"The Battle of Evermore" is a folk rock song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, featured on their untitled fourth album (a.k.a. "Led Zeppelin IV"), released in 1971. The song is well-known for its acoustic guitar and mandolin playing.
The tune for this was written by guitarist Jimmy Page at Headley Grange while he was experimenting on the mandolin owned by bassist John Paul Jones. As Page explained in 1977:
Vocalist Robert Plant had recently ...
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"The Battle of Evermore" is a folk rock song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, featured on their untitled fourth album (a.k.a. "Led Zeppelin IV"), released in 1971. The song is well-known for its acoustic guitar and mandolin playing.
The tune for this was written by guitarist Jimmy Page at Headley Grange while he was experimenting on the mandolin owned by bassist John Paul Jones. As Page explained in 1977:
Vocalist Robert Plant had recently been reading about Scottish folklore and this inspired him to compose the lyrics to this song. The song, as many others by the group, makes references to The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. Plant felt he needed another voice to tell the story and for the recording of this song folk singer Sandy Denny was invited to duet with Plant. Denny was a former member of British folk group Fairport Convention, with whom Led Zeppelin had shared a bill in 1970 at the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music. Plant played the role of the narrator...
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