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How Many More Times
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<h2 id="composition">Composition</h2> <p>At eight and a half minutes, "How Many More Times" is the longest song on the album. It is one of three Led Zeppelin songs on which Page used <a href="/facts/Bowed_guitar/zwJfbNoX">bowed guitar</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p><p>In an interview he gave to <i><a href="/facts/Guitar_World/40I9gPCC">Guitar World</a></i> magazine in 1993, Page stated that the song "was made up of little pieces I developed when I was with the <a href="/facts/The_Yardbirds/IHMH18BK">Yardbirds</a>, as were other numbers such as 'Dazed and Confused'. It was played live in the studio with cues and nods."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>The "Rosie" and "Hunter" components of the song came spontaneously to the group on the night of the recording session.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> "<a href="/facts/The_Hunter_(Albert_King_song)/Ld0Ks7Tb">The Hunter</a>" was recorded by bluesman <a href="/facts/Albert_King/GqXprPn9">Albert King</a> with <a href="/facts/Booker_T._%2526_the_M.G.%2527s/N1EMILwC">Booker T & the MGs</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> and was written by Carl Wells and the members of Booker T. & the M.G.'s (Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson, and Booker T. Jones). </p><p>The title and Plant's vocals reference <a href="/facts/Howlin%2527_Wolf/Rf5RShoM">Howlin' Wolf</a>'s "<a href="/facts/How_Many_More_Years/szouq3UJ">How Many More Years</a>" (1951), as well as another Howlin' Wolf tune, "You Gonna Wreck My Life", plus other songs by <a href="/facts/Blues/f2WSr9QQ">blues</a> musicians he admired at the time of recording.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="live-performances">Live performances</h2> <p>In 1970, "How Many More Times" was dropped from Led Zeppelin's typical setlist, although they continued to perform it on occasion until the early stages of their <a href="/facts/Led_Zeppelin_North_American_Tour_1975/4tmd49DA">1975 North American tour</a>, when it was re-introduced in full as a result of Jimmy Page's injured finger, which temporarily prevented him from playing the more challenging "<a href="/facts/Dazed_and_Confused_(Jake_Holmes_song)/XLQjrmlt">Dazed and Confused</a>".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="reception">Reception</h2> <p>In a contemporary review for <i>Led Zeppelin</i> on release, John Mendelsohn of <i><a href="/facts/Rolling_Stone/HhCFoJ9F">Rolling Stone</a></i> called "How Many More Times" the album's "most representative cut". Mendelsohn complimented Page's guitar solo and Bonham's drumming but criticized Plant's vocals, calling them "strained and unconvincing".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="personnel">Personnel</h2> <p>According to Jean-Michel Guesdon and Philippe Margotin:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Robert_Plant/noaGdD4l">Robert Plant</a> – vocals</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jimmy_Page/b3f0pxDN">Jimmy Page</a> – guitars, bow</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Paul_Jones_(musician)/gerHp49k">John Paul Jones</a> – bass, organ</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Bonham/qtSBIfbp">John Bonham</a> – drums</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_cover_versions_of_Led_Zeppelin_songs/9bjJdQPP">List of cover versions of Led Zeppelin songs</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_Led_Zeppelin_songs_written_or_inspired_by_others/o9PDFH3P">List of Led Zeppelin songs written or inspired by others</a></li></ul> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <ul><li>Guesdon, Jean-Michel; Margotin, Philippe (2018). <i>Led Zeppelin All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track</i>. <a href="/facts/Running_Press/2ba8e2IC">Running Press</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-316-448-67-3.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.ledzeppelin.com/video/how-many-more-times-danish-tv-1969">"How Many More Times" at ledzeppelin.com</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"How Many More Times (Title Code: 380136049)". ASCAP. Retrieved 31 July 2009. John Baldwin, John Bonham, James Patrick Page, R A Plant <a href="http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=380136049&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=30&start=1" target="_blank">http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=380136049&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=30&start=1</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Dave Lewis (1994), The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Jimmy Page interview transcript". Iem.ac.ru. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110807201650/http://www.iem.ac.ru/zeppelin/docs/interviews/page_93.gw" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110807201650/http://www.iem.ac.ru/zeppelin/docs/interviews/page_93.gw</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Dave Lewis (1994), The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>John Mendelsohn Led Zeppelin I Rolling Stone March 15, 1969 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080430233701/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ledzeppelin/albums/album/103294/review/18835333/led_zeppelin_i" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080430233701/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ledzeppelin/albums/album/103294/review/18835333/led_zeppelin_i</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Frank Reddon; Lou Anne Reddon (10 July 2012). J. J. Jackson Remembers Led Zeppelin: The Music and the Guys Who Made It. eBookIt.com. p. 42. ISBN 9780978444631. Retrieved 27 July 2016. <a href="9780978444631" target="_blank">9780978444631</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Dave Lewis (1994), The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Mendelsohn, John (15 March 1969). "Led Zeppelin I". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2 October 2017. <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/led-zeppelin-i-19690315" target="_blank">https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/led-zeppelin-i-19690315</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Guesdon & Margotin 2018, p. 82. - Guesdon, Jean-Michel; Margotin, Philippe (2018). Led Zeppelin All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. Running Press. ISBN 978-0-316-448-67-3. <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>