Mothership - The Inspiration

What artist and or album would you recommend that is along the lines of Led Zeppelin

My suggestion is a focus on the time frame that includes Led Zeppelin. There are so many bands to pick from during that time & the tangents you can take off on from there. For example, lets say you get interested in Deep Purple. You find out about this fellow named Tommy Bolin who played in James Gang & then check them out & find out about Joe Walsh.

It's pretty interesting how so many bands, styles & musicians are intertwined.

Try The Who, "Live at Leeds" and turn it up loud.

Rory Gallagher: largely forgotten and completely ignored by today's 'classic rock stations'.
The "Live at Montreux" dvd is a wonderful overview of his work. If you dig Page's guitar histrionics, Gallagher is right up your alley.

yep, white stripes.

Deep Purple "Machine Head"

Purple was as close to Zeppelin as anyone ever came. They were recording at the same time as Zep, so they are both from the same genre. Deep Purple “Burn” is also an excellent album (albeit, recorded by a different version of the more popular Machine Head era “Mk 2 lineup”).

Ritchie Blackmore is every bit as exciting a guitar player as Jimmy Page. Check out Deep Purple.