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Monday, February 4, 2008
The Zep has landed - again
Is anybody as stoked about the Led Zeppelin reunion as I am? Granted, Robert Plant can’t perform his youthful vocal gymnastics as well as he once could, and Jimmy Page’s hair is white instead of black, but if anyone remembers the Plant/Page reunion in the 90s, with the live album and full Indian orchestra and the studio album, ‘Walking Into Clarksdale,’ you know that the new Zeppelin will have some power. I didn’t get to see it, but I heard that the concert in London, with Jason Bonham, John’s son, on drums, was immaculate. The band said that the chemistry was instantaneous, and I believe it. They called Jason ‘Son of Thunder.’ Of course, they have played with him a couple of times before to less than spectacular effect, but I don’t think Plant was quite ready for things to happen yet. There were too many bad memories for him, what with the loss of his son in ‘77 and his friend and band mate, John Bonham, in 1980. But I think they’re ready, now. They’re going to show us just what a bunch of old guys can do - when they’re still young at heart. They will supposedly be getting back together in September after Robert Plant finishes his current tour with Allison Kraus. I will be waiting, because I have a whole lotta love for Led Zeppelin.
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