Sticks of Fire Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 News from Royal-Orleans.com Jason Peterson from Lincoln, Nebraska and creator of the website dedicated to Led Zeppelin Royal-Orleans.com, has passed away. He will be missed. Charley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledded1 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Sad news, and a big loss to the Zeppelin live music world. RIP Jason. Thanks for Royal Orleans and what you brought to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 I am completely shocked, stunned and saddened by the passing of Jason Peterson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in_the_evening Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Def a shocker. RIP Jason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sems Fir Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 R.I.P. Jason. You created a marvelous hotel. You will be missed. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Sad news indeed, RIP Jason Presence/The Fonz Peterson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmtomh Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Yes, very sad. He was in his 40s and leaves a family behind as well. He'll be fondly remembered by thousands of people for a very long time, for the community and resource he created at the Hotel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecongo Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 All us Hotel members are beyond sad, really broken up about it. RIP Pres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Wow. Too young. RIP Jason! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedElvis75 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Been over there for 14 years this month. Just awful, awful news. RIP, Jason. (HeinekenRob) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Wasn't he fairly young? Too young to die, at any rate. Such a shame. R.I.P. Jason. I know a lot of people loved the Hotel. Wonder what will happen to it now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 12 minutes ago, Strider said: Wasn't he fairly young? Too young to die, at any rate. Such a shame. R.I.P. Jason. I know a lot of people loved the Hotel. Wonder what will happen to it now? Hopefully the other staffers will keep the ball rolling. It would be sad to see it go. I like it over there, it's a different experience than this place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botswana Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Sad news indeed. Thanks for everything you did creating Royal-Orleans, a 5 Star hotel. R.I.P. Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led-Zep Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Just 43, wife and 5 kids left behind...RIP Presence...JP...Jason...gofundme has a page if you're interested. I have been 13 years as a resident and now the founder and first resident of The Hotel has checked out, may you rest in peace...ROCK ON Prez, one of a kind! What you have done for the community will never be forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigled Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Awful news. Far too young. RIP Jason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgeholder Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Very sad news indeed. I'm not a member, but a long time lurker, and I have much respect for the Fonz, always loved how he would crack the whip when people would drift off topic. RIP Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morningson Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Rest In Peace. Very sad. Contribute if you can in any way at all to his JustGiving page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac124 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Vale Jason. You left us way too early but your legacy will live on at R-O. Thoughts are with his young family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Work Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) Thanks to DVD and HTWWW I found Royal Orleans soon after, still ranting about Zeppelin at 27. Such a gold mine for a kid to find my first few times on the internet. I know I remember Days Confused and Snow Jobs coming out, and had a few great unofficial recordings by the time they were released. One interaction with Jason/Presence comes to mind. I remembered one of the first boots I picked up but lost it many years ago, so I asked RO which boot release had a set of Ernie Ball strings as the cover, and dude replied Vancouver '75 Physical Vancouver about a minute later. Two of my favorite gigs to this day. Enjoying 3/21/75 soundboard in his remembrance. I had the Presence version of that too. Sucks when you never get to thank somebody He's jamming with Bonzo in the sky I have donated to the server/forum some of the past 10 usernames ive had there. Lil bit goes a long way with the gofundme. Sharing is caring. Edited March 17, 2017 by Dirty Work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticks of Fire Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 (edited) As stated earlier Jason was 43 and left behind a young beautiful family. It's nice to see so many people helping out his family. I first met Jason in downtown Omaha. I think it was at a record shop called Barry'Os. They sold some new but mostly used records and as usual in the cool record shops you could find bootleg albums (new and used), bootleg cassettes and bootleg Videos. They had all the bootlegs on display in the open. You didn't have to do the pee-pee dance to see the good bootlegs. They were all out in the open. I met Jason right after the 1995 Kansas City Page & Plant concert. The store had vidoes of the concert for sale...Jason had just made a ton of dubbs of the video we made at the show. That was th day we met. Years later he told me the owner of the store was doing an early form of file sharing ( not music) via the phone lines and even got a visit from the authorities because of it. But I think that's what started Jason's dream.... to share music freely over the internet and what eventually led to his early version of Royal-Orleans.com. Lets hope his family can eventually find peace. Edited March 18, 2017 by Sticks of Fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Pamela Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 My heart is breaking. I loved that man. We exchanged some kick ass PMs over the years and he sent me some amazing things. Awesome guy. Can anyone from RO help me get back in the hotel? I stepped outside and locked myself out. LOL Is there a place to register or something? Shoot me a PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Work Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Would be nice to join back myself. But my username is deactivated. I don't need access to the tracker, have everything, or get it elsewhere. And I won't post much, just would be nice to lurk around. But hey, without prez idk if it would be the same. Dude knew everything about Zeppelin it seemed. And the stuff he put out boggles the mind. Multis. Monitor mix from '77. Southampton. List goes on. If it came from him the quality was superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZosoAddict Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I attempted to sign up for the RO group and it wouldn't allow me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathington Willoughby Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 4 hours ago, ZosoAddict said: I attempted to sign up for the RO group and it wouldn't allow me. Same here. Maybe he had something against people from Georgia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xolo1974 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 7 hours ago, Sathington Willoughby said: Same here. Maybe he had something against people from Georgia. Yeah me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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