It has been confirmed that John Paul Jones is to appear at the annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam held at Asheville Civic Centre Asheville, North Carolina. Warren Haynes is the guitarist and singer for Gov’t Mule and the Allman Brothers Band. Both of those bands are stated to appear over the two day event on December 12 and 13. John Paul Jones first collaborated with Haynes at the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tenn; back in 2007, when the bassist jammed with Gov’t Mule on several Zeppelin numbers including No Quarter, …

Graeme Hutchinson has filed this feedback report on the recent Croydon Convention…
I just wanted to thank you all and provide an update on the 40th Anniversary Concert held last Friday at Fairfield Halls , Croydon:
Besides the tribute concert performance from the mighty Boot-Led-Zeppelin we were able to provide a number of other attractions for fans to enjoy in the lead up to the live show.
• Dave Lewis, Gary Foy and Cliff Hilliard were there on behalf of Tight But Loose displaying many rare photos and sharing decades of memories about …

 
Plenty of press coverage for Cream bassist Jack Bruce and the controversial comments he made at the Classic Rock Awards to interviewer Dave Ling.
Links at …
xFM
Musicradar
Classic Rock Magazine 

A new track recorded by John Paul Jones and Rayna Gellert from band Uncle Earl features on a new CD made up of the soundtrack for the acclaimed Sacred Harp documentary Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp and a compilation of artists performing their arrangements of Sacred Harp songs. The soundtrack CD contains some of the finest recordings of traditional Sacred Harp singing, a beautifully haunting and powerful form of a cappella shape note singing. The second part, Help Me to Sing, features 19 tracks commissioned especially …

The 40th anniversary of Led Zeppelin will be celebrated on Friday November 7th at the Fairfield Halls Croydon. Tribute band Boot Led Zeppelin will be headlining the event with a special performance. 
Doors open at 5pm and the line up includes memorabilia displays, stalls including Tight But Loose, and various screenings of Zep footage. 
Guest speakers Dave Lewis and Mick Wall (who will be discussing his already much talked about new Led Zeppelin biography When Giants Walked The Earth) are scheduled to appear around 6.30.
After which ABC’s Graeme Hutchinson will be conducting …

 
John Paul Jones gave firm indication that together with Jimmy Page and Jason Bonham, he is ready to partake in a Led Zeppelin tour without Robert Plant.
JPJ appeared at the Manson Guitar Weekend in Exeter and as well as performing took part in a question and answer session.
Talking about the possibility of a tour he said:
“As you probably know, Jimmy, Jason and I are actually rehearsing and we’ve had the odd singer come in and have a bash. As soon as we know — which we don’t — we will …

 
Latest rumours in the ‘Will they or won’t they saga’ has the lead singer of US band Alter Bridge as being linked with Page, Jones and Bonham. 
See links at The Guardian and Gigwise.

With the hugely successful Raising Sands Tour now over, having played it’s final date on October 5th at The Mountain Winery in Saratoga, now’s a good time to look back over the last month at just a few highlights. 
Robert and Alison attended the Mercury Prize gala on September 9, 2008 in London, although there didn’t come away with the prestigious award, that went to Elbow, with their album, The Seldom Seen Kid, each nominee received a nomination award. Robert joked in an interview prior to the show “At my age …

A special showing of The Song Remains The Same is to be stage at The Sage in Gateshead 20th November featuring lectures by Dick Carruthers and TV producer Chris Phipps. Billed as The Song Remains the Same: Led Zeppelin – 40 Years Gone, a special event to consider the roots, influences and un-paralleled self-indulgence of four musicians who didn’t need singles, live TV or sleeve notes to captivate generations. The event will include a screening of Led Zeppelin’s legendary concert film ‘The Song Remains the Same’. and Carruthers and Phipps …

Rhino Records in the US are readying a major new CD box set that includes the complete original ten Led Zeppelin studio albums in original packaging. The set has already been made available in Japan. Special features include the Zep debut album in the turquoise sleeve and the six sleeves for In Through The Out Door are also faithfully reproduced.