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Becoming Led Zeppelin on Netflix
Excellent doc.
Has the only known audio interview with John Bonham.
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I saw them at The Rose Palace in Pasadena, CA May 2nd, 1969 with:
Julie Driscoll – Brian Auger and the Trinity
The Elvin Bishop Blues Band
The Chambers BrothersThe four band did a full set, took an intermission and all four came back for another (different) set.
The stage had no curtains and no back stage area. The were no chairs, it was festival seating.
During intermission my singer and I talked to Plant at the front edge of the stage. He was very courteous. Paige stood at the back wall noodling on his Les Paul. I don’t recall where Jone or Bonham were.
Great story. Their first album from back then was killer. Zeppelin still rules!
Last night I watched “Becoming Led Zeppelin.” My wife stayed through the entire movie, but my kids didn’t. While I enjoyed it — and I’d pretty much watch anay official documntary on one of my favorite bands of all time — I thought it was just okay as a documentary.
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Also, as we learned from the doc and I witnessed firsthand, in the second set they played Moby D!ck, Heartbreaker and Whole Lotta Love. The world did not know of those songs yet, but they moved me then and of course in due time I immediately recognized them when LZ II came out.
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Zeppelin would have been great to see at any point, but the excitement of seeing them back then had to be incredible. I’ve seen a few bands before they became big, but the biggest one that I saw that blew me away with a new sound was Rage Against the Machine. They weren’t even booked at the club I saw them at, it was a surprise show (it was a cool Chicago club where major bands that would play a surprise show when they were in town at larger venues that included U2, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and The Rolling Stones).
It is funny to me, that being from Chicago, it took me becoming a huge Zeppelin fan before I ended up learning about the blues and appreciating the great music that inspired Zeppelin. It took loving Zeppelin for me, as a kid, to seek out albums from Willie Dizon, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, etc. Zeppelin was my entry into the world of blues. I listen to Zeppelin now and everything they did sounds legendary. I also think it’s really cool that while Plant has turned down hundreds of millions to play with his former bandmates, that he prefers much smaller clubs, and has been joining bands at local clubs for impromptu performances lately.
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I saw them shortly after LZ III at the L.A. Forum too. We were three rows back from the floor at the middle on the side.
Ed, the first rock record I ever purchased was Led Zeppelin III when I was around 7 years old. I literally wore out the grooves on “Since I’ve Been Loving You” and “Friends” because I played them so much. And I still have that original album with the worn out grooves in my basement and its replacement. Yet, while I’ve turned my wife and kids on to a lot of music, with the exception of “Kashmir” and “The Rain Song” my wife and kids do not share my love of Zeppelin. Hopefully, I can still persuade them to watch this documentary with me. I feel like I should get a black light before I watch it! Yep, I had one and a Zeppelin poster too. And I still love all of those songs today.