Many thanks to 70’s Classic Rock Blog for the heads up on this Contest, if you are a Zeppelin fan, *and who in the world is not??? * you need to run, not walk to this website – WholeLottaLedZeppelin – and place your entry for a Autographed Fender Squire Stratocaster signed by the members of Led Zeppelin!!!
Can we just trade kids? A House? Nah, guess that wont fly. I entered of course, and if I win you will hear me screaming from the moon!
On other Zeppelin news…. I was listening to Greg Kihn’s morning show on KFOX and he was talking about how Zeppelin had considered Steven Tyler for lead at one point? Okay, I like Steve fine, as the lead of Aerosmith, but as a lead to Zeppelin … just don’t think so.
So where is the whole reunion tour right now? Well, from what I can find out so far via the numerous websites and postings at news sites there is a new Biography by Mick Wall ~
according to a report in the Sunday edition of the San Jose Mercury, Led zeppelin authority Mick Wall who has written a Biography of the band entitled When Giants Walked The Earth ( amazon here) says that a reunion is “unlikely’ due to Plants state of current happiness singing with Alison Krauss who Plant is touring with and did an album; Raising Sand with.
Mick also states that Page “is a shadow of his former self, who finds it impossible to leave the pomp of the past behind“. I have to wonder about Page being a “shadow of his former self”, from what I have read and heard he is on top of the world but Mick is said to know and have interviewed the members of Zeppelin many times so I guess he would know.
Mick also states that another reason Plant wont be jumping hurdles to reunite for a tour with the other members of Zeppelin is that the old gang is as Mick put it, a bunch of grumps.
I question why a person who is said to have had a falling out with Page over the book, and who is reported to have harsh things to say about Page would even be interviewed for an impartial report…. where is the state of reporting heading anyway?
I would die if I were able to get an interview with Page, I have heard his playing recently, and have viewed some of the youtube videos of the Reunion shows in England and he seems to be the same great talent he always has been, maybe better.
Seems that Page has threatened to sue Mick over his book, I hope we at least have another bio from a far less jaded author. I also find it funny that Mick states he has a bad thing going on between him and Page yet he used Page’s image on the cover of the book….
If you are interested in buying the book, you can check Orion the publisher or from Amazon , priced at 29.75 plus a 2.00 sourcing fee ( wth?) since this is an import.
And now, since it has been forever since I placed a vid here, check out this rehearsal video Led Zeppelin doing Ten Years Gone from 1996 ~ ( trying to tell me Page is not his great self, get real! Hey Page, you should do yourself a favor and check out Virtual Zeppelin on the web, just in case Plant is to busy to give his fans a show )
Chilli of the Rock and Roll Classics Blog is now soothing the soul with tunes on Live365.com ~Rock and Roll Classics
Easy to listen to, no sign up needed which rocks… and guess what tune is playing right now???? Stairway to Heaven, yes Chilli you know the great tunes.
As soon as I find out how, I will get this linked up here on the blog in the sidebar.
I am so gratified to know that there are still ways for the DJ’s to play the music we DO want to hear.
I wish I had it in me to do the same, kind of neat to think about being a DJ….. maybe one day who knows.
As I turned each page my eyes immediately were drawn to the full page images of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham, in some classic stance or a performance from the early days. Photos, concert posters and playbills I’ve never seen before. Even cooler is Jon Bream’s writing that is so involving you have to keep reading on. I found myself rereading certain sections as if I was hitting the rewind button on my tape player to repeat Stairway to Heaven or Kashmir.
I love to see another fan of Zeppelin get to review new items like this book, and reviews like this help to see how other fans of Zeppelin think about the band.
I noticed quite a few readers coming here using the search terms Jeff Blazey gets fired and the like, so I went over the the 101.7 website only to see he was not listed in the on air section. I emailed asking how to contact Jeff ( I had wanted to get an interview with him after doing Bob’s anyway) we will see what I learn folks.
I will post what I hear but I have a feeling he left, and was not fired. He was too great a talent on air at that station for firing. I do not listen to the station on air or the net, but if it was due to ‘restructuring’ of the stations playlist … well their loss.
I have a few other things of note to post today, be back in a bit
Congrats to Laurie Roberts, observing her 30th anniversary on the air in the South Bay, on KOME, KSJO and, since 1985, on KUFX (KFOX at 98.5 FM), where she’s also PD. See? Not everybody gets fired after a year or two .
Now I can honestly say I have been listening to Laurie on the air now since 1979…. I prefer to think of these last 29 years as a blip on my mental radar but if you see Laurie she does not look like she could possibly have been on air that long. Laurie Roberts is a special on air personality, at least to me because she has a mind like a steel trap. She has limitless knowledge about bands, not just some bands or specific bands but it seems like she knows all bands! Case in point, after she did the shout out and played the ACDC Song Thunderstruck for the Jericho Rangers DVD for the Troops program
( thank you again Laurie!) she added that the band had been on a plane and that the plane was struck by lightening, hence the song THUNDERSTRUCK!
I also love that she is exactly the type of smart business woman a girl can emulate, she is strong, and witty but also personally easy to talk to. She has made the last 30 years of rock in the Bay Area a joy to listen to.
Thanks Laurie for all the great tunes and may you have thirty more!
