3 Eternal Robert Plant Songs Post-Led Zeppelin

Robert Plant, the lithe lead singer of the iconic classic rock band Led Zeppelin, has a music career enviable by any. But part of that came after the dissolution of his rock group after the death of their octopus-armed drummer John Bonham in 1980.

Here below, we wanted to explore three songs that remain timeless from Plant post-Led Zeppelin. Three songs that showcase his thunderous voice, glinting charm, and immense style. Indeed, these are three eternal Robert Plant songs after Led Zeppelin.

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“Please Read the Letter” by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss from Raising Sand (2007)

This song was originally written by Robert Plant and Jimmy Page for their 1998 LP Walking into Clarksdale. But it was when Plant and Alison Krauss took it on the rendition earned a Grammy Award for Record of the Year at the 2009 ceremony. The phrase “dulcet tones” is thrown around often but here the concept applies. They are like two rays of sunshine coming in through the same window. And performing over acoustic guitars and Krauss’ violin, the song can fill up any room with magic. On the track, Plant and Krauss sing,

Please read the letter that I wrote
Please read the letter that I wrote

One more song just before we go
Remember baby
All the things
We used to know
Please read my letter
And promise you’ll keep
The secrets and the memories and
Cherish in the deep

“Can’t Let Go” by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss from Raise the Roof (2021)

Written by Randy Weeks and originally made famous by Lucinda Williams, this country and western track was taken to a new level by Plant and Krauss on their award-winning 2021 LP Raise the Roof, their second LP together. Together, the duo displays a knack for harmony and energy like two trains headed down the track in parallel. It’s a song that exhibits some of the best of American music traditions. And on it, the two sing,

Told you, baby, one more time
Don’t make me sit all alone and cry
Well, it’s over, I know it but I can’t let go

I’m like a fish out of water, a cat in a tree
You don’t even want to talk to me
Well, it’s over, I know it but I can’t let go

He won’t take me back when I come around
Says he’s sorry then he pulls me out
I got a big chain around my neck
And I’m broken down like a train wreck
Well, it’s over, I know it but I can’t let go

“Big Log” by Robert Plant from The Principle of Moments (10983)

The first solo song from Plant that made the Top 40, this track hit No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. It’s not a hard-rocking number that some might expect so soon after Led Zeppelin. Rather, it’s an ethereal, lamenting song about a love that is always on the move. How can one feel connection this way, despite the singer feeling so much with each mile? The quintessential 1980s song could appear on any number of movies from the era. It’s hot and sweaty and sticky. And on it, Plant sings,

My love is in league with the freeway
Its passion will rise as the cities fly by
And the tail lights dissolve in the coming of night
And the questions and thousands take flight

My love is a-miles in awaiting
The eyes that just stare and the glance at the clock
And the secret that burns, and the pain that grows dark
And it’s you once again

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