What more can be said about Led Zeppelin's densely iconic sixth studio album, 'Physical Graffiti', that hasn't already been said? Apparently quite a bit. Returning guest Corey duBrowa takes us to rock school as we unpack this multi-platinum hard rock...
What more can be said about Led Zeppelin's densely iconic sixth studio album, 'Physical Graffiti', that hasn't already been said? Apparently quite a bit. Returning guest Corey duBrowa takes us to rock school as we unpack this multi-platinum hard rock mammoth of a double-record.
Songs discussed in this episode: Kashmir (Live at Olympia, Paris, France - July 1995) - Jeff Buckley; Sons Of Freedom - Robert Plant & Jimmy Page; Thurston Hearts The Who - Bikini Kill; Custard Pie, The Song Remains The Same (Live at MSG, 1973) - Led Zeppelin; Got Enough Love - Detective; When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin; Custard Pie Blues - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee; Drop Down Mama - Sleepy John Estes; The Rover - Led Zeppelin; Wicked Annabella - The Kinks; In My Time Of Dying - Led Zeppelin; Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed - Blind Willie Johnson; In My Time Of Dyin' - Bob Dylan; In My Time Of Dying (Rehearsal, 1974), Houses Of The Holy, Rock and Roll (Live at MSG, 1973), Trampled Under Foot - Led Zeppelin; Terraplane Blues - Robert Johnson; Superstition - Stevie Wonder; Kashmir - Led Zeppelin; Nightswimming - R.E.M.; In The Light, Bron-Yr-Aur - Led Zeppelin; Embryonic Journey - Jefferson Airplane; Down By The Seaside - Led Zeppelin; Down By The River - Neil Young; Misty Mountain Hop, Ten Years Gone, Night Flight, The Wanton Song, Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin; Brother Louie - Stories; Boogie With Stu - Led Zeppelin; Ooh! My Head - Ritchie Valens; Black Country Woman, Sick Again - Led Zeppelin; The Groover - T. Rex; Warsaw - Joy Division; Custard Pie - Helmet with David Yow
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In addition to his all-consuming day gig doing comms for a number of companies you might know, Corey duBrowa was also a music journalist for more than two decades, with more than a thousand bylines for publications ranging from Rolling Stone and Magnet Magazine to No Depression and GQ. (He was also a pandemic-era DJ on the Bay Area community station KXSF-FM via his Thursday evening show BYOB) He'll publish his latest book, "Twelve Tunes From Urban Bohemia: Portland's Musical History in Song" on HoZac in 2027, coming on the heels of his last book, "An Ideal For Living: A Celebration of the EP" which has nearly sold out its second printing. Corey splits time between a ranch in Bend, Oregon and an apartment in NYC with his wife Courteneay and son Tanner, who has carried Corey's music obsession into the digital age.