Led Zeppelin version The Maid Freed from the Gallows

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english band led zeppelin recorded song album led zeppelin iii in 1970. album shift in style band towards acoustic material, influenced holiday jimmy page , robert plant took bron-yr-aur cottage in welsh countryside. page adapted song version american fred gerlach, included on 1962 album twelve-string guitar folkways records. on led zeppelin iii track credited traditional: arranged page , plant .


gallows pole begins simple acoustic guitar rhythm; mandolin added in, electric bass guitar shortly afterwards, , banjo , drums simultaneously join in. instrumentation builds crescendo, increasing in tempo song progresses. acoustic guitar chord progression (in standard tuning) simple riff based on variations of open chord , chords d , g occurring in verse. page played banjo, 6 , 12 string acoustic guitar , electric guitar (a gibson les paul), while john paul jones played mandolin , bass.


page has stated that, similar song battle of evermore included on fourth album, song emerged spontaneously when started experimenting jones banjo, instrument had never before played. picked , started moving fingers around until chords sounded right, same way work on compositions when guitar s in different tunings. 1 of page s favourite songs on led zeppelin iii.


led zeppelin perform song few times live during led zeppelin concerts in 1971. plant include lyrics in live performances of led zeppelin song trampled under foot in 1975.


in led zeppelin version of song, despite bribes hangman accepts, still carries out execution.



oh yes, got fine sister, warmed blood cold,

she warmed blood boiling hot keep gallows pole,

your brother brought me silver, , sister warmed soul,

but laugh , pull hard see swinging on gallows pole



as in dylan 7 curses , many other renditions, led zeppelin version based on variant in convict male. evident when convict s brother addresses convict brother rather sister in line, brother, brought silver, yeah.


reception

in retrospective review of led zeppelin iii (deluxe edition), kristofer lenz of consequence of sound gave gallows pole positive review, writing track excellent representation of page’s acoustic prowess, simple guitar line joined 12-string , banjo. lenz further wrote jones joins fun well, adds mandolin flourish mix.


personnel

robert plant – lead vocals
jimmy page – 6 , twelve string acoustic guitars, electric guitar, banjo, backing vocals
john paul jones – bass guitar, mandolin
john bonham – drums




^ dave lewis (1994), complete guide music of led zeppelin, omnibus press, isbn 0-7119-3528-9.
^ jimmy page discusses making led zeppelin iii . retrieved 2012-08-09. 
^ twelve-string guitar: folk songs , blues sung , played fred gerlach | smithsonian folkways . folkways.si.edu. 2013-03-20. retrieved 2016-07-26. 
^ dave schulps, interview jimmy page, trouser press, october 1977.
^ lenz, kristofer (6 june 2014). led zeppelin – led zeppelin iii [reissue] . cos. retrieved 13 august 2017. 






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