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February 2008
Local music news for 2-16-08
According to local musician and owner of Cypress Creek Grill, Bobby Plough, he is currently working on a new CD project with engineer extraordinaire Martin Parker, who seems to be very busy lately. Plough says he is working with several musicians on the project, some from as far away as Texas. He also said the sound is similar to what he plays at his shows, sort of a mix between mellow rock and country. We will be featuring a story on Plough in the May issue of The Albemarle Sound, just after the CD is scheduled for release. He will be having a release party, time and date to be announced. Speaking of Martin Parker, Blake from Strings Attached says that their current CD project is on hold while the bass player is training as a volunteer firefighter, so a date for that release is still up in the air. The band doesn’t have a gig lined up until summer, so don’t look for them until then. As usual, we will keep you posted on any new happenings in the local music world. If there is anything going on you’d like us to know about or a band you’d like to see featured, send us an email or comment on this blog.
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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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