Blackdog

"As you might expect from a band named for one of the most iconic songs on the most famous of all officially untitled fourth albums, the Chicago quartet Blackdog gives a whole lotta love and then some to Led Zeppelin, which ranks first and foremost on a list of classic-rock heroes that also includes Cream and Jim Hendrix. Yet while this can be a dire thing indeed in the hands of mere mortals or copycat wannabes in the Lenny Kravitz mode, thunder god drummer Andrew Elbert, bassist Jason Segal and guitarists and vocalists Antony Ablan and Sam Reicher have both the chops and the bluesy, boozy joie de vivre to pull off the sound and the stance in a most convincing way." – Jim DeRogatis, Sun-Times Music Critic

The way rock 'n roll should, Blackdog captures the essence of what rock and roll was before being over-processed, canned, and shelved. There's a difference between emulation and actualization. Blackdog is real, original rock n' roll.