Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Internet web page Sued by 'Dazed and Confused' Songwriter

Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page isn’t exhibiting a songwriter an entire lotta love over one of many band’s basic hits, and now he’s dragging the guitarist into federal court docket.

A man named Jake Holmes filed the go well with in opposition to James Patrick Web page — yeah, that’s his full title — over “Dazed and Confused” … the tune Zeppelin dropped again in ’69. Within the docs, Holmes says it’s already been legally established that he’s the copyright holder on the observe — he and Web page reached a settlement in 2011.

Holmes says he observed one thing awry with the brand new IMAX documentary, “Turning into Led Zeppelin,” which was launched earlier this yr — the movie credit say Web page wrote ‘Dazed’ and Holmes solely “impressed” it, however Holmes says that’s patently false.

Little backstory on the tune … the Yardbirds launched the primary model of ‘Dazed’ in 1968, when Jimmy was a member of the group, and he recorded a brand new model of it with Zeppelin … which solely credited Web page as the author.

That prompted Holmes to sue many years later, as a result of he acquired the copyright for ‘Dazed’ in 1967 … resulting in their 2011 settlement.

So, Holmes’ level is any model of the tune — Yardbirds or Zep — isn’t “impressed” by him, it’s written by him, and he desires to be paid as such.

Moreover the film, Holmes says, he’s additionally getting screwed by latest re-releases of Yardbirds performances … as a result of he hasn’t seen a dime from them.