“When people say we took the blue back to America, it’s such bollocks. Because John Hammond, Canned Heat, Bob Dylan, Mike Bloomfield, Elvis Bishop… all these people were already playing it.” – Robert Plant in Paul Rees’ 2013 BiographyRead more
“The first blues festivals I ever went to, I always got a shiver every time I saw Sonny Boy Williamson, the way he strutted out on the stage.” – Robert PlantRead more
“I never really knew where I wanted to end up; for a long time I thought I just wanted to do country blues” – Robert PlantRead more
“There was a set list from my first band, the Black Snake Moan, written on a little card – Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Boy, Chuck Berry.” – Robert PlantRead more
The name of Jimmy Page & Robert Plant’s 1998 album “Walking Into Clarksdale” was an homage to the significance of Clarksdale, Mississippi’s outsized impact on American music.Read more
