by Rees, Paul
Presley, Elvis 5, 16, 21, 130, 146, 313
Presley, Marie 3
Pretty Things, the 146
Price, Derek 30
Prim and Proper 54
Primal Scream 327
Primrose Hill, London 3, 281
Principle of Moments, The 211–13
Priory of Brion, the 273–8, 279
Prodigy 268
Public Image Ltd 193, 280
punk rock 172–3, 186, 187, 193, 247, 269
“Purple Haze” 64
Q (magazine) 4, 32, 96, 205, 211, 227, 238–9, 290, 302, 312
Q-Prime 299
Quadrophenia 150
Quarrymen, the 18
Queen (band) 173, 225
Queen Mary Ballroom, Dudley 79, 93, 276
Queen’s Head (pub) 188–9, 265, 297, 310
Quicksilver Messenger Service 66, 247
R&B 24, 26, 28, 29, 31, 39, 58, 65, 202, 296, 312
Radio London 66
Radio Luxembourg 24
Radiohead 299, 314, 325
Raglan Castle, Wales 145
Ragged Glory 243
Rainbow Bar & Grill, LA 168
Raising Sand 4, 6, 291–4, 296, 299, 300, 314
RAK Studios, London 247–8, 280
“Ramble On” 100, 304
Ramones 170
Ramzy, Hossam 258, 262
Rapeman 267
Rascals, the 61
Rawlings, David 317
Ready Steady Go 53
Reagan, Joe 29
Reagan, Mary (“Ma”) 28–9, 42, 49, 59
Record (magazine) 212
Redcaps, the 60
Redding, Otis 137
Redditch, W. Midlands 50
Regent Sound Studios, London 73
Reid, Terry 77–8
“Release Me” 63
Reprise Records 195
Rest Is History, The 234
Revolver 54
Rhodes 161–2, 277
Ribot, Marc 292
Rich, Buddy 249
Richard, Cliff 27
Richards, Keith 75, 173, 227
Richards, Michael 20, 45, 46
“Riot House” see Hyatt House Hotel, LA
Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati 174
Roberts, Colin 46–7
“Rock Around the Clock” 17
“Rock Island Line” 18
“Rock and Roll” 119, 132, 193, 226, 238, 243, 270, 304, 305
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 261
Rockfield Studios, S. Wales 207–8, 209–10, 220, 278
Rockpile 195
Roden, Jess 44, 202
Rodgers, Jimmie 283
Rodgers, Nile 222
Rodgers, Paul 146, 223, 303
Rodrick, Stephen 315
Rolling Stone (magazine) 97, 121–2, 137, 156, 215, 232–3, 254, 292, 299, 306, 315
Rolling Stones, the 32, 35
Romania 270
Rondstadt, Linda 307
Rose, Tim 73–4, 86
Rosen, Steven 210
Roulettes, the 60
Roundhouse (club), London 93
Rousseau, Matthieu 286
Royal Air Force 9
Royal Albert Hall, London 103–4, 111, 269
“Royal Orleans” 168
Rubber Soul 43
Rubin, Rick 329
Rumors 147, 173
Rushock Parish Church, Worcestershire 197
Russell, Leon 318
Ryman Auditorium, Nashville 283
St. Petersburg 291
San Francisco 66, 94, 95, 96, 140, 180, 186, 247, 317, 321
“Santy Anna” 31
“Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down” 317
Saturday Night Fever 173
Savoy Hotel, London 198
Savy, Les 299
Sawmills Studio, Cornwall 247–8
Scorsese, Martin 258
Scott, Darrell 315
Scott, Ronnie 135
Scragg, Phil 234, 237
Screaming Trees 247
“Sea of Love” 222
“Season of the Witch” 273
Seasick Steve 310
Seattle 178–9, 184, 247, 256
Second Coming 257
Second World War, 9, 12, 25, 283
Secunda, Tony 56, 59, 74
Senators, the 40, 50
Sensational Shape Shifters, the 325–6
Seven Stars (club) 37–9, 45, 202
Sex Pistols, the 172, 173, 186, 193
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 68
Shadows, the 27, 29, 87
Shaft 117
“Shake, Rattle and Roll” 17
Shakedown Sound, the 43–4
Shaken ’n’ Stirred 219–21, 223, 224–5, 234, 235, 252
“She’s Crafty” 237
“She’s a Mod” 40
“She’s a Rainbow” 87
Shearmur, Ed 258, 262
Sheehan, Dennis 153, 155, 174, 179, 182, 203, 213, 307
Shellac 267
Shepperton Studios, Surrey 145
Shepton Mallet 111
Sheraton Hotel, Stockholm 190
Sherman, Ben 44
Ship and Rainbow (pub), Wolverhampton 53
Shrewsbury 60
Siamese Dream 252
“Sick Again” 152
Sidcup, Kent 87
Silver Jubilee (1977) 172
“Silver Rider” 317
Silverhead 202
Silvester, Andy 39, 202, 207, 296
Simonon, Paul 173
Simpsons, The (TV series) 295
Sinatra, Frank 137
“Since I’ve Been Loving You” 111, 304
“Sing Sing Sing” 50
SIR Studios, Hollywood 168
skiffle 18–19, 27, 28, 37, 111
“Skip’s Song” 282
Slade 43
Slick, Grace 66
“Slow Dancer” 208
Small Faces, the 43, 49, 69, 77, 84
Smashing Pumpkins 252
Smith, Dave 325
Smithsonian Folkways 287
“Smokestack Lightning” 44
Snow, Mat 141, 223, 257, 329
Snowdonia National Park 15, 109, 134
Cadair Idris 15, 108
Dolgoch 134, 261
Pennal 109, 289
Soft Cell 205
Soft Machine 135
Soho, London 87, 269, 284
Solters, Roskin & Sabinson (agency) 137
“Somebody to Love” 66
“Something” 275
“Song Remains the Same, The” 136
Song Remains the Same, The 144, 145, 172
Sound Emporium Studios, Nashville 292–3
Soundgarden 247
Sounds of Blue 39, 45
South America 254, 264, 325
“South Bound Suarez” 194
Speakeasy Club, London 74, 75, 121
Spector, Phil 222
Spencer Davis Group 36–7, 40, 44
Spin (magazine) 252
Spooky Tooth 91, 114, 276
Springsteen, Bruce 152
Spungen, Nancy 186
Squire, Chris 160, 201
Squire, John 257
“Stairway to Heaven” 116, 120, 121–2, 123, 133, 153, 227, 240, 250, 262, 304, 323
Stanley, Ralph 283, 291
Stanway, Mark 296, 297
Staples Center, LA 314
Staples, Mavis 319
Stargroves, Hampshire 128
Starr, Ringo 45
Stax 40, 49
“Steal Away” 76
Steiner, Rudolf 185
Stewart, Ian 119
Stewart, Rod 36, 75–6, 86, 97, 253, 320
Sticky Fingers 117
Stiff, Denise 288
Stills, Stephen 67, 274
Sting 269
Stockholm 189–91
Stone, Sly 118
Stone Roses 257
Stormcock 118
Stourbridge
College 31, 71
music scene 31
Town Hall 43, 45, 51, 238, 276, 313
Stourbridge Edwardian (newspaper) 46
Strange Sensation 280, 282, 285–6, 289, 291, 298, 325
Strider (Plant’s collie dog) 111
Suez Crisis 13
“Sugar Babe” 28
Sullivan, Ed 16
Summer of Love 55
Summer Skin 327
Sun Records 16
Sunday Night at the London Palladium 18
Sunset Strip, LA 85, 95, 105, 143, 152, 157, 168
“Sunshine Superman” 87
Surrealistic Pillow 66
Swan Song 146–9, 154, 167, 171, 195
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) 233
Swiss Café, Stourbridge 31
Sykes, Roosevelt 203
Symphony Hall, Cleveland 290–1
Taj Mahal Hotel, Bombay 125
Talking Heads 232
“Tall Cool One” 236, 282
Tamasheq (language) 330
Tamla Motown 23, 26, 40, 43, 49, 52, 147
Tampa Stadium 138, 177
“Tangerine” 111, 318
Tapestry 128
Tate, Sharon 99
Taylor, Elizabeth 152
“Tea for One” 169–70
Tea Party (club), Boston 97, 130
Tears for Fears 247
Teddy Boys 21
“Ten Years Gone” 151
Tennessee Teens, the 52
Terry Webb and the Spiders 50
“Thank You” 100, 104
Thank Your Luck Stars (TV show) 28
Thatcher, Margaret 191
“That’s All Right” 16
“That’s the Way” 109
There’s a Riot Goin’ On 118
13th Floor Elevators 317
Thompson, Dorette 70
Thompson, Geoff 52
Thompson, Pete 248
Thompson, Porl 259, 280
Thompson, Richard 249
Thompson, Tony 226, 232
Three Tuns Inn, Bishop’s Castle 275
Tight But Loose (fanzine) 159, 171, 204
“Tin Pan Alley” 290
Tinariwen 286, 312
Titanic, RMS 11
Today Tonight (TV show) 322
Tolinski, Brad 89, 121, 138
Tolley, Gary 21, 26, 30, 40, 46
Tolley, Mrs. 22
Tony Billingham Band, the 65
Top of the Pops (BBC show) 35
Tosh, Peter 146
Tower House, the, Holland Park 147
Townshend, Pete 57, 303
“Train Kept A-Rollin’ ” 88
“Trampled Underfoot” 151, 243, 304
Trapeze 99
“Travelling Riverside Blues” 40
Travolta, John 173
Trinity Road, West Bromwich 59, 71
Truth 86
Turd Burglars, the 188–9
200 Motels (film) 45
Tyler, Steven 306
Ulster Hall, Belfast 124
Uncut (magazine) 191
Union Station 288, 315
United States see individual cities
Unplugged (Eric Clapton) 290
“Upon a Golden Horse” 268
U2 153, 225
Valle Crucis Abbey, Wales 108
Van Zandt, Townes 293, 294
Vanilla Fudge 94, 99
Vaughan, Frankie 69
VH1 (music channel) 287–8, 290, 314, 324
Vicious, Sid 186, 193
Vietnam 28
Vincent, Gene 16–17, 21, 51, 77, 91, 236, 276
Violent Blue 237
Volume One 222–3
Waits, Tom 292, 293
Wales
North 108, 121, 126
South 207, 220
see also Snowdonia
Walker, Scott 51
Walker Brothers, the 51, 91, 276
Walking into Clarksdale 3, 268, 269, 301
Wall, Mick 128, 137, 184
Walsall 12, 52, 57, 76
Midlands College of Education 77–8
“Wanton Song, The” 151, 236
Water Is Life 286
Watergate 129
Watford Gap 99
Watts, Charlie 75
Watts Riots, LA (1965) 43
Way of Life, the 51, 99
Wayne, Carl 55
Webb, Stan 39, 134
Webb, Terry and the Spiders 50
Wednesbury Court 70
Weintraub, Jerry 146
Welch, Gillian 283–4, 317
Welwyn Garden City 99
Wembley Arena, London 263, 307
Wembley Stadium, London 59, 225, 300
“We’re Gonna Groove” 104
West Bromwich 4, 9, 12, 14, 58–9, 69, 71, 93, 98, 103
West Bromwich Albion
West Coast music 43, 55, 66–7, 96, 108, 289
West Country 111, 202, 232, 289
West End, London 84
West Hill (dormitory), Stourbridge 71
West Midlands College of Education, Walsall 77
Western Sahara, 160
Wetton, Paul 274
Wexler, Jerry 92
“What Is and What Should Never Be” 100, 270
What’s Going On 118
Wheels of Fire 86
“When the Levee Breaks” 119, 301
Whiskey a Go Go, LA 94
White, Alan 201
White Album 149
“White Rabbit” 66
“White Summer/Black Mountainside” 104
Who, the 43, 44, 57, 77, 84, 90, 117, 149–50, 186, 225, 234, 303
“Whole Lotta Love” 100, 105, 114, 133, 226, 304
Who’s Next 117
“Wild Thing” 59
Williams, Carole 60–1
Williams, Mark 79, 98
Williams, Richard 67, 72
Williams, Roy 112, 203, 276, 278–9, 286–7, 290, 296, 297, 299, 306, 308
Williamson, Robin 108
Williamson, Sonny Boy 32, 36, 37, 67, 103
Wilson, Brian 54
Wilson, Harold 58
Wilson, Maureen 58
Wilson, Nancy 323
Wilson, Shirley 59, 70, 100–1, 159, 161, 217–18, 244
Wimpey (construction company) 69
Windsor 196–7
Winehouse, Amy 295
Winwood, Stevie 29–30, 36–7, 39, 44, 55, 69
Wolverhampton Civic Hall 245
Wolverhampton Wanderers 4, 10, 265, 311
Wonder, Stevie 49, 151
Wood, Chris 39
Wood, Ronnie 227
Wood, Roy 55
Woodroffe, Jezz 205, 208, 210, 218
Woodstock Festival 54, 99–100
Woolpack (pub), Wolverhampton 53, 76
World Cup 1966 58, 59
Wrecking Ball 278, 293
Wright, Billy 10
Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton 279
Wyman, Bill 10
Wyre Forest 14
XYZ 201
“Yallah” 59
Yardbirds, the 36, 37, 77, 78–9, 83, 84–5, 87–8, 91, 93
Yeats, David 31, 39, 45–6
Yes 160, 201, 240
Yew Tree Farm, Stourbridge 186
“You Better Run” 61, 64
“You Really Got Me” 84
“You Shook Me” 90
Young, Neil 67, 107, 120, 228, 243, 247, 253, 256, 278, 315
Zappa, Frank 45
PHOTOGRAPHIC INSERTS
The school newspaper of the King Edward VI Grammar School for Boys announces Plant as a form monitor. “He always seemed to be at the centre of whatever was going on.”
(© King Edward VI Grammar School for Boys)
Plant, circled, in his 1963 school photo. Gary Tolley, guitarist in his first band, is to his immediate right.
(© Colin Roberts)
Plant’s first stomping ground, Stourbridge High Street, circa 1963.
(© Bev Pegg)
The school n
ewspaper records Plant’s stint on the committee of the Jazz Society.
(© King Edward VI Grammar School for Boys)
Dave “Rowdy” Yeats, proprietor of the Groove Record Shop in Stourbridge, a regular haunt of Plant’s during the mid ’60s.
(© David Yeats)
Plant, top left, with Listen in 1966. “He was very popular with the girls,” said guitarist John Crutchley, top right.
(© John Crutchley)
Plant on his ill-starred Legalise Pot march, August 1967. Shirley Wilson is to his immediate left.
(© Redferns)
Plant and John Bonham (with moustache) with the third incarnation of the Band of Joy, circa 1968. “A number could go on for 10, 15 minutes—God help the poor audience.”
(© Redferns)
Plant and Jimmy Page on stage at the New Yardbirds’ first gig at Teen-Clubs in Gladsaxe, Denmark, September 7, 1968. “Straight away, we could see the power of it,” said Page.
(© Redferns)
Plant at the time of his joining the New Yardbirds. “He seemed sort of God-like.”
(© Redferns)
Led Zeppelin come together in London, 1968: from left—John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Bonham.
(© Redferns)
On stage at London’s Royal Albert Hall, June 29, 1969. “It was like a rocket going up their fucking arses!”
(© Mirrorpix)
Plant somewhere in America during the heady days of 1969. “All around me galaxies were going, ‘Boom! Boom! Boom!’ I absorbed it all like moon dust.”
(© Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
Zeppelin arriving in Hawaii in May 1969 with the Led Zeppelin II master tapes.
(© Redferns)
Shelter from the storm: Plant at home with his wife Maureen and their daughter Carmen, 1969.
(© Camera Press/© Randolph)
Plant and friend at his sanctuary, Jennings Farm. “I was incredibly fortunate to have the decompression chamber of that and my family.”
(© Camera Press/© Randolph)
The proverbial hippy and his bird at the Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, June 2, 1973. “It was like walking into the lion’s den.”
(© James Fortune/Rex Features)
Plant at Headley Grange, scene of Zeppelin’s greatest recorded triumphs.
(© Idols/Photoshot)
With the late Sandy Denny, his co-vocalist on “The Battle of Evermore,” 1971.
(© Mirrorpix)
Zeppelin on stage at the Bath Festival, June 28, 1969.
(© Getty Images)
Zeppelin holding court on Hollywood’s Sunset Strip, the center of their empire through the 1970s. “People backed off, not wanting to be associated with this supposed enormous quantity of hedonism.”
(© Getty Images)