Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

[medjuck]

I saw them a few years ago.  They had a great band. (including Buddy Miller).  I never got Zeppelin but I've seen Plant a few times and he was really good. 

Edited February 4, 2023 by medjuck

[Д.Д.]

I think Robert Plant has never sung as well as he did on the first Led Zeppelin album and during 1969 concerts. He sang lower and with amazing raw power that would pop up only occasionally later on. On later albums he got more and more into that mannered squeaky voice (hear "The Song Remains the Same" for example). I am not sure what happened, maybe that powerful full-throat singing was physically not sustainable live. 

         

Edited February 5, 2023 by Д.Д.

[Joe]

Here's an exhaustive if not official analysis of Plant's relationship with his voice. 

 

[Rooster_Ties]

“Walter’s Walk” from the 1982 odds-and-ends collection Coda — started as an instrumental from 1972, with various overdubs in 1982 — including vocals that are all Plant’s 1982 voice. And I think pretty clearly so too — when compared with Plant’s first solo album (also from 1982).

I’m not a big Zeppelin fanatic (far, far from it), but I do like this song better than most, in large measure because I specifically like Plant’s (1982) vocals better here.

I think I already said up-thread that I am quite fond of Plant’s early solo work (his first 3-4 solo albums especially). But AFAIK, “Walter’s Walk” is the only Zep tune that Plant overdubbed his vocals on post-1981 (but I’d love to know if there are any others).

[mjzee]

This thread brings to mind John Mendelsohn's classic put-down review in Rolling Stone of Led Zeppelin II, specifically that Plant "is rumored to sing some notes on this record that only dogs can hear."

[Joe]

1 hour ago, Rooster_Ties said:

“Walter’s Walk” from the 1982 odds-and-ends collection Coda — started as an instrumental from 1972, with various overdubs in 1982 — including vocals that are all Plant’s 1982 voice. And I think pretty clearly so too — when compared with Plant’s first solo album (also from 1982).

I’m not a big Zeppelin fanatic (far, far from it), but I do like this song better than most, in large measure because I specifically like Plant’s (1982) vocals better here.

I think I already said up-thread that I am quite fond of Plant’s early solo work (his first 3-4 solo albums especially). But AFAIK, “Walter’s Walk” is the only Zep tune that Plant overdubbed his vocals on post-1981 (but I’d love to know if there are any others).

Yeah, they've been cagey about it, but this is definitely a track Page and Plant finished together post-Bonham. You can audition the original backing track on YouTube.