''The Fun Sessions'' is the 8th studio album by

Dread Zeppelin Dread Zeppelin was an American reggae rock band. Formed in 1989 in Sierra Madre, California, the band combined hard rock and reggae styles with humor. They are best known for performing the songs of Led Zeppelin in a reggae style as sung by a La ...

, and the first made with

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. It is described as “Tortelvis sings the classics”, where “classics” are songs from the late-1960s and early-1970s particularly loved by the band. The album title is a wordplay on

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. This album brings the band away from

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock music, rock band formed in London in 1968. The band comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones (musician), John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham. With a he ...

covers, like they did with ''

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'', which was criticized by many fans because of its

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style and Tortelvis was not singing on it. At the time of release, Dread Zeppelin had covered most of Led Zeppelin's successful songs; they have now produced more albums than the band they mostly cover. Only two of the original band members, Tortelvis and Butt Boy, are still in the band for this album. Unlike all previous albums, this album was not produced by Jah Paul Jo. Most of the original band members do make "special guest appearance" ( Carl Jah on guitar, Rasta-mon and Ed Zeppelin on vocal).

Track listing

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" (Townshend) - 4:04 #"

Sunshine of Your Love "Sunshine of Your Love" is a 1967 song by the British rock band Cream. With elements of hard rock and psychedelia, it is one of Cream's best known and most popular songs. Cream bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce based it on a distinctive bass riff h ...

" (Brown, Bruce, Clapton) - 5:41 #"

Born on the Bayou "Born on the Bayou" (1969) is the first track on Creedence Clearwater Revival's second album, '' Bayou Country'', released in 1969. It was released as the B-side of the single "Proud Mary" that reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' charts. Backgro ...

" (Fogerty) - 4:20 #" Light My Fire" (The Doors) - 4:28 #"

Smoke on the Water "Smoke on the Water" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple, released on their 1972 studio album '' Machine Head''. The song's lyrics are based on true events, chronicling the 1971 fire at Montreux Casino in Montreux, Switzerland. It is ...

" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Paice, Lord) - 5:17 #" Freebird" (Collins, VanZant, Dutchess) - 6:09 #" Feel Like Making Love" (Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs) - 4:19 #"BBWAGS" BBWAGS stands for "Butt Boy's Wearing A Girl's Shirt". Also noted with "classic status pending" (Putman, Tortell, Johnson, Burke, Boerin) - 3:58 #" Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" (Stephen Stills) - 7:06 #"

Golden Slumbers "Golden Slumbers" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album ''Abbey Road''. Written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it is the sixth song of the album's Abbey Road#Medley, climactic B-side medley. ...

Carry That Weight "Carry That Weight" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album ''Abbey Road''. Written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it is the seventh and penultimate song in the album's climactic side-two med ...

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" (Lennon, McCartney) - 5:31

Band members

*Tortelvis: lead vocal *Butt Boy: six-string and pedal pusher *Fuzzy Buzzman: bass *Spice: drums *Fernandez: percussion and vocals

Notes

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