Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Great Mississippi Flood of 1927

This was the inspiration for the song "When the Levee Breaks", originally written by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929, and later made famous by Led Zeppelin.

This was the inspiration for the song “When the Levee Breaks”, originally written by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929, and later made famous by Led Zeppelin.

This entry was posted on February 7, 2014 by . It was filed under History, New Orleans, Photography, Pursuit of Happiness, Weird and was tagged with , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

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