Or, shall I say, “finally” brought in on drums. When Pearl Jam fired Dave Abbruzzese during the Vitalogy sessions in 1994, Irons was brought in on drums. If you know your rock history, you know where he ended up next.
He would cut two-and-a-half albums with Eleven, departing the band in 1994. After a short stint with Joe Strummer’s Latino Rockabilly War, Irons joined Johannes in the Seattle-based band Eleven in 1990. Remember Alain Johannes from a few minutes ago? That would be Jack’s next big collaborator. Irons would leave the band for good after Slovak’s death in 1988. Irons, Flea, Slovak, and Kiedis would form Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem in 1983, then change the name to Red Hot Chili Peppers shortly thereafter. Alain Johannes was also part of their group of budding musical aficionados. The trio moved on to Fairfax High School, where they became close with–you guessed it–future RHCP frontman Anthony Kiedis. That’s where he met future Red Hot Chili Peppers bandmates Flea and Hillel Slovak. Pretty soon, the budding stickman was pitching his parents on buying him a drum kit. His preferred performances? Playing along with whatever happened to be on the radio. As a youngster, Irons did what lots of kids do: took the pots and pans and utensils out of the kitchen and started banging away. Now 50 years since its release, “When the Levee Breaks,” remains of the biggest hits within Led Zeppelin’s catalog, and continues to remind listeners of the nearly century-old disaster.Jack Irons wasn’t born too long after the actual Jack Irons. Massive Attack, Sean Combs, Depeche Mode, Eminem, Beastie Boys, and more have also sampled the track throughout the decades. There’s even a funkier cover by Buckwheat Zydeco, and Gov’t Mule has often covered Zeppelin’s version live. Upon its release, Led Zeppelin’s “When the Levee Breaks” was another hit for the band, and a song many musicians have tried to recreate, through Bonham’s drums and the weightiness of the track.īob Dylan included his own version on his 32nd album Modern Times in 2006. It’s got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan When the levee breaks, I’ll have no place to stayMean old levee taught me to weep and moan, Lord If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break Retaining the essence of the original storyline, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones kept their guitar and bass lines, respectively, in place to the McCoy and Minnie version, while Robert Plant kept many of the original lyrics with some switches throughout. Nearly 44 years after the 1927 flood, Led Zeppelin revisited the old story, recording their own version for their untitled 1971 album ( Led Zeppelin IV).Īlready heavily influenced by blues-with previous covers like Willie Dixon’s “Lemon Song,” based on a 1964 Howlin’ Wolf track “ Killing Floor“ and the band’s 1982 cover of Robert Johnson “Travelling Riverside Blues”-and specifically the delta bluesmen, “When the Levee Breaks” was a natural addition to the band’s catalog. The song continued to be the main, first-person account of the deadly flood many decades later. Well all last night I sat on the levee and moan If it keeps on rainin’ levee’s goin’ to breakĪnd the water gonna come in, we’ll have no place to stay If it keeps on rainin’ levee’s goin’ to break In the lyrics for the McCoy and Minnie version of “When the Levee Breaks,” the narrator expresses his concern about the aftermath of such a catastrophe and the loss of his love and home if they wash away.
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