@Tommy Reese

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Had Zeppelin broken up in 1970 after just two albums, they'd still go down in history as articulating a whole new heaviness. But that was only the beginning, as the Brits churned out a slew of innovative recordings by shading their bluesy wallop with psychedelia, folk, funk, and even reggae. Robert Plant's banshee wail and John Bonham's leviathan grooves reach peak rock heft on the rippling “Whole Lotta Love.” Yet that same band could unplug and deliver “Going to California”—cosmic balladry at its most fragile and glowing.

For the rockers who swaggered and strutted through the ’70s, bigger nearly always meant better. Songs that were built to have maximum impact in stadiums and arenas somehow sounded even larger on home hi-fis thanks to multitrack recording technology and other studio advances that made the drums of Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham and The Who’s Keith Moon sound like cannon fire. Even the mellower, headphone-ready sounds of Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, and the Eagles boasted unprecedented breadth and richness. Yet the decade’s sound was defined just as much by leaner, meaner takes on rock fundamentals, courtesy of artists such as AC/DC and Alice Cooper.

Getting kicked out of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention was probably the best thing that ever happened to the peerlessly quirky singer/guitarist Lowell George, who then found his true calling with Little Feat. Loved for their idiosyncrasy, the group merged earthy, warm and comical takes on rock, folk, blues and New Orleans R&B. 1973's Dixie Chicken introduced their classic sextet lineup and their free-flowing live shows became a trademark. The band split after George's death in 1979, but the remaining members began a longstanding reunion in 1988.

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