There is a host of new TBL products and offers coming your way in the coming weeks…commencing with…
10 x 8 Subscribers Exclusive Led Zeppelin at Kezar Stadium Insert:
The image above is the exclusive 10 x 8 print that every subscriber to the 2013 TBL magazines will be receiving as a free bonus with the soon to be published TBL 35. As can be seen it’s another awesome shot from Led Zeppelin’s performance at the Kezar Stadium on June 2nd 1973 – taken by Dan Cuny.
Each print will be individually numbered – these …

 Patty Griffin – in store performance Rough Trade East record shop ,London – May 16th 2013:
Set list:
Gonna Miss You When your Gone
Dont Let Me Die In Florida
Wild Old Dog
Faithful Son
Highway Song
Go Were Ever You Wanna Go
Encore
Railroad Wings (from the Children Running Through album)
Above photo by Krys Jantzen for TBL
We arrived at Rough Trade East record shop in the late afternoon and what a wonderful place it is – a throwback to how record shops used to be, should be and can be – packed with a huge variety of stock, …

Patty Griffin on Later with Jools Holland:
Last night Patty  performed “Highway Song” from American Kid on Later With Jools Holland on BBC 2 with  Vocal accompaniment from Robert Plant.
Friday’s appearance will also feature Patty with Robert Plant  on harmony vocals http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006ml0l
Patty is appearing at Rough Trade East record shop London in an in store performance tomorrow night Thursday May 16th at 7pm
More details here:
http://www.roughtrade.com/events/2013/5/116
Patty Griffin is due to be on the Robert Elms radio show today from 2pm to 3 on BBC London 94.9
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0184lb5
Here’s the superb performance on Later Live with Robert Plant …

TBL 35 continues to take shape – this week I’ve been working with designer Mick Lowe on the lay out for Mike Tremaglio’s’ extensive chronicle of the 1973 Europe and US part one tour dates. This is a fantastic piece –some 13,000 words that really captures the development of the band when they were on fire in Europe and bigger than ever in America. To compliment the 1973 US tour log, there’s also a three page ‘We were there’’ feature on the Kezar Stadium gig with some brilliant pics and …

A couple of high profile Zep related news stories are doing the rounds – here’s the first one via Rolling Stone.com
Bill Clinton Sought Led Zeppelin Reunion for Sandy Benefit:
Even a former president couldn’t bring Led Zeppelin back together: Bill Clinton approached the rockers about reuniting for the “12-12-12″ Hurricane Sandy benefit last year, but group turned down the request. According to a 60 Minutes Overtime segment, David Saltzman of the Robin Hood Foundation – the recipients of the “12-12-12″ benefit – and film executive Harvey Weinstein flew to Washington D.C. to …

 
TBL 35 – COMING SOON:
The forthcoming new issue of the TBL magazine –issue 35 is in progress now for publication next month. The cover is a classic shot from the June 2nd 1973 Kezar Stadium gig taken by Dan Cuny.
 This issue kick starts the TBL 2013 subscription offer.
There are some new subscribing initiatives underway with this issue .
Every subscriber will receive a free 10×8 individually numbered print of a unique Led Zeppelin image. 
A new feature of the TBL magazine – each issue will be individually signed and numbered creating a …

 The new single from Patty Griffin Ohio is out now with guest vocals from Robert Plant – this via Rolling Stone:
Patty Griffin’s dreamy, nostalgic video for “Ohio” artfully combines intriguing design with earnest folk music. Directed and designed by Roy Taylor, the video’s backdrop is made entirely from cut paper and pulled from the history books.
“I wanted to portray the overwhelming desire to reunite with family and loved ones and the spirit of those who helped,” Griffin tells Rolling Stone. “Visuals were inspired by historical images such as the false …

Led Zeppelin: Sound And Fury: Photo by Neal Preston
Renowned rock photographer Neal Preston was granted unprecedented access to Led Zeppelin during the band’s touring heyday, grants similar access to fans in Led Zeppelin: Sound and Fury, a digital book released this week (iBookstore, $9.99). Here’s a preview you tube clip:
Neal Preston Led Zeppelin

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Jimmy on Joe Meek:
Here’s a clip of Jimmy talking about Joe Meek for a forthcoming documentary on the 1960s studio wizard…

 
Robert Plant down under…this review from Duncan Watson
Wellington TSB Bank Arena, April 9 2013
This was the first time …

Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters TSB Bank Arena, Tuesday, April 9 – Reviewed by Simon Sweetman
Above photo Phil Reid Fairfax NZ
In the 30 years since Led Zeppelin called it a day nobody has worked harder at honouring the legacy whilst creating distance from it – and attempting new runs on the board – than the voice of the band, Mr Robert Plant. 
And if it is hard for some audience members to fathom that Plant had a career pre- and post-Zep then it seems the erstwhile Golden God, …

Deborah Bonham Band at Milton Keynes Stables:
Following their hugely successful charity show with Paul Rodgers in Chichester, The Deborah Bonham band tour reaches The Stables in Milton Keynes on Thursday night. Support comes from the excellent Steve Rodgers. See http://www.steverodgersmusic.com/index.html
Deb’s new album Spirit is available on the tour as a pre release digi-pack  CD limited edition. The album features Band of Joy drummer Marco Giovano and Robert Plant makes a guest contribution on the track What it Feels.
In an interview featured in the last TBL issue Deborah told me how pleased she …