
In early October 1970, Zeppelin released their third self-titled album, “Led Zeppelin III,” which features track nine—“Bron-Y-Aur Stomp.” This song is a highlight of what Led Zeppelin does best: Folk Rock. This particular song is named after an 18th-century cottage in Montgomeryshire (which constitutes northern Powys) that the band stayed at early into their career, which then inspired this song. Before the song’s official release, it was also recorded as an electric blues instrumental with a much lighter, almost playful tune, but now it’s leaning way into hard rock-bluegrass than anything. This track is mostly acoustic with tons of percussion melded throughout. The drummer—John Bonham—plays the spoons to give it that rattly, metallic, southern sound you can hear during the song’s entire four-minute and seventeen-second run time.