Jimmy Saying "Good Evening" on 3/21/75?

[Bonzo_fan]

I was browsing through the 'Plantations' section of Led Zeppelin Reference, and it claims that Jimmy says "Good Evening" before "Over The Hills And Far Away" on March 21, 1975 in Seattle.  I can tell that they're thinking of the second "good evening"--it goes "Seattle, good evening! ...good evening.  Well, we went across the border..."  I always assumed that the second "good evening" was just Robert changing his tone of voice, but I could be wrong.

Here's the link: http://www.ledzeppelin-reference.com/geekbaseweb/speechpage.aspx?memberid=2

[TheStairwayRemainsTheSame]

As a pedagouge of the various tones of Percy I can say it is Robert.

Also we don't really see Page get the confidence to say anything until 80' or when he gets hit with something

[JohnOsbourne]

I'm pretty sure Page says "good night" after STH, the voice is definitely a different pitch than Plant's.

[The Rover]

For Dallas '75 Robert says "Good Evening"....then there's a pause, then Robert says "Nah... I said GOOD EVENING !!!"

I don't recall James saying anything, except to me, in the backstage area, just before the March 5th show was to begin...

[Bonzo_fan]

48 minutes ago, The Rover said:

For Dallas '75 Robert says "Good Evening"....then there's a pause, then Robert says "Nah... I said GOOD EVENING !!!"

I don't recall James saying anything, except to me, in the backstage area, just before the March 5th show was to begin...

Woah, seriously?!

[paplbojo]

1 hour ago, The Rover said:

I don't recall James saying anything, except to me, in the backstage area, just before the March 5th show was to begin...

Come again?

[TheStairwayRemainsTheSame]

9 hours ago, paplbojo said:

Come again?

Apparently he finally was able to speak until March 5 75' backstage at a show.

Sounds legit

[The Rover]

On 4/5/2018 at 6:01 PM, Bonzo_fan said:

Woah, seriously?!

 

On 4/5/2018 at 6:25 PM, paplbojo said:

Come again?

 

On 4/6/2018 at 4:11 AM, TheStairwayRemainsTheSame said:

Apparently he finally was able to speak until March 5 75' backstage at a show.

Sounds legit

So here's what happened on the evening of March 5th, 1975:

After entering the Dallas Memorial Auditorium with my ticket for Zep's 2nd show, I headed straight for the ramp that goes from the lower balcony level to the floor level.

Half way down that ramp, it turns and continues downward to the floor level. At that turn, you're halfway between the floor level and the lower balcony level. You overlook the back stage area there. To the right is an opened garage door and just outside is where vehicles pull up, including limos bringing the band to the arena.

Straight ahead is the backstage hallway. On the right of the hallway is the door to the dressing room where the band changes into their stage clothes, and munches on whatever goodies are laid out there for them.

Then, straight ahead, to the left, is the entrance to the floor of the arena, where the band walk up the stairs to the stage.

As I approached the overlook, a young slim female was there with long brunette hair. Hard to say her age, 16-20 I suppose. On the other side of the overlook, was none other than Jimmy Page, in his performance clothing, standing on a large equipment case, to be able to receive the flower that this young starstruck fan was giving him. She didn't say a word. The communication between her and Jimmy was all eye-soul contact.

I waited patiently, standing back, until she turned to leave. It seemed like an eternity, but it was really only about 20 seconds of anxious waiting. As soon as she turned to leave, Jimmy started to begin to step down. But I quickly stepped up and began speaking to him, and he paused to hear what I had to say. I noticed that Jimmy was wearing black eye makeup under his eyes that artists sometimes use.

Anyway, I said this: "Jimmy.... Your solo last night on Dazed And Confused was  Absolutely Amazing!!"  (It WAS!!)

Then Jimmy wryly responded right back to me: "Yeah.... I can only do about one of those a night...."

Jimmy then stepped down to the floor and walked to the stage door entrance, to begin the show.

I, ran, as fast as I could, to get inside the arena, to see the start of this 2nd Led Zeppelin show.

While this exchange was going on between myself and Jimmy, there was no one else, in the back stage area. I suspect that everyone else in the Zeppelin entourage had headed to the stage just before I walked up to that overlook.

 

[Bonzo_fan]

18 hours ago, The Rover said:

 

 

So here's what happened on the evening of March 5th, 1975:

After entering the Dallas Memorial Auditorium with my ticket for Zep's 2nd show, I headed straight for the ramp that goes from the lower balcony level to the floor level.

Half way down that ramp, it turns and continues downward to the floor level. At that turn, you're halfway between the floor level and the lower balcony level. You overlook the back stage area there. To the right is an opened garage door and just outside is where vehicles pull up, including limos bringing the band to the arena.

Straight ahead is the backstage hallway. On the right of the hallway is the door to the dressing room where the band changes into their stage clothes, and munches on whatever goodies are laid out there for them.

Then, straight ahead, to the left, is the entrance to the floor of the arena, where the band walk up the stairs to the stage.

As I approached the overlook, a young slim female was there with long brunette hair. Hard to say her age, 16-20 I suppose. On the other side of the overlook, was none other than Jimmy Page, in his performance clothing, standing on a large equipment case, to be able to receive the flower that this young starstruck fan was giving him. She didn't say a word. The communication between her and Jimmy was all eye-soul contact.

I waited patiently, standing back, until she turned to leave. It seemed like an eternity, but it was really only about 20 seconds of anxious waiting. As soon as she turned to leave, Jimmy started to begin to step down. But I quickly stepped up and began speaking to him, and he paused to hear what I had to say. I noticed that Jimmy was wearing black eye makeup under his eyes that artists sometimes use.

Anyway, I said this: "Jimmy.... Your solo last night on Dazed And Confused was  Absolutely Amazing!!"  (It WAS!!)

Then Jimmy wryly responded right back to me: "Yeah.... I can only do about one of those a night...."

Jimmy then stepped down to the floor and walked to the stage door entrance, to begin the show.

I, ran, as fast as I could, to get inside the arena, to see the start of this 2nd Led Zeppelin show.

While this exchange was going on between myself and Jimmy, there was no one else, in the back stage area. I suspect that everyone else in the Zeppelin entourage had headed to the stage just before I walked up to that overlook.

 

Wow, that's pretty amazing!