Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

The title of the song is a misspelling of by omission of the 'r' in , and takes its name from a house in Gwynedd, Wales, where the members of Led Zeppelin retreated in 1970 to write much of Led Zeppelin III after having completed a concert tour of North America. means "hill of gold". Its pronunciation is . The cottage had no electricity or running water, but the change of scenery provided inspiration for many of the songs on the album, including "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp". ==Composition and recording==

Jimmy Page and Robert Plant wrote "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" in 1970. The song was heavily influenced by a number called "Waggoner's Lad" by Bert Jansch, a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. It is a country music-inflected hoedown, with lyrics about walking in the woods with Plant's blue-eyed Merle dog named Strider. However, there are no explicit references to Tolkien works in "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp". The group recorded the song at Headley Grange in 1970, using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio. They completed it at Island Studios in London, and Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. ==Personnel==

According to Jean-Michel Guesdon and Philippe Margotin: • Robert Plant – vocals • Jimmy Page – acoustic guitars • John Paul Jones – double bass • John Bonham – drums, castanets, spoons • Unidentified musicians – maracas, hand claps ==Jennings Farm Blues==

Led Zeppelin also recorded the song as an electric blues rock instrumental, "Jennings Farm Blues", a rough mix of which later surfaced as a studio out-take on a number of Led Zeppelin bootleg recordings. "Jennings Farm Blues" was released on 2 June 2014, as part of the remastering process of all nine albums. ==See also==