Tea for One
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| "Tea for One" | ||
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| Song by Led Zeppelin | ||
| from the album Presence | ||
| Released | March 31, 1976 | |
| Recorded | November-December, 1975 | |
| Genre | Hard rock | |
| Length | 9:27 | |
| Label | Swan Song | |
| Writer(s) | Page/Plant | |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Page | |
| Presence track listing | ||
| "Hots on for Nowhere" (6) |
"Tea for One" (7) |
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"Tea for One" is the last track on English rock band Led Zeppelin's 1976 album Presence. It starts out fast with interplay between Jimmy Page and John Bonham before going into the sotto voce groove. The song from here on out is a slow blues epic that deals with homesickness and loneliness. Much of this is felt by Robert Plant, who recalls sitting alone in a New York Hotel during a U.S. tour drinking "tea for one".
The song recalls an earlier Zeppelin song in sound and style, "Since I've Been Loving You". This comes from the desire of the band to return to their roots in order to see what has changed with the band since they were younger and more innocent. In Jimmy Page's opinion, this song was the only time the band repeated itself.
In 2006, blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa had covered this song on his album You and Me. Incidentally, the late John Bonham's son Jason Bonham played drums on this song as well as the entire album.
[edit] Trivia
- A main reason they stayed out of England to tour and record was to avoid the taxes.
[edit] Sources
- Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every song, by Chris Welch, ISBN 1-56025-818-7
- The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, by Dave Lewis, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9
| Led Zeppelin |
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| Jimmy Page · Robert Plant · John Paul Jones · John Bonham |
| Discography - (Category) |
Studio albums: Led Zeppelin · Led Zeppelin II · Led Zeppelin III ·  (Led Zeppelin IV) · Houses of the Holy · Physical Graffiti · Presence · In Through the Out DoorLive albums: The Song Remains the Same · BBC Sessions · How the West Was Won |
| Films |
| The Song Remains the Same · Led Zeppelin DVD |
| Other |
| Peter Grant · Richard Cole · Swan Song Records · The Yardbirds · XYZ · The Firm · Page and Plant · Strange Sensation · Bootlegs ∙ Concerts ∙ Songs |
