It is somewhat ironic that Jake Kiszika, guitarist for Michigan-based hard blues/rock quartet Greta Van Fleet, uses a Gibson SG as his primary instrument. The SG can safely be considered the younger brother of the Gibson Les Paul, which Jimmy Page expertly wielded during much of his reign in Led Zeppelin, the band that took hard blues and turned it into an art form seldom, if ever, equaled. Greta Van Fleet, whose oldest members were born 16 years after Led Zeppelin’s final album of new music was released, is with no disrespect to either band clearly Led Zeppelin’s musical offspring, wearing its primary musical influence plainly on its sleeve without apology. Fortunately for it, as amply demonstrated on its new album “Starcatcher,” it has become more than sufficiently accomplished to where the unmistakable threads of the might Zeppelin woven through its music now serve as a compliment rather than a clone.Read More
‘Starcatcher’ by Greta Van Fleet Isn’t the Next Led Zeppelin, but It’s Still Pretty Good
