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In 1984, with Led Zeppelin no longer a going concern, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page found themselves with time on their hands. The result was THE HONEYDRIPPERS, a five-song mini album of old R&B covers featuring backing by Jeff Beck, ex-Stray Cat Brian Setzer, and Chic bassist Nile Rogers. The name was lifted from jump blues stalwart Joe Liggins, whose "The Honeydripper" was a big hit in 1945.
A one-off studio project (the Volume 1 tag has turned out to be a bit of a tease) THE HONEYDRIPPERS delivers a hit single in the atmospheric version of Phil Phillips' "Sea of Love." Also noteworthy here are faithful recreations of standards by Ray Charles ("I Got a Woman") and Roy Brown ("Good Rockin' at Midnight"). This is basically slight stuff (and with a running time of 18 minutes, it's over before you know it) but the old lemon squeezers are definitely having a heartfelt, infectious good time.
The Honey Drippers include: Robert Plant (vocals); Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Brian Setzer (guitar); Paul Schaffer (keyboards); Tony Thompson (drums).
Producers: Nugetre, The Fabulous Brill Brothers. Honey Drippers Vol. 1 Music Honey Drippers Vol. 1 Songs | 1. | I Get a Thrill |
| 2. | Sea of Love |
| 3. | I Got a Woman |
| 4. | Young Boy Blues |
| 5. | Rockin' at Midnight |
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Honey Drippers Vol. 1 Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  best from the best
awsome!
Submitted by djverni0826 (Elkridge, MD) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Great Classic music
Great classic CD. Great dancing music.Glad that I was able to finely find this CD on CD
Universe.
Submitted by a reviewer (Clover. SC USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No A CLASSIC, BUT TOTALLY UNDERRATED ALBUM
THIS IS WHAT THEY WOULD CALL "A MINI LP", FIVE TRACKS OF SHEER BLISS.
IT TRULY SHOWS THE HEART FELT MUSIC OF JIMMY PAGE AND ROBERT PLANT TOGETHER WITH THEIR OWN MUSICAL INFLUENCES MESHED TOGETHER. PURE BLUESY ROCK AND ROLL!!!
CLASSIC TRACKS SUCH AS "I GET A THRILL" IS A PERFECT OPENER AND PORTRAYS EXCELLENT VOCAL TECHNIQUE BY THE EXPRESSIVE VOCAL POWER GOD HIMSELF, ALONG WITH A FINE ROCKABILLY MELODIC TUNE TOGETHER WITH SOME GREAT GUITAR WORK BY PAGEY.
FOLLOWED BY THE EVER ROMANTIC "SEA OF LOVE", WHICH WAS THE FIRST SINGLE TAKEN FROM THIS ALBUM. THIS IS TRULY A ROMANTIC SUMMER SONG, WERE PLANT ONCE AGAIN FANTASTICALLY MANAGES TO MANIFEST THE ROMANTICISM BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE IN LOVE ENJOYING THE BEAUTY OF SUMMER AND ALL THAT COMES ALONG WITH IT. I JUST LOVE THE VIDEO SHOOT OF THIS TRACK... IT'S SIMPLY AMAZING STUFF AND BY THE SAME TOKEN TENDS TO BRING BACK SO MUCH NOSTALGIA TOO!
"I GOT A WOMAN" CERTAINLY MAKES IT'S MARK AS A FOLLOW UP TRACK. ONCE AGAIN THIS TRACK HAS A 50's ROCKABILLY FEEL TO IT, TOGETHER WITH SOME GREAT LYRICS ADDED TOO! - IT'S A FUN SONG, WHICH MAKES YOU MOVE TO THE GREAT 50's RHYTHM.
TRACK NUMBER FOUR INTRODUCES "YOUNG BOY BLUES". A WONDERFUL MELODY FOR A SLOW ROMANTIC LOVE SONG, TOPPED BY EXCEEDINGLY MARVELLOUS GUITAR WORK AND VOCAL HAROMONIES, TOGETHER WITH BRILLIANT BACKING VOCALS TOO.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS ALBUM WOULDN'T BE THE SAME WITHOUT THE EVER POWERFUL ROCKABILLY TUNE OF "ROCKIN' AT MIDNIGHT". THIS WAS THE SECOND SINGLE RELEASE WHICH WAS TAKEN FROM THIS ALBUM, AND WHAT A GREAT CHOICE IT WAS TO RELEASE THIS TRACK AS A SECOND SINGLE TOO MIGHT I ADD! - IT'S GOT EVERYTHING WHICH IS REQUIRED IN JUST ONE SONG... IT'S BLUESY, RYTHMIC, SOULFUL, SEXY, DANCEABLE, MELODIC AND EXTREMELY 50's ROCKABILLY TOO. VERY GOOD SAXOPHONE, BLENDED WITH AWESOME VOCAL HARMONIES AND SOME GREAT GUITAR WORK TOO.
FURTHERMORE, IF YOU HAVEN'T YET INVESTED IN THIS ALBUM AND AS A REQULT NOT YET ADDED IT TO YOUR OWN CD COLLECTION AS YET, THEN I SUGGEST YOU DO SO. HOWEVER, A WORD OF ADVICE FOR ANY DIE HARD LED ZEPPELIN FANS OUT THERE... JUST DON'T EXPECT ANY "LED ZEPPELINESQUE MUSIC" HERE. THIS ALBUM IS MUCH MORE ABOUT WHAT "THE AWESOME FOURSOME" - (PAGE, PLANT, JONES AND BONHAM) - WERE INFLUENCED BY MUSICALLY!
HOWEVER, IT COULD ALWAYS INTEREST YOU IN BUYING IT ANYWAY. IT'S GREAT MUSICAL WORK, BY A FANTASTIC DUO WHO ONCE ROCKED THIS PLANET TOO BITS!
PAGE AND PLANT THANK YOU!!!
Submitted by Karl Zammit, kzrush (St. Julians - Malta, Europe)
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