Fans around the world paid tribute to John Bonham yesterday on the 30th anniversary of his passing.
On a bright Autumn Saturday morning At St Michaels church cemetery in Rushock, Gary Davies laid a wreath on behalf of Tight But Loose and Led Zeppelin fans everywhere. It was laid next to wreaths from Pat and Zoe Bonham. Dawn Atherton was another fan who made the journey to pay her respects.

In an initial report from the ‘’Bonzo The Groove Remains The Same’’ event in Hollywood, Nancy Bacon revealed that Deborah Bonham performed …

The 30th anniversary of the passing of John Bonham is set to be marked this weekend by fans throughout the world. At the Key Club in Hollywood, a variety of drummers will be uniting in their affection for John at the ”Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same” Event – this will be attended by Jason, Deborah and Zoe Bonham.
Here in the UK myself, Gary and fellow fans will be gathering in London for an informal pub meeting to toast Bonzo’s legacy and recall the memories and the music he contributed …

This is a special entry of my regular DL Diary posting. It’s been something of a strange week here. It was a privilege to see Jason perform on Monday and talking to him about his Dad in this week of all weeks was pretty emotional. Thinking about the events of thirty years ago has weighed heavy on my mind. It does to use the old Earls Court adage ‘’seem like a lifetime but a second’’. Aside for the events of 30 years ago, my mind has been drifting back to …

News just in from the “Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same”, a special concert honouring John Bonham on Saturday, September 25 at the Key Club in Hollywood, California is that alongside Jason Bonham, John’s sister Deborah and his daughter Zoe have been added to the bill. Also added is Danny Carey from the band, Tool.
Event co-organizer and current Whitesnake drummer Brian Tichy says, “I don’t even know where to start. This is a glorified ‘Bonzo garage jam party’ gone haywire!
“We just confirmed the mighty Danny Carey of TOOL! One song …

Greatest Beats – Percussive Perfection
30 Examples of the John Bonham Craft
To mark the 30th anniversary of his passing, this is the TBL John Bonham playlist designed to direct you into the company of his Greatest Beats and Percussive Perfection.
In remembering the legacy of John Bonham this weekend, paramount to any acknowledgment will be the music he created and I’m sure we will all be searching out the CD’s and vinyl that capture his magic in the next few days.
The intervening years since his untimely death at the age of 32 …

This  Saturday September 25  we are holding an informal pub meet to celebrate the legacy of John Bonham and Led Zeppelin on the 30th anniversary of his passing.
The venue is the Marlborough Head pub at 24 North Audley Street London W1K 6WD. It’s situated just off the Marble Arch end off Oxford Street (Nearest tube stations are Bond Street and Marble Arch)
The pub serves food throughout the day – more details on this link
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/17/1735/Marlborough_Head/Marble_Arch

The TBL crew will be congregating in the basement of the pub from 2pm. If you have …

I can remember exactly where I was when the news of Jimi Hendrix death came through 40 years ago tomorrow. I was listening to the Tommy Vance Friday What’s New programme as I did most Fridays back then eager to hear the latest single releases. Around 5pm the announcement was made on the BBC Radio One news and Tommy went on to provide a fitting tribute to the guitar legend noting the inconsistencies of his performances over the past year.
Across the water the next day Led Zeppelin were performing two …

As previously mentioned, on Saturday September 25  we are holding an informal pub meet to celebrate the legacy of John Bonham and Led Zeppelin on the 30th anniversary of his passing.
The venue is the Marlborough Head pub at 24 North Audley Street London W1K 6WD. It’s situated just off the Marble Arch end off Oxford Street (Nearest tube stations are Bond Street and Marble Arch)
The pub serves food throughout the day – more details on this link
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/17/1735/Marlborough_Head/Marble_Arch

The TBL crew will be congregating in the basement of the pub from 2pm.
It’s …

The new Tight But Loose magazine is almost ready to go. We signed off the proofs yesterday and it should be all ready to ship out at the end of the month.
Many thanks to Mick Lowe, Gary Foy, Cliff Hilliard and Jez Firth for their help with this issue and all the contributors who have made it what it is.

With so much recent Zep related activity, this 27th issue of the magazine has grown in to quite an epic. Over the past three months, designer Mike Lowe and …

Photo Copyright © Janet Macoska  – Used by permission of Genesis Publications
‘Jimmy 1977 by Janet Macoska’ – April 27, 1977, Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, USA.
Jimmy Page was recently interviewed for The New York Times regarding the forthcoming publication of the Jimmy Page By Jimmy Page book .
Talking to Ben Susario  he said ’’As far as a pictorial record, you can certainly see a little bit behind the music, and you can make your own mind up. I’m not really colouring it too much with what annotations I’ve made. I didn’t want …