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"When the Levee Breaks" is a country blues song written and first recorded by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. "When the Levee Breaks" was re-worked by English rock group Led Zeppelin as the last song on their untitled fourth album.
The band has produced several videos. "When the Levee Breaks," was released in 2010 with over 20 million YouTube views; [6] "Dazed and Confused," released in 2012, with over 1.8 million YouTube views; [7] [8] and "Kashmir," released in 2019, with over 1 million YouTube views. [9]
[1] The title is a reference to the blues tune "When the Levee Breaks" by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. The documentary was screened at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival on August 31 and September 1, 2006. It won the Orizzonti Documentary Prize and one of two FIPRESCI awards.
A 1929 Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy song, "When the Levee Breaks", [41] was adapted (with altered lyrics and a different melody) by Led Zeppelin and released in 1971 on their fourth album. "I'm Sailin'" was covered by Mazzy Star on their 1990 debut album, She Hangs Brightly. Her family is currently suing record companies and some artists ...
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"When the Levee Breaks" "When the Saints Go Marching Home" "When the Sun Goes Down" "When You Love Me" "When You're Asleep" "Where Is My Good Man" "Why Did I Make You Cry" "World of Trouble" "Worried Baby Blues" "You Can't Give It Away" "You Got to Get Out of Here" "You Got to Move" "You Need a Friend" "You Wrecked My Happy Home"
As with prior albums, most of the material was written by the band, though there was one cover song, a hard rock re-interpretation of the Memphis Minnie blues song "When the Levee Breaks". The album was a critical and commercial success and is Led Zeppelin's best-selling album, having shipped over 37 million copies worldwide.
2015: Levee Breaks is established and starts selling promissory notes for $10,000 each. The notes promised to return 10%, paid in monthly installments, with a one-year term.