When the Levee Breaks

Sturgill Simpson covering Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks", a song originally written by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.

When the Levee Breaks

A second post on the 1927 Mississippi River flood. NPR had this piece yesterday on Music about the Flood.

Here is Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy's "When the Levee Breaks"



A more current version of "When the Levee Breaks" by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant