The incredulous story of Led Zeppelin’s 1970s masterpiece Black Dog from their classic album IV. Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bohnam created a track that was extremely difficult to play and was named after a stray animal. Along with story behind the symbols on the iconic album cover.

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We’re gonna get this feature started- by “waking up the army of guitars.”That’s the way the great Jimmy Page described the way he warmed up his guitar to open one of the greatest tracks of the Rock Era…. “Black Dog” by Led Zeppelin. The intro is a crosscutting, electronic tonal- that Zeppelin engineer Andy Johns thought would sound REALLY cool…. if they could pull it off.

As stated in the 2018 book Led Zeppelin All the Songs- the experimental lead-in for “Black Dog,” and the down & dirty guitar grind that embodies the track, was a salute to Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s "Cinnamon Girl.” The guitar work on “Black Dog” is raw and messy- more indicative of early Zeppelin songs, that transported you to a dark, smokey, bar-room, where an unknown band played the BEST blues rock you had ever heard.
Page always prioritized feel and emotion over pitch perfection.
Jimmy's bends on the solo in “Black Dog” are noticeably sharp, and he is ahead of the beat of the song several times during the main riff, which gives that section an aura of danger:
Jimmy found achieved that strange flavor by running his guitar through a Leslie speaker- producing a jolting effect, like the sudden arrival of an Unidentified Flying Object into a clear blue sky.

“Black Dog”…4 minutes and 57 seconds of untamed rock n’ roll libido, was positioned as the first cut on the revered Led Zeppelin IV LP- released in 1971. The inception of “Black Dog” was birthed by bassist John Paul Jones, who should get A TON of credit for how this classic song came to life.

Jones created the main score, with spinning riffs, and tricky rhythm patterns. It wasn’t John Paul’s practice to write a complete musical arrangement for Zeppelin track, but he did for “Black Dog.”Jones composed the music after a band rehearsal at Jimmy’s house, while riding on a train. His father, who was a pianist & arranger during the Big Band Era, showed John a notation technique, so his son could learn how to write 'on the fly.'