In My Time of Dying (also called Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed or a variation thereof) is a traditional gospel music song that has been recorded by numerous musicians. The lyrics Jesus goin a-make up my dyin bed appear in historian Robert Emmet Kennedys Mellows – A Chronicle of Unknown Singers published in 1925, on Louisiana street performers, and also listed in the Cleveland Librarys Index to Negro Spirituals.[1][2] They refer to a deathbed and were inspired by a passage in the Bible from Psalms 41:3 The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing, thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. Led Zeppelins version of In My Time of Dying was released on their sixth album Physical Graffiti; it is the third song on the album, and closes Side 1 of the albums original double-LP configuration. At 11:06, it is the longest studio track on any Led Zeppelin studio album, but contains no long instrumental passages despite its extended timing. As Physical Graffiti was exceptionally successful commercially, achieving RIAA 16x Platinum status, Led Zeppelins rendition of the song is probably the most widely known. Physical Graffitis credits list the four members of Led Zeppelin as the songs authors, despite the earlier released versions of the song. Jimmy Pages guitar tuning for this song is an open A chord (E / A / E / A / C# / E from bottom to top), and (with When the Levee Breaks and Traveling Riverside Blues) is one of the most recognisable instances of Pages slide playing on a Led Zeppelin recording. John Paul Jones played a fretless bass. John Bonhams drums were recorded with a distinctive reverb effect, in the same manner as on the track When the Levee Breaks from Led Zeppelins fourth album.[5] In the May 2008 issue of Uncut Magazine, Page elaborated on the humorous reaction in the studio which can be heard at the end of the song: We were just having such a wonderful time. Look, we had a framework for In My Time Of Dying, Ok, but then it just takes off and were just doing what Led Zeppelin do. Were jamming. Were having a ball. We. Are. Playing.[6] Record producer Rick Rubin has remarked on the songs structure, The bass line in the fast grooves is so interesting and unexpected. It keeps shifting gears, over and over.[7] Led Zeppelin performing In My Time of Dying live at Chicago Stadium, January 1975 In My Time of Dying was played during Led Zeppelins 1975 and 1977 concert tours, where Robert Plant sarcastically dedicated the song to the British Labour Partys Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey, for the tax exile issues the band was facing. When played live, the band tuned the song down by a tone. Although performed in 1977, Plant initially was not keen on singing the song after suffering a near-fatal car crash in 1975, due to its fatalistic lyrical theme.[5] This was one of the few live songs where Page switched to his black and white Danelectro guitar, which he also used for White Summer and Kashmir. One live version of In My Time of Dying, from Led Zeppelins performance at Earls Court on 24 May 1975, is featured on disc 2 of the Led Zeppelin DVD, and its promotional sampler on the Mothership compilation. In 1993 when Jimmy Page toured Japan with David Coverdale as Coverdale/Page, they performed this song on all seven of their dates. Page performed this song on his tour with The Black Crowes in 1999. A version of In My Time of Dying performed by Page and The Black Crowes can be found on the album Live at the Greek. Page also included the song as part of his solo Outrider tour. In My Time of Dying was performed at Led Zeppelins reunion show at the O2 Arena, London on 10 December 2007. Day 5:7 Zep challenge. Nominated by Angelo P. Long youtu.be/yZgblTKscX0
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