The Fun Sessions is the 8th studio album by Dread Zeppelin

Dread Zeppelin

Dread Zeppelin is an American band best known for performing the songs of Led Zeppelin in a reggae style as sung by a 300 pound Vegas Elvis impersonator. Over the years they would also perform songs originally by Elvis Presley, Bob Marley and The Yardbirds. The group toured extensively around the...

, and the first made with Imago Records

Imago Records

Imago Records was an independent record label which was active during the late 1980s – early 1990s. Several influential artists released albums through Imago, including Henry Rollins, Aimee Mann, Paula Cole and Love Spit Love...

. It is described as “Tortelvis sings the classics”, where “classics” are songs from the late 60's and early 70's particularly loved by the band. The album title is a wordplay on Elvis's The Sun Sessions

The Sun Sessions

The Sun Sessions is a compilation of Elvis Presley recordings at Sun Studios in 1954 and 1955. It was issued by RCA Records in 1976. It had been issued and charted as The Sun Collection in the United Kingdom the previous year...

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This album brings the band away from Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

 covers, like they did with It's Not Unusual, which was criticized by many fans because of its disco

Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...

 style and because Tortelvis was not singing on it.
At the time of release, Dread Zeppelin had covered most of Led Zeppelin's successful songs; they have now produced more albums than the band they mostly cover.

Only two of the original band members, Tortelvis and Butt Boy, are still in the band for this album. Unlike all previous albums, this album was not produced by Jah Paul Jo. Most of the original band members do make "special guest appearance" (Carl Jah on guitar, Rasta-mon and Ed Zeppelin on vocal).

Track listing

1. "Baba O'Riley
   Baba O'Riley
   "Baba O'Riley" is a song written by Pete Townshend for the English rock band The Who. Roger Daltrey sings most of the song, with Pete Townshend singing the middle eight: "Don't cry/don't raise your eye/it's only teenaged wasteland"...
   
   " (Townshend) - 4:04
2. "Sunshine of Your Love
   Sunshine of Your Love
   "Sunshine of Your Love" is a 1967 song by the British supergroup Cream. The song was originally released on the album Disraeli Gears in November 1967, and was later released as a single in January 1968. It is Cream's only gold-selling single in the United States. It features a distinctive...
   
   " (Brown, Bruce, Clapton) - 5:41
3. "Born on the Bayou
   Born on the Bayou
   "Born on the Bayou" is the first track on Creedence Clearwater Revival's second album, Bayou Country. It was released as the B-side of the single "Proud Mary" and reached #2 on the Billboard Charts.As the songwriter, John Fogerty, commented:...
   
   " (Fogerty) - 4:20
4. "Light My Fire
   Light My Fire
   "Light My Fire" is a song by The Doors which was recorded in August 1966 and released the first week of January 1967 on the Doors' debut album. Released as a single in April, it spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and one week on the Cash Box Top 100, nearly a year after...
   
   " (The Doors) - 4:28
5. "Smoke on the Water
   Smoke on the Water
   "Smoke on the Water" is a song by the British hard rock band Deep Purple. It was first released on their 1972 album Machine Head. In 2004, the song was ranked number 426 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, and in March 2005, Q magazine placed "Smoke on the Water"...
   
   " (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Paice, Lord) - 5:17
6. "Freebird
   Free Bird
   "Free Bird" is a song by the American southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd...
   
   " (Collins, VanZant, Dutchess) - 6:09
7. "Feel Like Making Love
   Feel Like Makin' Love (Bad Company song)
   "Feel Like Makin' Love" is a song by British supergroup Bad Company. The song originally appeared on the LP Straight Shooter in April 1975 and was released as a single in August of the same year...
   
   " (Paul Rodgers, Mick, Ralphs) - 4:19
8. "BBWAGS" (Putman, Tortell, Johnson, Burke, Boerin) - 3:58
9. "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
   Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
   "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" is a suite of short songs written by Stephen Stills and performed by Crosby, Stills and Nash. It appeared on the group's self-titled debut album in 1969. It was also released as a single , going to #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart...
   
   " (Stephen Stills) - 7:06
10. "Golden Slumbers
    Golden Slumbers
    "Golden Slumbers" is a song by The Beatles, part of the climactic medley on their 1969 album Abbey Road. The song begins the progression that leads to the end of the album and is followed by "Carry That Weight." The two songs were recorded together as a single piece, and both were written by Paul...
    
    , Carry That Weight
    Carry That Weight
    "Carry That Weight" is a song by The Beatles. Released on Abbey Road and part of the long, climactic medley that closes the album, it features vocals from all four Beatles...
    
    , The End
    The End (The Beatles song)
    "The End" is a song by The Beatles composed by Paul McCartney for the album Abbey Road. It was the last song recorded collectively by all four Beatles, and is the final song of the medley that dominates side two of the LP version of the album.-Composition and recording:McCartney said, "I wanted...
    
    " (Lennon, McCartney) - 5:31

Band members

• Tortelvis: lead vocal
• Butt Boy: six-string and pedal pusher
• Fuzzy Buzzman: bass
• Spice: drums
• Fernandez: percussion and vocals