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“When The Levees Break” - Memphis Minnie & Joe McCoy

Heard this on a pretty dope compilation called Good Times, Bad Times which came with the September issue of Mojo Magazine. It’s a celebration of the great blues records which have inspired great Rock artists (including the cover subject, Robert Plant). 

Things I’ve learned in finding this song which I’ll be sure to learn more about: 1) Memphis Minnie was a lady guitar player… which is quite a feat to this day; Led Zepplin covered this song; and it was inspired by The Great Flood of 1927 - imagine how many people the lyrics still resonated for nearly 100 years later when Katrina hit…