Back when gas was cheap and people – and by people I mean largely men – didn’t drive like a bunch of aggressive “I own the road” fuckheads, I used to go for drives just to listen to music. I still occasionally do that but … Continue reading Physical Graffiti – A Reappraisal
A while back I did a post on my Desert Island Discs. I was reminded of this recently when fellow blogger Christian did his own interesting series on that. So I thought, time to revisit this. Firstly, what did I drop from the previous list … Continue reading My (Updated) Desert Island Discs
Little Stevie Wonder had hit the scene at the tender age of 13 with a song called “Fingertips – Part 2.” This was an exciting early hit for Motown. But going chronologically from my last post, I’m instead going to go with one of my … Continue reading My Musical Journey in 25 Songs (Part 3)
“Within the contents of this book, I wanted to include items from my personal archive that have played a part in my career over 60 years, to illustrate the detail behind the detail.” – Jimmy Page To my great delight and joy, Santa Claus (Father … Continue reading Book Review – Jimmy Page -The Anthology
I‘m advised that Robert Plant was the lead singer in a band called Led Zeppelin but you know, I’d never even fucking heard of them. And what a silly name for a band! So I’ll fake my way through their history. Wikipedia: Robert Anthony Plant … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Robert Plant
The latest in a series of posts wherein I feature a half-dozen or maybe six tunes by a band I dig. (I cheated a little bit here and threw in a bonus tune that you may not know on the Spotify list.) Of all the … Continue reading A Six-pack of Bad Company
“After [Led Zep IV], no one ever compared us to Black Sabbath again.” – John Paul Jones. “Ultimately, I wanted Zeppelin to be a marriage of blues, hard rock and acoustic music topped with heavy choruses – a combination that had never been done before. … Continue reading Led Zeppelin (final of 5) – … Must Come Down
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law – Aleister Crowley All I know is that [with Crowley] it’s a system that works. If you put all your energies into it there’s no doubt you’ll succeed. Because that’s your true will. – Jimmy … Continue reading Led Zeppelin (Part 4) – Houses of the Unholy
Stop the presses – In the last post, I mentioned that Zep had done an early gig in Denmark. What I did not know is that it had been filmed for TV. So I went back and inserted it in that post. I’m inserting it … Continue reading Led Zeppelin (Part 3) – A Couple of Shrieking Monkeys
“I wasn’t particularly interested in the blues. I was more interested in Stax, Motown, that sort of thing. But Jimmy promised something a little different from a regular, one-style blues band. – John Paul Jones. “John Bonham played the drums like someone who didn’t know … Continue reading Led Zeppelin – (Part 2) What Goes Up …
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