Listen to both songs together during Zeppelin’s 1969 show in Paris. Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening will hit the road for 16 U.S. tour, “Black Mountain Side” was combined with The Yardbirds song “White Summer,” which translated into an epic 9-minute solo for Page. The tour spans April 7 30 and includes dates in Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina and Texas. The original song title was named for Bonham’s wife.Īnother instrumental, but this time Page took the spotlight. tour, Zeppelin drummer John Bonham would sometimes solo for upwards of 30 minutes on this instrumental. Usually a tour opener or an encore song, this classic track is one of the few songs on which Page sang a backing vocal.ĭuring their first U.S. (Not the Empress Valley version, but oh well.)Led Zeppelin at the Seattle KingdomeJuly 17, 1977One of the very few fully-filmed concerts. “I’m having a nervous breakdown, drive me insane” At 8:29 minutes in length, it’s the longest song on the band’s debut album. “How Many More Times” was often Zeppelin’s closing number. “I can’t get through to her ’cause it doesn’t permit, but I’m gonna give her everything I’ve got to give” Prior to making its way onto Zeppelin’s setlist, “Killing Floor” was written by American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist Howlin’ Wolf in 1964 and performed live by Jimi Hendrix.Įventually the song title (as well as the tempo and some of the lyrics) was changed to “The Lemon Song” (included on Led Zeppelin II) after legal action was taken by Howlin’ Wolf’s publisher.
“I should’ve quit you, babe, long time ago” 6 on the Billboard Hot 100), Zeppelin delivered the goods during the band’s performance at Hollywood’s world famous Whisky a Go Go in 1969.
Although The Yardbird’s version became their highest charting single in the U.S. To continue the trend of songs performed live by Led Zeppelin post The Yardbirds, here’s “For Your Love,” originally written by Graham Gouldman (later of 10cc) in 1965. “I’d give the moon if it were mine to give.” Although Mimms version is notably underrated, Zeppelin took the song to another level entirely at the Fillmore West in San Francisco during the band’s second U.S. “Give me mountains to crumble and I’ll turn them to sand”Īn extended version of Garnet Mimms‘ 1964 song “As Long As I Have You” was performed during both Zeppelin’s U.S. Interestingly enough, Led Zeppelin’s version left the smallest digital footprint of all - perhaps because it wasn’t until 1974 that Aerosmith, not Zeppelin, brought the song into the hard rock mainstream.
It was also previously covered by American rockabilly musician Johnny Burnette in 1956. For reference, Jay Z and Beyonce grossed about $5 million a night on their recent stadium tour to reach a $1 billion gross for the reported number of 35 concerts, Zeppelin would have had to post average ticket sales of $25 million per show.First recorded by American jazz and R&B musician Tiny Bradshaw in 1951, “Train Kept A-Rollin'” was yet another song popularized by The Yardbirds (and Jeff Beck) before it was added to Zeppelin’s setlist. Led Zeppelin would have had to generate ticket sales of nearly $1 billion for Branson to turn a profit as promoter.
An $800 million guarantee would have made the tour the most lucrative of all time, tens of millions more than the U2's record-setting gross for its 360 tour a few years back. While it's theoretically possible that an offer did exist and the involved parties are denying it so as to avoid embarrassment, the math just doesn't make sense. Now the original Sunday Mirror story-the one linked to by CNN and The Daily Mail- appears to have been taken down. Today, however, both Plant and Branson denied the rumors and publications began to backtrack. Representatives for Plant seemed equally mystified when contacted a publicist for Page did not immediately return a voicemail and an email to his team wasn't answered yesterday.
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