Playing By Ear
Every episode of this podcast breaks an album down, track by track, to cover why it's not only worth playing, but replaying.
Displaying 1 Episode of Playing By Ear with the tag “john paul jones”.
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IV (Led Zeppelin)
November 11th, 2025 | 1 hr 42 mins
jimmy page, john bonham, john paul jones, led zeppelin, metal, metal music, music, robert plant, rock, rock and roll, songwriting, tolkein
It's been a long time since we rocked and rolled. Epic, thundering, mythic, Led Zeppelin's fourth untitled album achieved legendary status, buying the band a stairway to metal heaven. Between the crushing guitar licks, Tolkein references, and delicate mandolin, IV remains an influential classic that has not dulled since it first conquered the airwaves in 1971.