It Might Get Really Really Loud

Jimmy Page. The Edge. Jack White.
Guitar players have no reason to read any further. Take the day off work or school, and find the loudest movie theater you can. Go ahead. The film was made for you. It's like "guitar porn."
U2 reviews the documentary It Might Get Loud HERE

Prince & Plant

Robert Plant was honored as a CBE by Prince Charles in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on July 10, letting the former Led Zeppelin singer finally one-up guitarist Jimmy Page.
While Page is a member of the Order of the British Empire, Plant now outranks him with his new title of Commander of the British Empire.
more HERE and HERE

Neil Gets the Led Out

Jeff & Jimmy Guitar Jam

Jimmy Page appearances are rare, but the Led Zeppelin guitarist was happy to come to Cleveland on Saturday to induct his longtime friend and former Yardbirds bandmate Jeff Beck into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.
more HERE
After Beck's induction the two guitar heroes combined Beck's 'Bolero' and Led Zeppelin's 'Immigrant Song'...enjoy...

Page Ripped from Television

A decent video of the Jimmy Page/Leona Lewis performance of the Led Zeppelin classic 'Whole Lotta Love' at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics has not been made available...but here's a three part series taped directly from a Chinese TV screen...




audio from show HERE

R.I.P.: Jerry Wexler

Pioneering music executive Jerry Wexler, who helped build Atlantic Records into a rhythm and blues powerhouse in the 1950s and 1960s with artists like Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles, died in Florida on Friday at age 91.
His influence was not limited to R&B. He helped guide the careers of many artists, including rockers Led Zeppelin, Dire Straits and the B-52's, as well as Bob Dylan and country star Willie Nelson.
obit HERE

WolfMother covered Zeppelin

TV ALERT: Alison Krauss/Robert Plant on CMT

Led Zeppelin frontman and legendary rocker, Robert Plant, and bluegrass superstar Alison Krauss share the stage in the new episode of CMT Crossroads (show time Fri., Feb. 15 3:00 PM ET/PT). They'll perform their own classics as well as songs from their new album, Raising Sand. Plant and Krauss were recently nominated for a Grammy in the best pop collaboration with vocals category for the song "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)" from the same album.
On Country Music Television's 'Crossroads', Plant and Krauss combine his rock intensity with her angelic grace. The two music icons perform songs from the new album including "Please Read the Letter" and "Rich Woman." They also perform Alison Krauss and Union Station's "The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn," as well as Led Zeppelin classics "Black Dog" and "When the Levee Breaks." The pair pays homage to the Everly Brothers with their version of "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)." Special guest, T Bone Burnett, acclaimed songwriter, performer and Raising Sand producer, joins in the onstage collaboration.
watch the BBC video HERE

Bonnaroo adds Zeppelin...not That Zeppelin

Rumors abound that the reunited Led Zeppelin will headline the 2008 Bonnaroo Arts and Music Festival...even the Associated Press jumped on the bandwagon.

Led Zeppelin, who reconvened for a single December concert in London, had for months been rumored to be heading to Bonnaroo, which will be held Jun 13-15 on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee.

Confirmation of Led Zeppelin's Bonnaroo performance was sure to stoke further speculation on a possible reunion tour. Last week, guitarist Jimmy Page said he was eager to tour with singer Robert Plant and bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones. (Jason Bonham, son of late drummer John Bonham, has joined on drums.)

But if it all sounded too good to be true, that's because, well, it transpires that it was.

Closer examination of the line-up details showed that it's not Led Zeppelin the festival has signed, it's Lez Zeppelin. That's the all-female tribute act and most certainly not the world-famous rockers.

Robert Plant will be performing at Bonnaroo with bluegrass star Alison Krauss, with whom he made the hit duet album, "Raising Sand."

Also scheduled to perform are Metallica, Pearl Jam, Jack Johnson, Kanye West, My Morning Jacket, Willie Nelson, B.B. King, Phil Lesh and Friends, Sigur Ros, the Raconteurs, Against Me! and Death Cab for Cutie.

A lineup of comedians performing in the festival's "Comedy Tent" will include Zach Galifianakis, David Cross, Janeane Garofalo, Jim Norton, Mike Birbiglia and Brian Posehn.

Tickets to the seventh annual festival go on sale Feb. 16. More acts will be announced later, with an expected total of over 100 bands.
the story is HERE

Jimmy says Zeppelin will Tour

TOKYO, Japan -- Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page said Monday he was ready to take the iconic band on a world tour after burning up the stage at last month's reunion concert in London. But it probably won't be before September.
story HERE

Led Zeppelin--Kashmir @ London's O2 Arena

Exclusive: Overheard from the bushes...

Look for BEST BUY to underwrite a 2008 Led Zeppelin World Tour....

YA HEARD IT HERE FIRST

Led Zep Reunion Set List

Good Times Bad Times / Ramble On / Black Dog / In My Time Of Dying / Your Life / Trampled Under Foot / Nobody's Fault But Mine / No Quarter / Since I've Been Loving You / Dazed and Confused / Stairway to Heaven / The Song Remains the Same / Misty Mountain Hop / Kashmir / Whole Lotta Love / Rock and Roll

Led Zep Redux Review

The three surviving members of Led Zeppelin -- John Paul Jones, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, from left, and Jason Bonham, son of the late John Bonham -- reunited in London for a one-night tribute to Atlantic Records' Ahmet Ertegun.
the Hollywood Reporter review is HERE

Led Zeppelin Reunion

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has revealed the band rehearsed in secret to see whether they could play together before announcing their comeback.
more HERE

New re-mastered 'The Song Remains the Same' Soundtrack w/bonus tracks available HERE
the just released 'Mothership' compilation available HERE

Remembering Bill Graham...

Today marks the 15th anniversary of Bill Graham's death in a helicopter accident in Northern California....
No one cared about a music fan the way Bill did and no one ever threw a party the way he did either...
Some fond memories...
The Rolling Stones shows on Mick Jaggers birthday and one on Halloween; Led Zeppelin's final US performance; Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page performing on stage together at The Cow Palace; the New Years Eve shows; the 'Day on the Green' shows; The Grateful Dead for 15 nights in 20 days at The Warfield; and Santana performing for free in Golden Gate Park the weekend before Bill's tragic accident are just a few of the special moments he offered to the San Francisco Bay Area...there were 100's of others...
Every live musical experience is better today because of Bill Graham...

We will never forget the good times he created out of thin air...

Journey at the Bill Graham Memorial

Bill Graham Interview PT 1
Bill Graham Interview PT 2
Bill Graham at the Fillmore
Bill Graham Estate

Digital Zeppelin

Rock legends Led Zeppelin are to make their complete back catalogue available for digital download next month.
BBC report HERE