Cofa Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Some disturbing news. I hope he makes a full recovery. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20931831 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishhead Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Some disturbing news. I hope he makes a full recovery. http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-20931831 Man, I hope he pulls through!....................just a question, did this fellas name have anything with the Zeps using the name "The Nobs" back in their really early incarnation/days/tour...cheers Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cofa Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 Man, I hope he pulls through!....................just a question, did this fellas name have anything with the Zeps using the name "The Nobs" back in their really early incarnation/days/tour...cheers Rich Yes that is exactly where the name came from. Claude was the promoter for Zeppelin on numerous European tour dates including the 1970 gig in Copenhagen when they were billed as The Nobs after Frau Zeppelin took offence to them using the family name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishhead Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Yes that is exactly where the name came from. Claude was the promoter for Zeppelin on numerous European tour dates including the 1970 gig in Copenhagen when they were billed as The Nobs after Frau Zeppelin took offence to them using the family name. ...wow, I've known for a long time, the story of them using the name "The Nobs", on a tour, but never knew there was a person attached to the actual name! I don;t recall ever having read that but it makes total sense....cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Knebs Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Frau Z threw the pitch fit of the century that the vermin hippies drew profit and spectre from her spotless family name. Seems the name was being rehabbed from the pyro flash incident. Her panties in a bunch for nothing. Screeching Monkeys saved her family name. Get well Claude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayougal65 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Good grief, he and Ahmet both having freak accidents. I sure hope he pulls through. On a related note, has there been any more news about releases from the Montreaux Vaults as mentioned in the thread below? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Having been there on a few occasions I don't think it's an exaggeration to say Claude Nobs embodies the heart and soul of Montreux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingzoso Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Frau Z threw the pitch fit of the century that the vermin hippies drew profit and spectre from her spotless family name. Seems the name was being rehabbed from the pyro flash incident. Her panties in a bunch for nothing. Screeching Monkeys saved her family name. Get well Claude. From what I have read, Countess Von Zeppelin referred the group as "Shrieking Monkeys", not screeching monkeys. To which Robert Plant, in all sarcasm and perfect irony, corrected her to say "Babbling Apes". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cofa Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 ...wow, I've known for a long time, the story of them using the name "The Nobs", on a tour, but never knew there was a person attached to the actual name! I don;t recall ever having read that but it makes total sense....cheers It also provided a useful play on words. 'Nobs' being an English slang term for an aristocratic upper class person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastSpartan Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Deeply saddened by this loss, as I consider the Montreux Jazz Festivals I attended to be among some of the best cultural experiences of my life. Today those vivid memories are made more poignant. I am so grateful for all that Claude Nobs gave to us music lovers through the years and I hope his hopes and dreams were fully realized in the life he lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbowmanimages Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Deeply saddened by this loss, as I consider the Montreux Jazz Festivals I attended to be among some of the best cultural experiences of my life. Today those vivid memories are made more poignant. I am so grateful for all that Claude Nobs gave to us music lovers through the years and I hope his hopes and dreams were fully realized in the life he lived. I'm with you Steve....what a loss......! I got to go to 2 Montreux Jazz Festivals, including the one you went to in 2001 that featured Page and Plant..... Claude Nobs WAS the MJF, was a very cool guy to talk to with an incredible history and knowledge of the history of the many genres of popular music and will be deeply missed..... RIP Claude Nobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Hommage to Ahmet Ertegun Stravinski Auditorium - Montreux, Switzerland 40th Annual Montreux Jazz Festival Fri, June 30th 2006 ..."the greatest night of my life..." -- Ahmet Ertegun Ahmet Ertegun & Claude Nobs (Photo Credit: Lionel Flusin) Ahmet Ertegun & Claude Nobs (Photo Credit: Lionel Flusin) Claude Nobs (Photo Credit: Lionel Flusin) Photos courtesy Steve A. Jones Archive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef free Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 RIP Claude. Thanks for so much great music! I hope there is some kind of tribute concert, can you imagine the wealth of talented people who would like to honor this man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidZoso Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 R.I.P. Claude Robert Plant and Jimmy Page-July 7, 2001-Candy Store Rock at the Montreux Jazz festival Robert Plant and Jimmy Page-July 7, 2001-Baby Let's Play House at the Montreux Jazz festival http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPyqTm3UtNU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SteveAJones Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Quincy Jones: "There are no words to express the deep sorrow and hollowness in my heart that comes with news of Claude Nobs' passing. Claude was a valued and trusted friend and brother to me for close to forty years, but he was a valued and trusted friend to jazz and the artists who create it for his entire lifetime. It would be that love and appreciation for our music and the musicians that created it that would lead him to take over the Montreux Jazz Festival, and build it into what I consider to be the Rolls Royce of music festivals. I have a million great memories of spending time with Claude in Montreux at the festival, from co-producing it with him, to conducting (trumpeter) Miles Davis' last concert, to the amazing gatherings of musicians that he has hosted at his chalet, to most recently partnering with him to expand the festival's brand internationally; it will be difficult to imagine him not being there. I will miss him like the brother that he was to me. If God created a better friend than Claude Nobs, he or she must have kept them for him/herself." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepscoda Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I didn't know about this, I just read it on ultimate classic rock: The 1973 Deep Purple song ‘Smoke on the Water’ would forever immortalize Nobs in rock music as the band described his efforts to save young concert fans from a fire that broke out during Frank Zappa‘s concert at the Montreux Casino in December 1971. “Funky Claude was running in and out / Pulling kids out the ground.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zafreth Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidZoso Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Deep Purple's Ian Gillan Remembers Claude 'Smoke On The Water' Nobs http://www.classicro.../category/news/ Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan has paid tribute to 'Funky' Claude Nobs, who died last week after a skiing accident. The co-founder and organiser of the Montreux Jazz Festival was immortalized in Purple's 1973 song Smoke On The Water and Gillan also regarded him as a close friend. The singer recalls a recent meeting with Nobs: "I had just checked in to The Palace Hotel in Montreux prior to our appearance at the festival. The elevator doors opened and out whooshed Claude on a scooter; had it been anyone else I would have been surprised. Flying by, he waved over his shoulder and called out 'Hi, Ian, see you later!' – then he was gone. "No doubt on his way to move things along in the right direction, because the Montreux Jazz Festival was his baby. He mothered it from infancy to what it has grown into: internationally, the most highly respected and enjoyable annual event of its kind." The pair first met after the casino fire in 1971 that inspired Purple's classic track "Smoke On The Water." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pottedplant Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 R.I.P. Claude Robert Plant and Jimmy Page-July 7, 2001-Candy Store Rock at the Montreux Jazz festival Robert Plant and Jimmy Page-July 7, 2001-Baby Let's Play House at the Montreux Jazz festival http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPyqTm3UtNU OMG - Rock on, Robert and Jimmy, rock on. Fabulous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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