"Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" is a song recorded by English rock band Led Zeppelin for their third album, Led Zeppelin III, released in 1970.
"Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" | |
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Song by Led Zeppelin | |
from the album Led Zeppelin III | |
Released | 5 October 1970 (1970-10-05) |
Recorded | 1970 |
Studio | Headley Grange, England |
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Length | 4:17 |
Label | Atlantic |
Songwriter(s) | |
Producer(s) | Jimmy Page |
The song is named after Bron-Yr-Aur, a house in Montgomeryshire, Wales, where the members of Led Zeppelin retreated in 1970 to write much of Led Zeppelin III after having completed a concert tour of North America.[4][5] Bron-Yr-Aur means "golden breast" or "breast of gold" in Welsh, as in a hillside of gold. Its pronunciation is [ˈbrɔn ər ˈaɪr]. The cottage had no electricity or running water, but the change of scenery provided inspiration for many of the songs on the album, including "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp".
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant wrote "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" in 1970. The song was heavily influenced by a number called "Waggoner's Lad" by Bert Jansch, a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. It is a country music-inflected hoedown,[6] with lyrics about walking in the woods with Plant's blue-eyed Merle dog named Strider.[4] Plant reportedly named his dog after Aragorn (often called Strider) from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.[7] However, there are no explicit references to Tolkien works in "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp". In live performance,Robert often shouts "Strider!" at the end of the song.
The group recorded the song at Headley Grange in 1970, using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio.[8] They completed it at Island Studios in London, and Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee.[8] Guitarist Jimmy Page used an acoustic guitar, drummer John Bonham played spoons and castanets,[4] and bassist John Paul Jones played a double bass.[9]
Led Zeppelin also recorded the song as an electric blues rock instrumental, "Jennings Farm Blues", a rough mix of which later surfaced as a studio out-take on a number of Led Zeppelin bootleg recordings.[4] Jennings Farm is the name of the property at Blakeshall on which the Plant family stayed in the early 1970s.[10] "Jennings Farm Blues" was released on 2 June 2014, as part of the remastering process of all nine albums.
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