Hi Gigi, Hi Deb
Just made it in from Houston and couldn't wait to post! Had so much fun last night. It was great meeting up with Gigi and Bobby. I think we could have talked all night. In fact, I think my husband wanted to stay and have more drinks after the show, but as usual, common sense and the fact that it was a Tuesday night with work the next day won out.
Now onto my thoughts on the show - OMG!!!!!! It was PHENOMENAL!!!!!!!! Ditto Gigi's and Deb's reviews. The show went above and beyond my expectations. I didn't sleep well last night b/c I kept reliving the show over and over again in my head! Some of the highlights for me were definitely when they played "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "How Many More Times", "When the Levee Breaks", "Moby Dick", "The Lemon Song" then immediately following with "Thank You". And then "The Ocean" was amazing. Oh and, "Since I've Been Loving You" and "I'm Gonna Crawl". It will be days before you can wipe the smile off my face.
Jason was a true showman and so humble, a truly likable person. He stated in the beginning that like the rest of all of us there, he is a true fan who just happened to be the son of the drummer. One of the highlights for me was when he showed a home movie of him, probably about age 6 performing this little marching jazz hands type dance for his parents. His mom and dad were off to the side watching him and trying not to laugh out loud at his performance because he was so serious about it. It was truly precious. Anyone out there who ever has had small children can relate. It was really cute, I got a big kick out of it.
I also have to state how good the other members of the band were. Tony Cantania was 'the bomb', his guitar playing blew me away, he's amazing and was the next best thing IMO to seeing the real thing. And the lead singer, James Dylan sounds so Plant-like, he has really studied Plant's singing style and vocal inflections. He too was truly amazing. And the bass quitarist, like JPJ was the low key one but also did a phenomenal job and played the harmonica when it was called for. You could tell they all were enjoying themselves immensely. While at the show, if you closed your eyes, you'd swear you were listening to Zeppelin live.
I can't say enough about this concert and these musicans. I so hope they do a second leg of this tour in 2011. I so want to see it again. I'm going to do a one-woman campaign to try to bring them to New Orleans or even better Lafayette. I know in Lafayette we could get as big (if not bigger) than the crowd in Houston. I'm on a mission now!!!!!
If you are thinking about going to this show and are unsure - GO! You will not regret it!
Gigi, Thanks for posting the review - great review.