The song was unreleased until its inclusion on the 1961 Johnson compilation album King of the Delta Blues Singers.
[citation needed] An alternate version was recorded the same day (and was considered lost) but was finally released officially on the 1998 reissue of King of the Delta Blues Singers.
Jimmy Page dubbed extra guitar parts onto the track (the main track being played on a 12-string electric guitar) and it was broadcast four days later on John Peel's Top Gear show under the title "Travelling Riverside Blues '69",[1] and repeated on January 11, 1970.
Page used an acoustic slide guitar for the entire song, while Bonham played triplets on the bass drum.
[1] It was interest from US radio interviewers and fans during Page's Outrider tour that originally led him to negotiate with BBC Enterprises for the song's release.