Young percussionists take on Zeppelin

The Louisville Leopard Percussionists are a group of more than 60 young musicians (ages 7 to 14) from different schools in and around Louisville, Kentucky. Founded in 1993, the students study and become proficient on several percussion instruments, including marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, and drum set.

In November of last year, they uploaded a video  to YouTube, and over the last week, the view count for that video has sailed past 1.5 million views — in part, because former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page shared it on his own Facebook page (proclaiming it "too good not to share").

In the video, the youngsters perform a fiery medley of three classic Zeppelin tunes  — "Immigrant Song," "The Ocean," and "Kashmir" (from the album Physical Graffiti, which happens to be celebrating the anniversary of its release, 40 years ago today). See them in action here:

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