Browsing the archives for the robert plant tag
The Legendary Bath Festival 6/28/70 Led Zeppelin’s “Best” Performance Anyone who ever went through any sort of Led Zeppelin phase, is familiar with the pictures of Jimmy Page wearing an overcoat and a “yokel” hat onstage. The Bath Festival has been held in quite reverence ever since they got offstage, back in 1970. The sun [...]
His Best Playing Since 1973 So Of Course Robert Quits 1998 was a banner year for Jimmy Page. He was again touring with Led Zeppelin chum, Robert Plant, and his guitar playing was crazy good. The Bizarre Festival was held in Germany, in August, and Page / Plant were there. And they killed it. As [...]
6/21/2011 Winnipeg Jazz Fest Here’s another video I owe to FBO. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) has chosen Nashville over Vegas for this rendition of Charlie Rich’s Life Has It’s Little Ups And Downs. It’s beautiful. Patti Griffin and Buddy Miller really add depth, and soul to the Band of Joy. My dear friend, who owns [...]
Hello there, hominids. Yesterday in one of my Led Zeppelin forums, someone posted a link to an entire Led Zeppelin (audio) concert, on YouTube. The show is 8/31/71, Orlando, FL. It’s an excellent soundboard recording, that also captures the energy of the crowd. Jimmy Page (pbuh) is at top form, Robert Plant is still [...]
Hallelujah, Youdopia! I just heard, through the grapevine, that Led Zeppelin is going to release their super awesome 2007 reunion concert, on Blu-Ray. I am not terribly surprised, as any of the ten trillion fan dvds show hd pro cameras all over the place. I’m proud of the boys for only fucking around for three [...]
This is a treat, Youdopia! A lovely person posted this complete, one hour, documentary about Robert Plant, “My Time”. It’s amazingly rich and well made. It’s not just Led Zeppelin, but all about Robert’s solo work as well. Robert is intimately involved, as there are tons of fresh interviews, as well as a ton of [...]
Page and Plant were amazing in 1998. Jimmy Page was playing with virtuosity and fire, and the band was tighter than I’ve ever heard. So, of course Robert Plant bails and leaves. In December of 1998 P/P performed in Paris for an Amnesty International benefit, and their performance was amazing. I love Babe I’m Gonna [...]
Happy Free Download Friday! Sorry I’m late, Youdopia. Today’s show is an amazing, fantastic, perfect show by Page/Plant from their excellent 1996 tour of Japan. All of the shows on this tour are spectacular, and well worth owning. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant allowed soundboard recordings, and top notch amateur videos to be recorded, so [...]
Thirty one years, Youdopia. On August 11, 1979 Led Zeppelin played their last concert in England. Well, they reunited with Jason Bonham in 2007, but you know what I mean. This show, which is available in its entirety below, is the second Knebworth gig. The first was one week earlier on 8/4/79. The first night [...]
You’re in for a treat, Youdopia. Since the Led Zeppelin DVD came out in 2003, lots of video of the band has appeared in the trading community. For years we had to settle for shitty quality VHS tapes bought at conventions, or out of Goldmine magazine. Now, at least, the shows from which the DVD [...]
In the words of the guy who shot the second video in this post, “He just jumped onstage with Los Lobos. It’s fucking amazing!” Last night (6/29/10) Los Lobos and Los Lonely Boys played a gig at the Taste of Chicago. At the end of Los Lobos’ set, Robert Plant came up and sang “Treat [...]
This song is really cool, Youdopia. It’s Jimmy Page and Robert Plant performing a neato song, called Rude World. It sounds pretty lousy on pc speakers, but it sounds really good in headphones (despite the YouTube compression). It is, in fact, the Coolest Shit Ever. They didn’t write it. It was originally done by Rainer [...]
Lip Syncing But Still Cool Early Zeppelin Guess what I woke up to, Youdopia? A brand new Led Zeppelin video. It’s not new, really, it’s newly discovered. In 1969 Led Zeppelin lip synced Babe I’m Gonna Leave You, and You Shook Me for the German tv show, The Beat Club. Babe was discovered a year [...]
From my island home I feel a chance To kiss the tired ghosts of time and circumstance So give me peace of mind and let me dance Bury all my pain of years beneath the sand Youdopia, This song moves me in its simplicity, vulnerability, and tiny shimmers of hermetic insight that the boys used [...]
I came across this on YouTube. It’s Robert Plant and Pearl Jam performing Fool In The Rain at the House Of Blues in 2005. It’s fun, and awesome. Just like me. I am now 41. w00t. Entropy. It’s all good though. I have the baby’s cold, and I am finished for the night, and I’m [...]
Michael Lee, who drummed for Page and Plant on all their reunion albums, and tours, died on the 24th of November. That’s a bummer because he was a joyous drummer who really brought fun to the Page/Plant tours. He played great with Jimmy Page, and they had nice chemistry. This clip is from the Bizarre [...]
Youdopians, I love John Paul Jones! He had a Q&A at a guitar clinic recently, and this is what he had to say about a tour with Jimmy Page, and Jason Bonham. Robert Plant? Probably not. I would love to see the boys play again. They hit it out of the park at the 02 [...]
This is from (I think) 2001, and features Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and the late, and legendary Ahmet Ertegun (whose memorial concert featured the reunion of Led Zeppelin) performing My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It. It was for the album, A Tribute To Sun Records. Ahmet produced this track, as he produced the Honeydrippers [...]
I don’t know why, but I’m on a rockabilly kick. It started with the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss business, jumped to Neil Young, and now it’s Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. This show was neat, in that it was a strictly rockabilly set, even though they did play Heart In Your Hand, that’s a [...]
Bergen, Norway May 19th, 2008 Robert Plant and Alison Kraus (and T-Bone Burnett). I like it. I also like the fact that they’re switching up the playlist as the tour goes on. I can’t say that I love it, stylistically, but damn, it is nice to see some innovation and originality. I do like the [...]
