Robert Plant made a surprise appearance at the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park last Saturday. He was a guest of Buddy Miller who was part of last year’s Raising Sand tour. Robert performed a version of Hank Snow’s I’m Moving On. Back in England on Saturday, BBC1’s Football Focus TV programme featured Robert in their weekly ‘’This is my club’’ slot. Interspersed with clips of the Zep Danish TV show and various old Wolves footage, Robert spoke of his life long support of Wolverhampton Wanderers and …

Last Monday the grey drizzly streets of London in autumn seemed a long way from a summers day in Berkshire back in 1972. However the events of the latter came into clear focus when I spent an evening listening to Eddie, to paraphrase that famous bootleg title. The Eddie in question being Eddie Kramer the renowned veteran studio engineer who worked on a variety of Zep albums.
Eddie was in town to relay some of his personal stories at Metropolis Studios a part of his ‘’Kramer Archives & Waves Signature …

TBL Exclusive Interview With Eddie Kramer On Led Zep 2 40 Years On…

In an exclusive interview conducted by Dave Lewis on Monday in London, Eddie Kramer the director of engineering and mixing on Led Zeppelin 2, reflected on the making of the album 40 years on.
Eddie took time out from presenting his ‘’Evening With Eddie Kramer ’’ event at Metropolis Studios to talk about the album for TBL. Looking back to the mixdown session of Whole Lotta Love, he described it as ‘’A happy mistake’’.
‘’I was living in New York …

8th October 2009 –
 
Set list:
Elephants
Dead End Friends
Scumbag Blues
Gunman
Caligulove
Bandoliers
New Fang
Interlude w/Ludes
Daffodils
Reptiles
Mind Eraser, No Chaser
Nobody Loves Me And Neither Do I
Warsaw

Rock’s latest supergroup takes a few twists and turns
DOC 12  Josh Daunt
As the line wound around sidewalk beside The Fillmore Detroit in a light drizzle, a buzz was evident. Kristina Guthrie got into town from Windsor with her friends at 3 p.m. and was first in line for the general-admission floor to see Them Crooked Vultures Thursday night.
“It’s John Paul Jones. That’s why we’re here,” she exclaimed, speaking of the former …

6th October 2009 –
 
Set list:
Elephants
Dead End Friends
Mind Eraser (No Chaser)
Scumbag Blues
Gunman
Caligulove
Bandoliers
Daffodils
Interlude w/ ludes
Reptiles
New Fang
Nobody Loves Me & Neither Do I
Warsaw
Concert Review: Them Crooked Vultures
Tragedy Of The Age Web-Site

It was a four hour trip between my home in Pennsylvania and the venue I was headed to in Columbus, Ohio – and while I knew that I had work bright and early the next morning, it was no more than an afterthought as I made the journey to see what I knew to be a rock concert of epic proportions – …

October 5th 2009
 
Set list:
Elephants
Dead End Friends
Mind Eraser (No Chaser)
Scumbag Blues
Gunman
Caligulove
Bandoliers
Daffodils
Interlude w/ ludes
Reptiles
New Fang
Nobody Loves Me & Neither Do I
Warsaw

It takes a lot to get us out to a show by 8 p.m., especially to see a supergroup, of all things. So there must have been a good reason, right? Well, this supergroup has Dave Grohl, Josh Homme and John Paul Jones in it. If you need us to name the bands those guys were/are in, then immediately stop reading this, go to your local record shop and ask …

October 2nd 2009:
Set-List:
Elephants
Dead End Friends
Mind Eraser (No Chaser)
Scumbag Blues
Gunman
Caligulove
Bandoliers
Daffodils
Interlude w/ ludes
Reptiles
New Fang
Nobody Loves Me & Neither Do I
Warsaw

Them Crooked Vultures started early and played long, changing up the setlist from their performance at Stubb’s the night before and leaving a wake of jaws on floors from a crowd that was entirely unfamiliar with their sound. Speaking of sound, they were far and away the loudest band to set foot on ACL grounds thus far. 100 yards away, waiting for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to begin on the AMD …

October is here and more anniversaries – as you can see on the site, October is Led Zeppelin 2 month around these parts – and maybe yours too.
It’s incredible to think that album has been around our world for nearly four decades – and having just played it for what will be the first of many a Zep 2 related playback over the next month, the effect is still electric.
I’m going to search out all the variations I have and give them an airing over the next month. The …

Well respected UK session drummer Bobby Graham, who played on some of the biggest hits in the 60’s alongside Jimmy Page, has died at the age of 69. As the most in demand session drummer in the 60s, Bobbie is credited as having played on over 1500 UK hit singles. His unique drumming skills can be heard on hits such as the Dave Clark Five Glad All Over, The Kinks You Really Got Me, Dusty Springfield’s You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me and the Walker Brothers Sun Ain’t …

On October 20, 2009, a nine DVD box set commemorating the 25th Anniversary of The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is released. Covering 125 performances by the most influential and significant figures in rock music history who have been inducted into the Cleveland based museum. This unique set features rare, one-of-a-kind performances from the Hall Of Fame Induction ceremonies spanning the last 24 years. The set also includes the legendary Museum opening concert for Cleveland in 1995. The set includes performances by AC/DC, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, The …