Top of the Flops : 23. Jake Holmes

[Neil Barker]

23. JAKE HOLMES



First and only TOTP studio appearance : "How Are You?", 7/5/70

Singer-songwriter who started out on the New York folk scene, working in bands with the likes of Tim Rose before going solo.

He allegedly wrote the Led Zeppelin song "Dazed & Confused" but never received any credit for it.

[williamM]

wasn't that a Yardbirds song also?

[Neil Barker]

Yeah, I think it might have been, as the Yardbirds evolved into Led Zeppelin of course.

[Stephen Doran]

ipreferred the yardbirds.