I like to imagine if Bonham never died they would have eventually figured out how to play In The Light live, and we would have gotten Kashmir --> In The Light --> Carouselambra.

Just learned that in 1999 Jimmy Page said Elliott Randall's solo in Reelin' in the Years (Steely Dan) is his favorite solo of all time! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Randall?wprov=sfla1 Apparently he said it in a January 1999 Classic Rock interview.

Two of my favorites (skydog is among my very favorites, probably the second guy I'd want to save after Bonham).

It's not like much else is going on around here... a lot of people are clearly getting enjoyment out of it.

Exactly What I'd like more than anything from a band like this, is a new, refreshing, original and inspiring guitarist. One who can solo and improvise. Because that's what I've spoiled myself with by listening to LZ. The GVF guitarist just doesn't have it beyond straight regurgitation. BMS aside, LZ I has some of the best guitar playing I have ever heard, and I can't go elsewhere to find something similar (let alone the songs that inspired some of those songs). It's not like Jake Holmes' Dazed and Confused scratches the itch for me. He seems like a solid guitarist, just not inspired. It'd be great if he can tap into something and become an artist. The guitar work on BIGLY and I Can't Quit You Baby is therapeutic. That's how it is for me at least.

I've been enjoying these, though at first I didn't I must admit. I'd love to see you do the two winter tours of the UK at the end of 71 and 72. EDIT: Don't touch '73! Don't poke holes in the year of ultimate magick...

^It's gotta be the Gibson! What a pretty axe.

There's a shirt from the 1975 tour on eBay right now too..."never worn" lol...can't believe these prices.

Wow Can't believe that is real. Stanley Kubrick is my favorite director and 2001 my favorite movie, which is the inspiration for the use of the obelisk. Always absolutely loved the coalesence of my two favorite "artists". Just might pounce on that one on eBay...

The singer makes it tough for me to get into this band. There's no power behind the high pitched voice, it sounds shrill. Also at some point in the Coachella mini concert the guitarist threw in a STH lick, casually dropping STH references in the middle of an otherwise mediocre solo, wasn't a big fan of that at all. I do hope they inspire more people to get back to the good stuff, however! Found it: Tell me that 5:44 and the 25 seconds that follow isn't the lick that Page started to play in the STH solos in 1975... one of my favorite parts of the solo as it would develop...just being used here with reckless abandon. But, that's just me! The guitarist also played one of the little licks Page would almost always play in his acapella Heartbreaker solos, towards the end of the solos, though I can't find a clip on YT that captures it at Coachella. Not that there's any problem with it, just pointing it out! Makes it all the funnier when in interviews the guitarist won't name Page as one of his three big influences. Nor will the singer name Plant as one of his three. (Per an interivew that aired a day or two after Coachella). Trying to dinstance themselves, I suppose. EDIT: Even the first thing he says sounds like a Plantation! Maybe I just listen to too much Led.....lol

"In the Flesh" - Pink Floyd

My personal stance... I am largely libertarian and that does extend to drugs. So, while I personally do not think dope is good, I think everyone should have the right to do whatever the heck they please in the privacy of their own homes. That should be a domain free from government to the extent you are not harming others and infringing on others' rights. Things do become more dodgey if people start roaming around in public high off their ass. From personal experience, I grew up in an upper middle class town, and I saw pot wreak havoc on about a dozen classmates' lives. A few went to rehab, one turned being a sugar baby to support the habit, one literally dropped out of college because he didn't want to give up smoking. So, I don't think it's so harmless, though these people likely had predispositions to addiction and poor parenting. EDIT: I'll add that many dozens more recreationally partook in pot and to the extent of my knowledge never had anything but a good time from partaking. This all said, I don't think it should be illegal to do in your home. Another interesting dilemma would be whether or not employers would be allowed to drug test if it became legal. I would think that truck drivers, for instance, or pilots or train conductors, should never have any weed in their system.

I dream of hearing Tobacco Road from Tokyo in full quality. I'd blast that to the heavens.

I always read two at once, one fiction and one non fiction, so any given night I can read what suits my mood. Currently reading Jordan Peterson's new book, which I'd highly recommend to any other young man. He is an impressively deep thinker and speaks his truths, and is clearly incredibly well read and researched. Plan to follow this up with Modern Man in Search of a Soul. Also reading The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin. This is after just finishing The Left Hand of Darnkess and greatly enjoing it. That said, I'm already enjoying The Dispossessed even more. She is very quickly becoming an all-time favorite of mine. Plan to follow this up with Dune.

^One of the first bootlegs I ever listened to. Blasted it in my car on a long drive from VA to NY. I have had one or two handfuls of "jaw hits the ground" moments with Led Zeppelin. One of the very first was this STH solo...may very well be my favorite, certainly up there. He just keeps reaching for it.

Premieres tonight on HBO.

Thanks for the heads up, I'd love to see them kick some ass.

Have never heard a guitar sound like that before!

Wow You know what I don't need bootleg ears for...to hear how frickin fire this Trampled Underfoot is.

I'm trying to listen to No Quarter from this night after reading your review. I need to develop bootleg ears because geez I just can't tell what's going on. Hopefully one day we get a better source for this show.