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Hey y'all it's Justin Richmond.

Today in the show we have Robert Plankt, someone whose voice I've probably listened to on record more than anyone else ever.

Think about all the people in and around the UK in the late 60s, who probably could have easily become the singer for Zeppelin.

But of course just about any other singer would have grounded that band sound.

Instead, by some miracle, they found Plankt, who was able to expertly insert himself into their soaring, loud and hard dynamic, creating some of the last centuries best music.

But naturally we could only be lucky for so long.

Zeppelin broke up in 1980 after their powerhouse drummer John Bonnum passed away.

Afterwards, Plankt set out on his own recording songs that drew inspiration from North African music, The Blues, and Folk.

The perfect setup for his next music.

Collaborations with a wonderful fiddle player with an angelic voice named Alice in Kraus.

Producer T-bone Burnett paired them in 2007 and recorded an album Raising Sand.

That album sold over a million copies in the US, one five Grammys, including an album of the year, and if you're around at that time, you remember, it received an incredible amount of praise and attention.

A decade and a half later, the two plus T-bone again finally reunited and released a new album Raised the Roof.

Let's hear some of the song Quattro World Riffs In from their new project that came out last year.

Her life and spirits faded out of time.

Robert Plankt talks about this beautiful new collaboration with Alice in Kraus with Rick Rubin on today's episode.

They also discuss Plankt's life-changing trip to the Sahara that inspired the riff for Led Zeppelin's cashmere, and he remembers Bonnum declaring himself the best drummer in the world, their very first meeting.

This is Broken Record, line of notes for the digital age, unjust commitment.

Here's Rick Rubin and Robert Plankt.

I was listening to one of your pre-Zepelin songs that I had not heard before, and I wanted to ask you about what singers inspired you when you were young, because what came to mind listening to it was Tom Jones, which blew my mind, because I never made that.

I never would have made that connection or thought that ever before.

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