Robert Plant reaches the age of 62 today.
With a new album on the way and the Band Of Joy tour ahead, his unquenchable thirst for musical invention is as high as ever.
So here are 62 vivid examples of his vocal supremacy accompanied by memorable key lyrics and relevant comments:
From 48 to 2010 – he remains the definitive rock vocalist – make sure you play some of these and your own Plant faves this weekend in celebration:
Our Song,  (‘’It made us fall in looooove’’)
Laughing Crying Laughing  (‘’Jack loves Jill she don’t …

Picture by James Brosher
STOP PRESS: Robert Plant has now added a Belfast date and a rescheduled Paris date to the European tour.
Robert Plant and The Band Of Joy will play a rare live show at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast on Tuesday 2 November.
Tickets for the Waterfront Hall, Belfast go on sale Friday 13 August at 9.00am priced from: £38
Waterfront Hall Box-Office: 028 90 334455
www.waterfront.co.uk
From 100 Ticketmaster Outlets Nationwide By telephone: Northern Ireland – 0844 277 44 55
Book On-Line: www.ticketmaster.ie
 The Palais De Sports, Paris gig has now been moved to October …

TBL is sad to report the  death of Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward (second from the right). He  had been suffering from liver cancer and died on Thursday at a hospital near Vancouver, Canada, after complications of pneumonia.
Richie was a member of Robert Plant’s touring band from their UK tour in 1983 through to 1985. He also played on the  Shaken’ N’ Stirred album.  He also worked with Bob Dylan, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton and Barbra Streisand.
Pink And Black (1985)

Richie  was a founding member of Little Feat -the inluencial band …

All photos Dec Hickey/TBL
To complete the TBL Knebworth Then As It Was Archive series , we present a  look back to the second Knebworth concert staged on August 11th1979  -31 years ago today. The very last show Led Zeppelin performed in the UK.
All text taken from the book Then As It Was – Led Zeppelin At Knebworth 1979. Limited edition hardback copies still available – the perfect summer read recalling those golden days of August 1979. Ordering details to the right of this page.
KNEBWORTH 2: DOING THE DINOSAUR ROCK
AUGUST 11th …

Photo -Ross Halfin
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Above:  The Knebworth 31st Anniversary Revellers  – TBL Totnes HQ Wednesday August 4th 2010 – DL, Cliff Hilliard, Tom Locke, Terry Boud and Mark Harrison.  Photo by Adam Lewis
The last few days have been dominated by a wave of nostalgia for the 31st anniversary Knebworth. I’d intended to mark the occasion on the site and with a few Facebook postings but it all became a bit more than that.  The response to the postings has been quite amazing – maybe I should not be too surprised about this reaction, as …

31 years ago today, Led Zeppelin performed their first show in the UK for four years when they made a triumphant comeback at Knebworth.
To mark the occasion here’s the second of our TBL Archive Knebworth Specials:
SEEING WAS BELIEVING:  THEN AS IT REALLY WAS….
Think of Knebworth and the images remain vivid:  The campsite, Tommy Vance’s Friday night rock show filling the air, chants of ‘’Zeppelin’’,’’Zeppelin’’ ,the early morning rush for the gates, the long wait during the day ,Skynyd’s Tuesdays Gone fading from the PA. the screen unfolding…and there performing The …

To mark the 31st anniversary of the final UK Led Zeppelin concerts, here’s the first of the series of TBL Archive Special retro features on Led Zeppelin at Knebworth.
All text is taken from the book Then As It Was –Led Zeppelin At Knebworth 1979 – if you haven’t indulged in this as yet, now is a timely moment to do so.
The  limited edition hardback edition is still available but hurry as the stock is selling down. All books are individually numbered and personally signed by the author – see the …

Pic by John-David-Mercer-Press-Register
The internet is currently full of Robert Plant delights  including a continuing flow on YouTube of fan footage from the US shows including this excellent piece from Stubbs BBQ in Austin.

There’s also an  exclusive preview of Angel Dance ,the first single from the forthcoming Band Of Joy album.  To listen to this  follow the link to Rollingstone.com Angel Dance
Rounder Records have released a EPK with an interview with Robert and more exclusive preview cuts from the album including the superb “You Can’t By Me Love”. This can be …

Pic by James Brosher AMERICAN-STATESMAN (Stubbs)
Robert Plant defies expectations, beautifully, at Saenger show
Review by Lawrence F. Specker, Press-Register at blog.al.com
Robert Plant could say yes to a Led Zeppelin reunion tour, spend a few months singing great songs to adoring throngs and then spend the rest of his life counting his money.
His sold-out Wednesday night show at the Mobile Saenger Theatre made it crystal clear why he’s stuck to a different path, even after a one-off 2007 concert that showed the three surviving members of the band can still bring the …