Tortelvis! Tiny Bass! Butt Boy!
This is the greatest cover band ever. I mean, ever. An Elvis impersonator fronting a Led Zeppelin tribute band that plays in reggae fashion? Awesomeness times a thousand.
Way back in them olden days known as the 1970s (1970 exactly, in fact), one of Led Zeppelin's rare single releases came out. 'Immigrant Song' was written in the summer of 1970 and debuted at the Bath Festival, before being released as a single in November of that year, against the wishes of the band. It managed to reach number 16 on the Billboard charts, and was the opening track on Led Zeppelin III, released the month before.
The single was released in Japan with 'Out on the Tiles' mistakenly replacing 'Hey Hey What Can I Do' as the B-side, making that single an incredibly rare and valuable item.
In 1989, Dread Zeppelin recorded their cover version at the home of Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, and released it as a 7" single exactly as Led Zeppelin did, with a cover of 'Hey Hey What Can I Do' as the B-side. It was a surprising success, and the song was included on the band's 1990 debut album, 'Un-Led-Ed'. The album also surprisingly reached 116 on the Billboard Album Chart.
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