Robert Plant And Alison Krauss Share New Version When The Levee Breaks
JAKARTA - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss shared the latest version of the classic song When The Levee Breaks. This is the first collaboration for Plant and Krauss, after the release of the album Raise the Roof in 2021.
Meanwhile, When The Levee Breaks was first recorded by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe totaled in 1929. The lyrics reflect the experience during the upheaval caused by the Mississippi Great Flood in 1927.
In 1971, Led Zeppelin released a new version of When The Levee Breaks. Robert Plant himself proposed to the team to include the song in Led Zeppelin's fourth album.
In the latest version, Plant and Krauss performed it on a recent North American tour, featuring JDhirson (guitar), Jay Bellerose (drums), Dennis Crouch (bass), Stuart Duncan (strings), and Viktor Krauss (multi-instruments).
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The latest version When The Levee Breaks can be heard through the Robert Plant & Alison Krauss YouTube channel. However, there is no accompanying music video.
For information, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss on their tour also performed other Led Zeppelin songs, such as The Battle Of Evermore and Rock And Roll.
Their tour will continue until September 1 and ends in Vail, Colorado. The duo last toured together in 2022, which is their first complete tour in 12 years.