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History Lesson

MUSIC HISTORY CLASS – Whole Lotta Love

On this day in 1969, Hard Rock legends, Led Zeppelin, first performed their massive hit, “Whole Lotta Love.” The track comes off of Led Zeppelin’s massively successful sophomore album, Led Zeppelin II, which came out in October 1969. “Whole Lotta Love” hung around on the United States charts for fifteen straight weeks, peaking at number four. It would be Led Zeppelin’s only top-ten single. Led Zeppelin II, however, would go on to hit number one on the Billboard Top-200, becoming their first album to reach such heights.

Movie Review: It Might Get Loud

Film: It Might Get LoudItmightgetloud
Genre: Documentary
Release: 2009 [limited]

Filmmaker David Guggenheim is one of the luckiest music fans to ever walk the face of the planet. Not only was he able to make a documentary about the history of the electric guitar and have it see theatrical release, but he was able to sit in a room with three of the most distinct guitar players of all time to do so. Jimmy Page [Of Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds], Jack White [of The White Stripes, The Raconteurs], and The Edge [of U2] all come together under one roof to …