Robert Plant/Jimmy Page

[Wacky Racer]

Nice to see Robert Plant is still incredibly active, still out there doing it, he hardly needs the money:-

May 26 - Robert Plant will perform at the Bearded Theory Spring Gathering Festival in the UK.
May 27 - Robert Plant will perform at the Bath Festivals in Bath, UK.
June 8 - Robert Plant will perform in Atlanta, Georgia.
June 10 - Robert Plant will perform in Richmond, Virginia.
June 12 - Robert Plant will perform in Columbia, Maryland.
June 13 - Robert Plant will perform in Forest Hills, New York.
June 15 - Robert Plant will perform in Toronto, Ontario.
June 17 - Robert Plant will perform in Chicago, Illinois.
June 19 - Robert Plant will perform in Vail, Colorado.
June 21 - Robert Plant will perform in Berkeley, California.
June 23 - Robert Plant will perform in Stateline, Nevada.
June 24 - Robert Plant will perform in Pasadena, California.
June 26 - Robert Plant will perform in Troutdale, Oregon.
June 27 - Robert Plant will perform in Redmond, Washington.
June 29 - Robert Plant will perform at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival in Canada.
July 17 - Robert Plant will perform at the Istanbul Jazz Festival in Turkey.
July 19 - Robert Plant will perform at the Black Sea Jazz Festival in Georgia.
July 22 - Robert Plant will perform at the Vielles Charrues Festival in Carhaix, France.
July 23 - Robert Plant will perform in Paris, France.
July 27 - Robert Plant will perform at the Milano Summer Festival 2018 in Milan, Italy.
July 29 - Robert Plant will perform at the Stimmen Festival in Lörrach, Germany.
July 31 - Robert Plant will perform in Pardubice, Czech Republic.
August 1 - Robert Plant will perform in Dresden, Germany.
September 14 or 16 - Robert Plant will perform at the KAABOO festival in California.
September 15 - Robert Plant will perform at the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival in Colorado
September 23 - Robert Plant will perform at the Bourbon & Beyond festival in Louisville, Kentucky.
October 26 - Robert Plant will perform in London, UK.
October 28 - Robert Plant will perform in Dublin, Ireland.


Contrast that to Jimmy Page, who has been saying for over ten years he is ready to return to some live work of his own in some capacity, rather than guesting for ten minutes on stage with some other artist.....

I know you don't owe us anything Jim, but either put up or shut up.

[Zod]

I too have noted this disparity, but If Robert suggested they go touring, then Jimmy would play every day, particularly if Robert invited John Paul along.

[Wacky Racer]

Zod said:

I too have noted this disparity, but If Robert suggested they go touring, then Jimmy would play every day, particularly if Robert invited John Paul along.

Indeed, but there is no way this will happen, Percy has moved on from Zeppelin, (although he still does three or four token songs in his set)...it's about time Jimmy did the same, although he needs to put a band together and come up with some new stuff......the demand is certainly out there.

[Zod]

I know and have resigned myself to never seeing Zeppelin, but Jimmy never gets it right in his choice of singer. The Firm should have been good, but really wasn't. The best song on Outrider was the one with Robert.

[Wacky Racer]

Zod said:

I know and have resigned myself to never seeing Zeppelin, but Jimmy never gets it right in his choice of singer. The Firm should have been good, but really wasn't. The best song on Outrider was the one with Robert.

I saw The Firm in Middlesborough in 1984 they were OK, but seemed to fizzle out after a year or two, they were never really going to last.

Page just seems to want to spend his time re hashing old Zep stuff from the early seventies, then wheeling out yet another dusty rare recording he has dug up from "the vaults"..I expect it keeps the wolf from the door......

Seems a shame though, he is such a creative person........

[jmorgan]

Wacky Racer said:

Zod said:

I know and have resigned myself to never seeing Zeppelin, but Jimmy never gets it right in his choice of singer. The Firm should have been good, but really wasn't. The best song on Outrider was the one with Robert.

I saw The Firm in Middlesborough in 1984 they were OK, but seemed to fizzle out after a year or two, they were never really going to last.

Page just seems to want to spend his time re hashing old Zep stuff from the early seventies, then wheeling out yet another dusty rare recording he has dug up from "the vaults"..I expect it keeps the wolf from the door......

Seems a shame though, he is such a creative person........

One or two are OK, but it does seem to be a dusting off the old stuff and flog it. I don't hold out any hope of getting a ticket if they ever did. It would stub hubs bonanza of the century.

[cherryowen]

Zod said:

but Jimmy never gets it right in his choice of singer.

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[Zod]

cherryowen said:

Zod said:

but Jimmy never gets it right in his choice of singer.

<cough>

Er, that’s my point. That album is terrible.

[cherryowen]

Zod said:

cherryowen said:

Zod said:

but Jimmy never gets it right in his choice of singer.

<cough>

Er, that’s my point. That album is terrible.

We'll have to agree to disagree on that, then.

I've always thought Coverdale had a great "rock" vocal, and that this album had strong tunes with Jimmy playing better than he had since Led Zep breaking up. Certainly his solo on Don't You Leave Me This Way is perfectly judged, as is - IMO - his riffing on Shake My Tree.