It's a sensitive, delicate deal, dragging brand new songs out of the sky.

Trading ideas, accepting some, storing others in the maybe later bag, moving on and along

with hardly a plan.

During the set years, I never imagined a full-scale album project without the other guys,

and even less the idea of new writing partners.

But then, since 1981, I've enjoyed many amazing, exciting musicians in the sharing, in the

writing, in production and engineering.

Men and women who encouraged and enlightened, introducing me to crazy curves I could never

have imagined.

For this podcast, I'm going to be picking out some songs from here and there on the

way, mixing constant shifts and sound and intention from across this long old time.

There's a story in all of them.

I'm Robert Plant and this is Digging Deep.

Hello and welcome to season four of Digging Deep with Robert Plant, episode one.

My name is Matt Everett and as with previous seasons, each week myself and Robert are

going to focus on a song from Robert's back catalogue and delve into its history.

The events that inspired it, the musicians that played on it, the world from which it

was born.

If you've heard previous episodes, welcome back, nice to have you with us again, and if

you're a new listener, we hope you enjoy the show.

It's worth remembering that, a little like Robert's own musical career, we do take a less

worn path around our subjects sometimes.

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