Cat Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Page and Plant Future Unclear Page and Plant may join NetAid bill Posted Sep 22, 1999 12:00 AM Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page may have spoken too soon last month when he told Kerrang! magazine that he didn't know whether his resuscitated partnership with Robert Plant would continue. Page and Plant's management has issued a press release implying that the duo, which got back together in 1994 to release No Quarter: Page & Robert Plant UnLedded and last year for Walking Into Clarksdale, might team up again soon. At the tail end of a missive about Page's appearance at NetAid and his upcoming shows with the Black Crowes was the following information: "Robert Plant is in the process of completing a photographic study of Morocco (more details to follow). Current plans are for them to work together later this autumn." Insiders say that the management company is just buying time in hopes of getting the explosive duo on speaking terms again. They say that Plant isn't in Morocco at all, but rather has been playing a number of shows under the name of "The Priory of Byron" (taken from the Priory of Sion, a secret society of Knights Templars) with his old cohort, Kevin Gammond from the Band of Joy, the Birmingham-based band in which Plant played prior to joining Zeppelin. According to Led Zeppelin fanzine Proximity, the Priory of Byron performed at the Bridnorth Folk Festival in northern England on Aug. 28, and at Shrewsbury's Jazz and Roots Club on the 26. They are currently slotted for another show next weekend. There is hope that Plant will join Page at NetAid, much like they did at the 1985 Live Aid show, where the two reunited for the first time since their 1980 break-up. Sources close to the duo claim that Plant has been asked to perform with Page at the concert, which will take place on October 9 at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, but as of yet, no decision has been made. Meanwhile, the Led Zeppelin spirit is alive and well with Whole Lotta Blues: Songs of Led Zeppelin, featuring cover versions of some of Led Zep's better known songs performed by a variety of blues artists including James Cotton, Otis Rush and Robert Lockwood Jr., was released Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 The management company was just buying time in the hopes they could bring them together. In the years to come the Sanctuary Group also floated more than one "Led Zeppelin to reform" rumor every time the creditors would come calling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted February 10, 2008 Author Share Posted February 10, 2008 Insiders say that the management company is just buying time in hopes of getting the explosive duo on speaking terms again. Why weren't they on speaking terms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Why weren't they on speaking terms? My feeling is that when WiC failed to sell that well or win over the critics that Robert didn't have the commitment to go back in the studio and try again. Jimmy started writing new material with Michael Lee and Robert didn't join in. Then when Jimmy tried to get back on the road, Robert wouldn't join him. I don't think it was handled well at all. I think Robert left Jimmy out to dry rather than making his intentions clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evster2012 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 last year for Walking Into Clarksdale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 My feeling is that when WiC failed to sell that well or win over the critics that Robert didn't have the commitment to go back in the studio and try again. Jimmy started writing new material with Michael Lee and Robert didn't join in. Then when Jimmy tried to get back on the road, Robert wouldn't join him. I don't think it was handled well at all. I think Robert left Jimmy out to dry rather than making his intentions clear. Essentially true. I'll just add things came to a head after Robert backed out of the Japanese leg of the tour (December 1998) and he went on to struggle with writer's block for the better part of eight years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knebby Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Robert Plant tells it differently, I think he has slightly more insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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