by Rees, Paul
Stephen Davis, Hammer of the Gods, William Morrow & Company.
Stephen Davis, LZ-’75: The Lost Chronicles of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 American Tour, Fourth Estate.
Pamela Des Barres, I’m with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie, Helter Skelter Publishing.
Peter Guralnick, Careless Love, Abacus.
Barney Hoskyns, Led Zeppelin: The Oral History of the World’s Greatest Rock Band, Wiley.
Barney Hoskyns, Waiting for the Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes and the Sound of Los Angeles, Bloomsbury.
Nick Kent, Apathy for the Devil, Faber & Faber.
Andy Neill and Matt Kent, Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere: A Complete Chronicle of The Who 1958–1978, Sterling Publishing.
Andrew Loog Oldham, Stoned, Vintage.
Paul Oliver, Blues Fell This Morning, Collier Books.
Richard Cole with Richard Trubo, Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored, HarperCollins.
Brad Tolinski, Light & Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page, Virgin Books.
Mick Wall, When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin, Orion Books.
Ned Williams, A Century of the Black Country, The History Press Ltd.
Rob Young, Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain’s Visionary Music, Faber & Faber.
ARTICLES
Phil Alexander, Led Zeppelin feature, Mojo, December 2012.
Jacoba Atlas, Robert Plant interview, Circus, March 1970.
Mark Blake, “Led Zeppelin: Let There Be Rock,” Q, March 2005.
Chris Charlesworth, Robert Plant interview, Melody Maker, February 8, 1975.
Chris Charlesworth, “Robert Plant: Plantations,” Creem, May 1976.
Alvaro Costa, Unpublished Page and Plant interview, 1995.
Cameron Crowe, “The Durable Led Zeppelin,” Rolling Stone, March 13, 1975.
Tim Cumming, Robert Plant interview, Independent, July 2012.
Stephen Dalton, Robert Plant interview, The National, April 2009.
Anthony DeCurtis, “Refuelled and Reborn,” Rolling Stone, February 23, 1995.
Dave DiMartino, “Hot Dog to Big Log,” Creem, October 1983.
Chuck Eddy, “Robert Plant: Technobilly,” Creem, June 1988.
David Fricke, Robert Plant interview, Rolling Stone, March 24, 1988.
David Fricke, “The Return of Led Zeppelin,” Rolling Stone, December 13, 2007.
David Fricke, “Beauty and the Beast,” Rolling Stone, June 26, 2008.
Deborah Frost, “Robert Plant: Last of the Red-Hot Rock Stars,” Spin, 1993.
Andy Gill, Robert Plant interview, Independent, November 16, 2010.
Tom Hibbert, “Robert Plant: Guilty!,” Q, March 1988.
Barney Hoskyns, Robert Plant interview, Rock’s Backpages, 2003.
Barney Hoskyns, Robert Plant interview, Tracks, 2003.
John Hutchinson, Robert Plant interview, Record Magazine, September 1983.
Cliff Jones, Robert Plant interview, Rock CD, April 1993.
James McNair, Robert Plant interview, Mojo, July 2002.
Charles Shaar Murray, “Robert Plant—and That Below-the-Belt Surge,” NME, June 23, 1973.
Mark Petracca, Robert Plant interview, Creem, September 1993.
Stephen Rodrick, Robert Plant interview, Rolling Stone, January 20, 2011.
Steven Rosen, Robert Plant interview, Guitar World, July 1986.
Robert Sandall, “Led Who?,” Q, May 2008.
Austin Scaggs, Robert Plant interview, Rolling Stone, October 28, 2010.
Sylvie Simmons, Page and Plant interview, Rolling Stone, 1998.
Mat Snow, “Percy Pulls It Off,” NME, June 8, 1985.
Mat Snow, Robert Plant interview, Q, May 1990.
Mat Snow, Page and Plant interview, Mojo, December 1994.
Mat Snow, Page and Plant interview, Mojo, May 1998.
Phil Sutcliffe, “Not the Led Zep Reunion,” Q, December 1994.
Frank Tortorici, Page and Plant interview, Addicted to Noise, March 24, 1998.
Steve Turner, “Zeppelin Man Takes the High Road to Nirvana,” The Times, June 1990.
Mark Williams, Robert Plant interview, International Times, April 1969.
Richard Williams, “Robert Plant: Down to the Roots,” Melody Maker, September 1970.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Black Country Society
Down from the Mountain, Momentum Pictures DVD
The International Bluegrass Museum, Kentucky
Led Zeppelin: How the West Was Won, Warner Music Vision DVD
No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant UnLedded, Warner Music Vision DVD
Robert Plant: By Myself, BBC TV
TMZ.com
Wolverhampton City Archives
INDEX
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A&M Studios, LA 100
ABBA 189, 191
Abbey of Thelema, Rhodes 161
Abbey Road 101
Abbey Road Studios, London 261
“Achilles Last Stand” 169, 302
acid/psychedelic rock 66, 67, 124
Adams, Justin 280, 285, 286
“Adriatic Seaview” 73
Africa, North 75, 108, 133, 253, 257, 259, 280, 286, 289, 291, 298, 325, 326
see also Berber people; Egypt; Morocco; Western Sahara
“Ain’t Nothing Like Whiskey” 38
Akhtar, Najma 260, 262, 264
Albert Hall, Royal 103, 269
Albini, Steve 267
Alexander, Phil 298
Alexandra Palace, London 133
Alice in Chains 247
“All My Love” 194
“Almost Cut My Hair” 228
Altamont Raceway concert (1969) 101
American Kid 326
amphetamines (speed) 54, 170
“An Evening with Led Zeppelin” (tour) 104–5
Andy Long and the Jurymen 30
“Angel Dance” 317
Anger, Kenneth 147
Animals 173
“Apache” 27
Appalachians 283, 291, 327
Arctic Circle 286–7, 288–9
Arctic Monkeys 312
Arden, Don 77
Armstrong, Neil 99
“Arnold Layne” 64
Arthur, King 15, 108, 129
Ashley, Clarence 293
Aston, Birmingham 12
Astra (booking agency) 59, 60
Astral Weeks 108
Atlanta Stadium 138
Atlantic Records 92, 118, 127, 145–6, 190, 207, 208, 221, 222, 240, 302
Atlas Mountains, Morocco 126
Attlee, Clement 9
ATV studios 28
Austin, Texas 328
Automatic for the People 246
“Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” 85, 90, 270
“Baby, Please Don’t Go” 275
Bacharach, Burt 84
Bad Company 146, 207, 223, 303
Baez, Joan 85
Baggott, John 280
Baggott, Paul 21, 26, 30
Baker, Ginger 75
Baladi music 259
Baldry, Long John 36
Ball, Kenny 16
Band, the 107, 293, 319
Band, The 107
Band of Horses 318
Band of Joy, the (1967–8) 65, 67–8, 69, 71, 72–5, 86, 273, 310
Band of Joy, the (2010–11) 315–18, 319–21
Band of Joy 315–18
Banned, the 45
Bannister, Freddy 192
Barber, Chris 16, 75
Bardem, Javier 295
Baretta, John 162
Barlow, Barriemore 211
Bath Festival (1970) 111–12, 144
Bath Royal Infirmary 233
“Battle of Evermore, The” 120, 260, 307
BBC
Blue Peter 285
Bob Harris country-music show 284
By Myself
291
John Peel radio show 124
Later . . . with Jools Holland 319
Top of the Pops 35
Beach Boys 55
Beamer, Roger 52, 53, 60
Beastie Boys 237
Beatles, the 28, 29, 43, 49, 54, 68, 97, 101, 103, 114, 146, 149, 256, 275
Beck, Jeff 77, 85, 86, 160, 207, 222, 296
Bee Gees 240
Beggars Banquet 88
Bell, Maggie 146
Bellerose, Jay 292
Benny Goodman Story, The (film) 50
Berber people 126, 286
Bergen, Norway 277
Berry, Chuck 52
Bevan, Bev 55
Bewdley Tennis Club 273
“Big Beat Sessions,” Stourbridge Town Hall 43
Big Black 267
“Big Log” 213
Bilk, Acker 16
Billingham, Tony 65
Billings, Alysson 328
Bindon, John 174, 176, 178, 179–80
Bingenheimer, Rodney 144
Birmingham 10–11, 12, 13, 228
NEC Arena 245
Odeon 17, 54
R&B movement 39
Town Hall 18, 36, 103
University 29
see also Cedar Club, the; Diskery, the; Elbow Room; Golden Eagle, the; Mothers club; Old Hill Plaza; Old Moat House Club
Bishop, Elvin 25
Black Country 11–12, 13
see also Midlands
Black and Blue 168
Black Crowes, the 244–5, 272
“Black Dog” 119, 124, 132, 301, 326
Black Keys, the 331
Black Sabbath 205, 247
Black Snake Moan 40
Blackmore, Ritchie 207
Blackwell, Chris 91, 234, 235, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 244, 248, 249
Blair, Tony 315
Blakes Hotel, London 197
Blonde on Blonde 54, 149
Blood on the Tracks 152
Bloomfield, Mike 24–5
Blower, Eddie 186
Blue 117
Blue Grass Boys, the 283
Blue Peter (BBC show) 285
Blue Star Trio, the 50
“Blue Train” 268
bluegrass 282–3, 287–8
Blues Fell This Morning (Oliver) 25
Blues Incorporated 75
blues music 16, 19, 21, 24–7, 29, 32, 36–8, 40–1, 44, 49, 52, 75–6
Blunt, Robbie
divorce 214
guitar playing 202, 212, 215, 223
with the Honeydrippers 203, 220, 221, 222, 296
and Pictures at Eleven 205, 206, 208, 210
and Plant 44, 202
and Principle of Moments 212, 221
and Shaken ’n’ Stirred 223
songwriting 208, 210
Boleskine House, Scotland 115
Bombay 125, 126, 160
Bonham, Bill 54, 76–7, 135
Bonham, Jason 2, 240, 243, 281, 298, 303, 304, 306, 323
Bonham, Joan 2
Bonham, John (“Bonzo”) 2, 91, 111, 145, 163, 206, 252, 258
appearance 125, 130, 153
bands before Led Zeppelin 40, 50–1
birth 50
character 50–1, 73, 123, 140, 151, 157
with the Crawling King Snakes 50–1
death 197–8
drink and drugs 51, 113–14, 125, 133–4, 150, 188, 197
drum playing 50–1, 73, 86, 119, 132, 152
first big check 92
first meeting with Plant 50
and Jones 121, 130
and Karac’s death 184, 188
and Led Zeppelin 91
Led Zeppelin concerts and tours see under Led Zeppelin
LeFevre on 150–1
Ludwig drum kit 275
and the New Yardbirds 86, 87–90
and Page 86, 198
and Plant 50, 86, 133–4, 150, 184, 187–8, 313
and the Senators 40
tax exile 163
Tolley on 50–1
violent behavior 116, 140, 142, 150, 155, 168, 179–80
and the Way of Life 51
Bonham, Pat 2, 50, 51, 86, 197, 306
Boomtown Rats 225
Born to Run 152
Bosphorus, River 270
Boston, Massachusetts 97, 254, 316
Boston Gliderdome, Lincolnshire 59
Bowen, Peter 72
Bowie, David 118, 144, 158, 225
Boyle, Doug 234, 235–6, 237, 238, 239, 240–1, 242–3, 244, 248–9, 250
Brady, Ian 43
Bragg, Billy 313
Bray, Berkshire 196–7
Bredon, Anne 85
Bridgewater, Carl 186
British Airways 163
British Empire 11, 13
Britpop 257
Bronco 202
“Bron-Yr-Aur” 111, 151
Bron-Yr-Aur (place) 108–9, 110, 116, 119, 120
“Bron-Y-Aur Stomp” 111
Brookes, Anton 270–1
Brown, Buster 28
Brown, Chris 68, 72
Brown, James 44, 245, 249
Brown, Phill 89, 122–3, 280, 283
Brown, Tina 322
Bruce, Jack 75
Bruce, Lenny 313
Brum Beat (compilation) 40
Brumbeat 29, 40
Bryant, John 159, 161, 217–18
Bryant, Shirley see Wilson, Shirley
Buckingham Palace, London 312
Buckley, Jeff 269
Buckley, Tim 269
Buddy Holly & the Crickets 18
Buffalo Springfield 66–7, 73, 76, 107, 247, 274
Bulgaria 270
Bull, Steve 311
Bull’s Head (pub), Lye 33, 114
“Bummer in the Summer” 275
Burke, Solomon 52, 307
Burnett, T-Bone 292–3, 300, 314–15
Burnette, Johnny 22
Burton, James 84
Burton, Trevor 12, 55–6, 74, 188
Buxton 255
“Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It” 189
By Myself (BBC documentary) 291
Byrds, the 43, 55, 67, 95, 107, 293
Cadair Idris, N. Wales 15, 108
Camara, Juldeh 325
Cambridge Folk Festival 278
Campbell, Naomi 3
“Candy Store Rock” 169
cannabis 51, 55, 105, 113, 122
Canned Heat 24
Cannon Hill Arts Center, Birmingham 75
Cannon, Freddy 189
Captain Beefheart 66–7
Cardiff City stadium 171–2
“Carouselambra” 194
Carson, Frank 311
Carson, Phil 208–9, 211
Carter Family 283
Cash, Johnny 329
Causey Farm Road, Birmingham 14, 17, 31, 202
CBS records 61, 63–4, 65, 74, 89
Cedar Club, Birmingham 55, 67
“Celebration Day” 111
Celebration Day (film) 323, 324, 325
Chamberlain, Neville 12
Chambers, Richard (“The Beak”) 20, 30, 32, 41, 47
Chantry School of Holy Trinity, Stourbridge 19
Charles, Prince 312
Charles, Ray 92, 222
Charlesworth, Chris 160–1
Chateau Marmont Hotel, LA 93
Cherry Tree, the (pub), Welwyn Garden City 99
Chic 222
Chicago Plaster Casters 98, 313
Chicago R&B 37, 312
Chicago Stadium 153
Chicken Shack 39, 134
Chigurh, Anton 295
Chislehurst Caves 148
Christian, Dick 163
Christian, Neil 84
“Cindy, I’ll Marry You Someday” 317
Clapton, Eric 27, 36, 60, 77, 86, 225, 253, 258, 290
Clark, Gene 293
Clash, the 172
Clearwell Castle, Forest of Dean 187
Clent Hills 14–15, 102
Cliff, Jimmy 72
Clifton, P
eter 145
Clockwork Orange, A (film) 153
Clouds 108
Club A’ GoGo, Newcastle 59, 73
Club Lafayette, Wolverhampton 99
CMT (music channel) 288, 300
Cobain, Kurt 256
cocaine 105, 138, 154, 155, 157, 170, 178, 321
Cochran, Eddie 16–17, 21–2, 27
Cocker, Joe 276
Coen Brothers, the 283, 295
Cofton Club, Birmingham 68
Cohen, Leonard 118, 329
Coldplay 314
Cole, Richard
American tours: 1968–9 93, 96–7; 1970 113; 1972 129, 130; 1973 138, 139; 1975 154–5; 1977 174–5, 179–80
and Bonham 141, 142, 146
character 130, 140, 141, 155, 178
and drugs 138, 154, 171, 174–5, 192, 196
Harris on 158
at Headley Grange 110
in India/Far East 125
and Jersey 163
and Karac’s death 182, 183
Kellie on 130
on Led Zeppelin 106–7, 192
on Page/Plant 120
on Plant 96–7
Plant thanks 313
and Rhodes accident 161, 162
Sheehan on 155
Colin, Jesse 280
Collins, Phil 207, 209, 211, 214, 226
Colston Hall, Bristol 215
“Communication Breakdown” 90, 105, 159
Concert for Kampuchea 195
Connaught Hotel, Wolverhampton 76
Conservative Club, Stourbridge 38
Continental Hyatt House, Sunset Strip 85, 105
Cooder, Ry 67
Cook, Amy 327
Cool, Ricky 202
Cooper, Alice 94
Cordell, Denny 74
Corris slate quarry 261
Costa, Alvaro 260
Coulson, Clive 109, 162
Coverdale, David 252, 254
Coverdale·Page 252–3
Crash, Robert 233
Crawling King Snakes, the 40, 42–3, 49–51
Crazy Horse 244
Cream 60, 86–7, 92
Creem 160
Croatia 269
Crosby, David 228
Cross, Charles 89
Crossroads (TV show) 300
Crouch, Dennis 292
Crowley, Aleister 115, 123, 161
“Crunge, The” 137, 194
Crusaders, the 84
Crutchley, John 52, 56, 59–60, 60–1, 62, 103
Cumming, Tim 328
Curbishley, Bill 234, 238, 253, 264, 271, 276, 278, 281, 299, 325
Cure, the 259
Cushion Foot Stompers, the 45
“Custard Pie” 151, 236
Czech Republic 270
Da Capo 67
Dale, Jimmie 307
Daltrey, Roger 57
Damned, the 173
“Dancing Days” 136
“Dancing in the Street” 40
Dangerous 247
Dansette Damage 186
Dark Side of the Moon, The 137
“Darkness, Darkness” 280
Davies, Mike 187
Davis, Stephen 140, 155
Dawes Double Blue (bike) 32