# Terry Reid, the man who really invented Led Zeppelin, & guitar fetishism

An episode of [Word In Your Ear](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1567029088), 11 Aug 2025, 46 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ff0586154e2a73589267809/e/6899be9fc952cf59784548f9/media.mp3

Other, weaker podcasts may take the summer off. Not this one. …the story of Jerry Garcia’s alligator strat, Paul McCartney’s violin bass and the instrument Peter Frampton thought had gone forever …the long story of Terry Reid, who turned down Led Zeppelin, and the golden afternoon when he was the most charismatic figure in roc …the real reason why you wouldn’t have wanted to be at Keith Richards’ place on that day in 1967 …why there’s nothing more boring than hedonism Mick Jagger’s 1967 affidavit is here: https://www.ewbankauctions.co.uk/20250821M1-lot-4008-The-Rolling-Stones-typed-documents-that-appear-to-relate-the-infamous-Redlands?auction Find out more about how to help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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