Led Zeppelin Steals "Rock 'n Roll"

Jimmy Page admits source of "Rock and Roll": JP: When you've got the whole live creative process going on, that's how things like "Rock and Roll" come out. Q: And how exactly was that? JP: I think we were attempting "Four Sticks" and it wasn't happening and Bonzo started the drum intro to "Keep a Knocking" (by Little Richard/Mick Underwood Drum Intro) and I played the riff automatically, that was "Rock and Roll" and we got through the whole of the twelve bar bit (the first verse). We said 'this is great, forget "Four Sticks" let's work on this' and things were coming out like that. http://members.tripod.com/~trublukris/inter/jplz4.html Richie Blackmore: "Zeppelin, I liked their hard approach when they came out and did 'Whole Lotta Love.' I immediately tuned in with that type of style because before when we were fiddling around with orchestras, I thought 'something's wrong, I'm not giving all that I can't Thanks to them for the inspiration. They got it from Jeff Beck, who got it from the Small Faces..." Ritchie said he was motivated to try something like that in 1963. The results ("I just freaked out") can be found on the B-side of the Outlaws' version of "I Hear You Knockin'." Archaeologists and fans take note. From there, via "You Really Got Me" ("The solo was too bad to be Page. It had to be Dave Davies."), talk drifted to stealing. "Everybody steals. It's healthy to steal. The thing is to disguise who you're stealing from. I used to steal a lot from Jimi Hendrix."