DAZED AND CONFUSED/ SEATTLE 1975 PLAY ALONG

The big papa...Dazed And Confused from Seattle March 21 1975. This was by far the most involved video I've done yet, especially in terms of editing, and my longest video. This version of Dazed is the second longest that Zep is known to have played, clocking in at over 40 mins . The longest version ever recorded was from Los Angeles a week later on March 27 1975, and was a whopping 45 mins!! I basically recorded this in 4 parts - 1- Beginning, up to the end of the first jam. 2- For What It's Worth /Back to The Garden bit (they played a bit of I Shot The Sheriff which was very unusual) to the bow solo start. 3 - The long fast jam, after the bow solo. 4 - End of the song and coda. I decided to try to replicate most of the ensemble parts and some solo sections, as Bonzo played them, memorizing many of the fills. With that in mind, this is still not meant to be a literal note for note copy as that would be a mammoth undertaking and somewhat pointless IMO. The introduction, in-head, sections before the bow solo, and out-head are all pretty close to what Bonzo played, but the long , fast jams and the ending section are free wheeling. There are a couple moments when things nearly come apart, and the tempos really fluctuate, especially during the long fast jam. Bonzo and Jones really push the beat at times, ( Colombian marching powder ?? ) and it almost has a punk type attitude so it was very hard to play along and stay in sync with the recording. As you can see and hear, the transition from jam to the lick that brings everything back to the 12/8 is not smooth...the band were off sync and it nearly comes apart , but they recovered. I tried to approximate as best as I can and wound up doing a few takes of that fast section and each time I was unhappy with the sloppy change. I finally settled on the version in the video that you will hear but it was a frustrating one to work through because of that gaff. There are plenty of other versions where that transition is smooth, but unfortunately, this night was not one of them! Hope you all dig it! Thanks for watching and please subscribe ! Also, subscribe to People's Front Of Zeppelin at    / peoplesfrontofzeppelin   ...and follow us on Instagram, and Facebook. We have more great video covers on the way!