{"id":321902,"date":"2025-05-05T13:21:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T18:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/led-zeppelins-jimmy-page-sued-by-dazed-and-confused-songwriter"},"modified":"2025-05-05T13:21:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T18:21:55","slug":"led-zeppelins-jimmy-page-sued-by-dazed-and-confused-songwriter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/led-zeppelins-jimmy-page-sued-by-dazed-and-confused-songwriter","title":{"rendered":"Led Zeppelin&#039;s Jimmy Web page Sued by &#039;Dazed and Confused&#039; Songwriter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" readability=\"8\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n       <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Led Zeppelin<\/span><br \/><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Page Is Dazed &amp; Confused About Paying Me!!!<\/span><br \/><\/h2>\n<p>\n      Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-05-05T10:22:03-07:00\">May 5, 2025 10:22 AM PDT<\/time>\n                   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"73.6758104738\">\n<section id=\"cb-201689f084986c91e98ff869bed2d5e8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n     <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250505_d14af1c3cc8a422e8f97b35c57ea4e20\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4b0c2326-8e8a-461f-a28c-f61c7a731336\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dazed and Confused\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Led-Zeppelin039s-Jimmy-Page-Sued-by-039Dazed-and-Confused039-Songwriter.jpg\" alt=\"jimmy page getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b278e2d96a37995ee5e906bb90a0ef7a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31.2317073171\">\n<p>Led Zeppelin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jimmy-page\/\"><strong>Jimmy Page<\/strong><\/a> isn\u2019t showing a songwriter a whole lotta love over one of the band\u2019s classic hits, and now he\u2019s dragging the guitarist into federal court.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-1b8cbc1c37911eb8a1d91ad4b637eb27\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"39\">\n<p>A guy named <strong>Jake Holmes<\/strong> filed the suit against James Patrick Page \u2014 yeah, that\u2019s his full name \u2014 over \u201cDazed and Confused\u201d \u2026 the song Zeppelin dropped back in \u201969. In the docs, Holmes says it\u2019s already been legally established that he is the copyright holder on the track \u2014 he and Page reached a settlement in 2011.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-45f7606f655d0701d0bc790037ca58d8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n     <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250505_2a245de4a22c4fc0842062417f4aa97d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4b0c2326-8e8a-461f-a28c-f61c7a731336\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Led-Zeppelin039s-Jimmy-Page-Sued-by-039Dazed-and-Confused039-Songwriter.jpg\" alt=\"jake holmes 1970 getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-6d6fb3e748ac81a0838fc2a780d4b03e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"39\">\n<p>Holmes says he noticed something awry with the new IMAX documentary, \u201cBecoming Led Zeppelin,\u201d which was released earlier this year \u2014 the film credits say Page wrote \u2018Dazed\u2019 and Holmes only \u201cinspired\u201d it, but Holmes says that\u2019s patently false.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode (middle, 1) --><center\/><!-- \/adman_adcode (middle) --><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-79af15ebfb74384e44bcd853ca242900\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"37\">\n<p>Little backstory on the song \u2026 the Yardbirds released the first version of \u2018Dazed\u2019 in 1968, when Jimmy was a member of the group, and he recorded a new version of it with Zeppelin \u2026 which only credited Page as the writer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-99609fec8985263ab855aa9b73715635\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-74877d22-6489-49c7-8f59-d78ac6b647ef-872593869-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n   <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-74877d22-6489-49c7-8f59-d78ac6b647ef-872593869-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/>\n     <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Led-Zeppelin039s-Jimmy-Page-Sued-by-039Dazed-and-Confused039-Songwriter.jpg\" alt=\"jimmy-page-kal-05-05-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">2021<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>     <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span>\n   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-07380d5af171e2caf2904b0cfa2ecb1e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>That prompted Holmes to sue decades later, because he got the copyright for \u2018Dazed\u2019 in 1967 \u2026 leading to their 2011 settlement.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-969ee139569c6c28b051d80d229c56e7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"37\">\n<p>So, Holmes\u2019 point is any version of the song \u2014 Yardbirds or Zep \u2014 is not \u201cinspired\u201d by him, it\u2019s written by him, and he wants to be paid as such.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e812e9da4fca0eaedbb1bfe4c3cb7fc4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-760cca77de3ca0af0b176e90e433cc2b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Besides the movie, Holmes says, he\u2019s also getting screwed by recent re-releases of Yardbirds performances \u2026 because he hasn\u2019t seen a dime from them.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2a9d1a906ec733f060fa0874a97489b8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>He\u2019s suing Jimmy for all monies earned from the use of \u201cDazed and Confused\u201d in the documentary, or from any new releases of the song. We\u2019ve reached out to Page\u2019s camp, but no word back yet.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/led-zeppelins-jimmy-page-sued-by-dazed-and-confused-songwriter\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Led ZeppelinPage Is Dazed &amp; Confused About Paying Me!!! 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