..tks for sharing!!! I know your love for Jimmy will eventually perfect it...I do his beauty coming through your this drawing ....I would love for you to try some other eras...(like my fav' 77)

One afternoon, in the winter of 1972, I got a call from an excited Ramzan, the owner of Slip Disc, the happening discotheque and live band show place of our time. He told me that Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin were in town and are to visit the Slip Disc and perform that evening so please get there as early as I could. If only you could imagine the excitement and turmoil that took place for the next few hours in the life of this fledging young Rock singer! A hundred telephone calls later I was on my way to distant Colaba from our bungalow in Chembur and reached the Slip Disc to find it almost full. And this was a good four hours before their scheduled arrival! Good news sure travels fast and as we waited for the arrival of our Rock Icons, we prepared for their performance with a last minute check on the music equipment available. Those were the tough days of import control and we had really poor stuff that was scrounged and smuggled with the help of relatives from abroad and rich benefactors. We were hoping that this would not mar the enthusiasm of the Rock Superstars who were used to the very best! As the next few hours slowly crawled and H hour arrived, the Slip Disc began to burst at the seams and the crowd was getting difficult to manage, It was weird seeing a discotheque with no music playing, filled to capacity with people just waiting for the stars to arrive and the excitement levels were at danger levels. We received minute-by-minute information about the progress of their arrival from the Taj Mahal Hotel where the duo was staying. Fortunately it was just a hop skip and a jump away and Ramzan was in their room waiting to escort them to his noisy club on Bombay’s waterfront. Just as it seemed that the wait was getting unbearable, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page made their entrance into the discotheque to the spontaneous applause of their crazy fans myself included. The next hour was like a blur to me especially after all these years, as just too much seemed to be happening. As Robert and Jimmy were busy signing autographs for the crowd that descended on them, for a brief instance, I could not help but feel a sense of disappointment on seeing my idols in person. I had imagined a very strong male and macho presence especially from the tall Plant and their music exuded such incredible energy, yet both of them were so soft-spoken and almost effeminate in their behavior! Their apparent frail exteriors made me more aware of the thousands of misconceptions that we must have been carrying around with us. Don’t forget we did not have television at that time and we were always craving for information. We only had their music to inspire us and we were using our imagination to carve out the entire personas of our idols! Soon these thoughts were out of my mind as it was time for the duo to perform. It had been decided that Xerxes Gobhai, the talented bassist from the Human Bondage and Jameel Shaikh, the drummer from my band would back them but nobody had any idea what they would perform. There was just no time to get into any details, as anything would do for us music-starved fans and before we knew it, Led Zeppelin, Bombay style were announced to the audience. Jimmy and Plant got into the groove from the word go as they launched into Rock and Roll, the hit from Led Zep 4 and the audience went wild! They followed that with an extended blues where their stay in Bombay seemed to feature a lot. Black Dog followed and before we knew it was all over. They must have been on stage for a maximum of 25 minutes and we savored every second of that. At that time, Led Zeppelin were on top of the charts and it was a great opportunity for us to see at least two of them perform live in Bombay and they were just a few feet away! In later years, the story of the Plant/Page visit took on an unbelievable aura around it and everybody seemed to have different recollections of that night… myself included. But I guess that is what legends are made of. Today it even seems ridiculous as it to how much hysteria a couple of Rock Stars could generate! Yet this was the barometer with which you could judge the passion with which we loved our music. Please, keep the fire burning and Rock on! Nandu Bhende ...additional Rock Articles... http://nandu_bhende.tripod.com/articles/pune-times.htm http://nandu_bhende.tripod.com/articles/particle5.htm

...got any since I been loving you?...or Song Remain The Same... Tks...

...tks for this..keep it coming!!!

tks. Diana-loura...that's just so beatiful so far...one of my and I am sure all of us here, fav. pic's of our beloved Page...keep us posted...

Thanks to the Webmaster for extending life of this mystery thread and Freedom of Expression. There is no other purpose/reason, but to make sincere/factual contribution to Led Zeppelin Timeline....... ...Here is The Original Article from which Las Vegas mystery concert Fanviews extend... Sunday, September 09, 2001 Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal COLUMN: Mike Weatherford Readers remember The Doors Jim, be careful how you undulate on that ice! Hey Kurt, can you sign my dressing room? Last Sunday I claimed Madonna was the last active music star who hadn't played Las Vegas, and asked readers to share memories of rare shows by icons now in rock 'n' roll heaven. There were plenty of responses, many centering on The Doors playing the Ice Palace skating rink in Commercial Center. Review-Journal alumna and Preferred Public Relations President Michele Tell referred me to her uncle, Mike Tell, who promoted the concert. He couldn't confirm the date, listed on some Web sites as Nov. 1, 1969. But he remembers that because Jim Morrison had been arrested for lewd behavior in Miami, both performer and promoter were threatened with arrest. "There were more security guards and policemen around that stage than you've ever seen," Tell recalls. Morrison was "so intimidated that when he sang, he didn't move." Michele Tell met Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek a few years ago. He remembered the show for a different reason: "Because they just put flat boards down on the ice, it was freezing," he told her. What's striking now is how rock concerts were treated by local authorities as a suspicious enterprise, miles removed from the "legitimacy" of the Strip, which was focused on Eddie Fisher and Phil Harris the night of The Doors' visit. Jon Jacobsen writes that Janis Joplin was "one that got away" in 1969. "The city and Sheriff Ralph Lamb would not give the promoter a concert permit, saying that the city would be invaded by the Hell's Angels and the youth of Las Vegas corrupted." Readers Dan Kempf and Sherrill Denley are convinced Led Zeppelin also played the Ice Palace, though a scholarly Web site lists no date. "Led Zepplins," as the Las Vegas Sun called the band, canceled an April 1970 concert after Robert Plant collapsed onstage in Phoenix the night before. Some high school students had planned to protest the $6 ticket price. Do you think any of them paid $75 to see Plant and Jimmy Page at the MGM in 1998? In the modern era, Nirvana was the rare group not to play here after its landmark "Nevermind" album. But Craig Alan Boyle, who managed Calamity Jayne's on Boulder Highway, remembers the band opening for Sonic Youth on Aug. 16, 1990. "They were booed offstage by the restless crowd," Boyle recalls. "I personally was in the dressing room watching Kurt Cobain throw a fit following his set. Before their performance, Kurt and the rest of the band signed the walls of the dressing room. "Unfortunately," he reports, "new owners not realizing the historic significance, painted the walls in the mid-'90s." Mike Weatherford's entertainment column appears Tuesdays and Sundays. ......................... Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin Richard Cole with Richard Trubo Originally Published: New York:HarperCollins Publishers, 1992 Excerpt - Page 95 - Summer 1969 Tour ....The Zeppelin wives joined us for a few days during that tour, including some of the shows in Las Vegas and other West Coast cities......On this particular tour, I figured that by pulling a few strings, I could get us some front-row seats to Elvis Presley's show at the International Hotel.....That afternoon, I had called Bill Miller, the entertainment director at the International,....My name is Richard Cole, "I told him." That night, we had front-row tables. It was the first time any of us have seen Elvis performed...... ........... Maureen Plant is present during the Seattle Pop Festival...... July 26, 1969 Robert Plant watched with his wife Maureen during the Doors' set, eventually weighing in on it during an interview with Ritchie Yorke for the New Musical Express. http://onthisdayinledzeppelinhistory.blogspot.com/2009/07/ol-blue-eyes-mudsharks-and-heavyweight.html ..... Promoter in question, Michael Tell's family/siblings influence extends highly into Caesar's Palace in the year of 1969...for hospitality services... .......for now...

Delinha, ......and he remains passion of every generation, everywhere, timeless.......

...Deborah, beautiful family, so much to be proud of the handsome and friendly looking young man beside you.... hard work,enjoyable, has paid off

Julie Christie ........

...noted, very well on my part...your top priority...

looking really good, Ms. Debarres......!!!

...Deborah,...thank you for sharing photo of your beloved son...I am sure he is much loved by the ladies...for his mom is his best friend...a trait recognized by the opposites...

...sweet..and "Young at Heart"...as he says, and I believe HIM Very HOT!!!!!!