Speaking of Led Zeppelin: The Crunge is a James Brown tribute. When the Levee breaks references the American Blues tradition pretty explicitly (I'm going to Ch

Speaking of Led Zeppelin: The Crunge is a James Brown tribute. When the Levee breaks references the American Blues tradition pretty explicitly (I'm going to Chicago). In My Time of Dying is an old gospel tune from Louisana. Dazed and Confused was a cover of an American blues tune, etc. Clapton was a similar story. He's the first to say his biggest inspiration was Robert Johnson. The Beatles had a much stronger US influence in their earlier work than their later work. They had multiple singles that were Chuck Berry covers.