Posted June 23, 2001 by Public Domain 4U
When The Levee Breaks
by Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie
, public domain

Public Domain 4U says: With his wife Memphis Minnie on lead guitar, Joe McCoy laid down this seminal cut which much later became a hit for Led Zeppelin. A true folk blues original, this song sounds as sweet today as it did in 1929.
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