zeplz71 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Donovan joined Robert Plant onstage at the Wexford Spiegeltent Festival in Ireland, where they performed Donovan's "Season of the Witch." The seasonally appropriate song has often appeared in Plant's sets over the past two decades. Most recently, he performed the song on Halloween night at his concert in Dublin. Donovan's appearance, however, marked the first time Plant performed the classic song with its writer. In a Facebook post, Donovan described the performance as "historic," noting that the audience "exploded" when he and Plant appeared together. He also implied that the experience may have inspired him to get back to playing live: "It gave me a buzz to perform live again. ... Shall we?" You can see photos from the event in Donovan's Facebook post. DONOVAN PERFORMS IN IRELAND WITH ROBERT PLANT AND SAVING GRACE. Donovan says - it was historic to sing my song SEASON... Posted by Donovan on Thursday, November 3, 2022 Plant has also covered Donovan's 1966 song "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)" at his concerts. The former Led Zeppelin singer is currently finishing up a tour of the U.K. with his band Saving Grace, which includes singer Suzi Dian, guitarists Tony Kelsey and Matt Worley, and percussionist Oli Jefferson. At a show earlier this year (which coincidentally included "Season of the Witch"), Plant commented on the band's relatively low profile. "We are working a new process of fame and acquisition of wealth and treasure by not putting any records out, not selling any T-shirts, not doing a fucking thing, just keep playing," he said. https://ultimateclassicrock.com/donovan-robert-plant-season-of-the-witch/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 I saw Robert perform "Season of The Witch" back in 1993 in NYC. Pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plant77 Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 I watched this performance this morning. It was cool to see those guys on stage and hear that rendition. Good for them. What a troubadour Plant is. Playing acoustic, I would love to see Jimmy do something acoustic at some point. He doesn’t need to shred Wanton anymore. I just “wanton”to hear him, I have also come to accept that it probably will not happen. I’m okay with it, he gave us as much as anyone could ever give musically. He is simply the greatest ever and I’m good with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Smith Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 10 hours ago, Plant77 said: I watched this performance this morning. It was cool to see those guys on stage and hear that rendition. Good for them. What a troubadour Plant is. Playing acoustic, I would love to see Jimmy do something acoustic at some point. He doesn’t need to shred Wanton anymore. I just “wanton”to hear him, I have also come to accept that it probably will not happen. I’m okay with it, he gave us as much as anyone could ever give musically. He is simply the greatest ever and I’m good with it. This 👆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FavouriteTipple Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Great to see this happening in my homeland. It's a cliché and I'm biased, but there really is something special and magical about Ireland, and the Irish. And don't forget folks: if you're an artist living in Ireland, you pay no taxes on your art earnings up to €250,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsj Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 Do you know that Donovan pretty much invented Led Zeppelin? Along with the Beatles and many other things. Only last night I saw a documentary on him where he claimed that on Sunshine Superman he had not only Page & Jones but Bonham too playing on it and Page was making a lot of notes and how it was pretty much the blueprint for Zeppelin’s whole style It can’t be denied that Donovan certainly has been around but Jesus, no one loves him as much as himself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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