I told Manny we were “channeling Led Zeppelin,” who had stolen it from Joan Baez’s “Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You,” who had taken it from the bluesmen, who had taken it from Old Stinky Rag Jackson, who had taken it from drummers in Kenya, who had taken it from gypsies, who had learned it from Adam. And Adam got it from Lilith. She got it from the horses. That shut him up.

