Rock Historian Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I was browsing around different sites last night and ran across a page that had talk of a tape existing with a jam consisting of members of Sabbath and Robert Plant and John Bonham. I find this highly unlikely and I'd have to hear it to believe it, but there were a few post on it. I can't remember the name of the site and it was very late so I didn't really pay attention. I know that members of both bands generally liked one another and would run into each other at the clubs but I don't believe Plant was ever fond of Sabbaths music, so that puts me in doubt....any clues? or did it occur?...who's got the tapes???!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsy Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I was browsing around different sites last night and ran across a page that had talk of a tape existing with a jam consisting of members of Sabbath and Robert Plant and John Bonham. I find this highly unlikely and I'd have to hear it to believe it, but there were a few post on it. I can't remember the name of the site and it was very late so I didn't really pay attention. I know that Plant was never fond of Sabbths music, so that puts me more in doubt....any clues? or is it false? According to Bill Ward in an Ozzy Q magazine special, there were jam sessions between both bands at Morgan studios (Early 70??) Bonzo & Plant were certainly there. It happened my friend. Now wheres those confounded tapes??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Historian Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 According to Bill Ward in an Ozzy Q magazine special, there were jam sessions between both bands at Morgan studios (Early 70??) Bonzo & Plant were certainly there. It happened my friend. Now wheres those confounded tapes??? Where's the link ? ...that would be a cool read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purdieshuffle Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I've read in several ozzy interviews that he loves to tell "john bonham" stories....with the legends of these two's drinking escapades, I bet he has some good ones. wouldn't surprise me a bit if they jammed together.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I've read in several ozzy interviews that he loves to tell "john bonham" stories....with the legends of these two's drinking escapades, I bet he has some good ones. wouldn't surprise me a bit if they jammed together.... I have the radio tribute which BRMB (Birmingham, England) aired in the days following John Bonham's death. Ozzy is among many local musicians featured on the program who comment on his passing. He reflects on some of the good times they had over the years. You can hear the sadness in his voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonOfDarkness Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I have the radio tribute which BRMB (Birmingam, England) aired in the days following John Bonham's death. Ozzy is among many local musicians featured on the program who comment on his passing. He reflects on some of the good times they had over the years. You can hear the sadness in his voice. Very intriguing. It would be interesting to hear Ozzy speak about Bonzo. As a fan of Sabbath I too would love to hear a Zeppelin/Sabbath jam session. I can only imagine some serious ripping going down. Maybe somewhere in the future a recording will surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Historian Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 If you check out this link below, scroll down to the 1975 section and you will see that they did jam together, but according to this source it wasn't recorded. However the site I visited yesterday says that there is a tape or some evidence of this historical moment. Does anybody out there have proof of a session. I'm shocked/suprisied that this went down. I believe it did happen without a doubt, after reading various articles in the last few hours, but does a recording exist? -that is the question. http://www.rockdetector.com/officialbio,11...D37A514C77431DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonOfDarkness Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 10 to 1 odds that if there is in fact any recording of this it's kept under wraps in someones private collection and will probably never see the light of day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickZepp Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I remember reading somewhere, probably here on this board somewhere, that Bonham would make fun of Sabbath saying that "Sabbath is Shit!" He was probably just teasing them because they were from the same area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ady Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Tony Iommi has the tapes: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermo...ewsitemID=36193 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonOfDarkness Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Allow me to correct myself. Now I know these tapes will never see the light of day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 If you check out this link below, scroll down to the 1975 section and you will see that they did jam together, but according to this source it wasn't recorded. However the site I visited yesterday says that there is a tape or some evidence of this historical moment. Does anybody out there have proof of a session. I'm shocked/suprisied that this went down. I believe it did happen without a doubt, after reading various articles in the last few hours, but does a recording exist? -that is the question. http://www.rockdetector.com/officialbio,11...D37A514C77431DC According to the link provided, the jam occured in Jan or Feb 1975. Having looked at Led Zeppelin's schedule for this time, if it did occur it was sometime between Jan 1-9 before the tour began. Jimmy was nursing a broken finger at the time so it makes sense he would not have been in on it. It couldn't have been during the mid-tour break in February because only JPJ and Bonzo returned to England; Robert and Jimmy went to Dominica in the Caribbean Islands (where Jimmy had a friend who owned a rum shop). I note Don Arden (Sharon Osbourne's father) was Black Sabbath's manager during these sessions. Back in 1963 Don Arden had hired Peter Grant as a UK tour manager for Bo Diddley, The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Brian Hyland, Chuck Berry and then (later in the year) Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, and The Animals. So there was a management connection here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3hrsoflunacy Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 There is some discussion about it here: http://www.iommi.com/archive/the_holy_sabbath.htm Edit to add: I remember reading somewhere that Bonzo was Tony Iommi's best man at his first wedding. I cannot recall the source at this moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Historian Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 There is some discussion about it here: http://www.iommi.com/archive/the_holy_sabbath.htm Edit to add: I remember reading somewhere that Bonzo was Tony Iommi's best man at his first wedding. I cannot recall the source at this moment. I took out the section that mentions the jam from your link...thanks! That was a great find indeed!!! Iommi: John Bonham, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones came down to the studio and jammed with us when we were finishing the album. We were friends with John Bonham -- he was "local" -- but Bill would never let Bonham play his drums. He was afraid he'd break them. That time we let him, and he did! There's probably a tape of it somewhere. Osbourne: We had left our manager at that point, and Led Zeppelin wanted to manage us. We didn't want that. We thought it would be . . . degrading to be managed by another band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evster2012 Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 I note Don Arden (Sharon Osbourne's father) was Black Sabbath's manager during these sessions. Back in 1963 Don Arden had hired Peter Grant as a UK tour manager for Bo Diddley, The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Brian Hyland, Chuck Berry and then (later in the year) Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, and The Animals. So there was a management connection here as well. That, and the fact (if not already mentioned) that the Sabs, Plant and Bonham were all Brummies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquamarine Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 I don't THINK Plant and Bonham would thank you for calling them Brummies, Ev--they get very touchy about these things in the Midlands--but I know what you mean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonOfDarkness Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 ...Bill would never let Bonham play his drums. He was afraid he'd break them. That time we let him, and he did! Another smashing(pun intended) ode to the power of Bonzo. Bill Ward was no slouch on the drums either. But that's hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzyIsDio Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 I would love to get my hands on the Black Zeppelin tapes, hell I'd like to see a modern day line-up of Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepscoda Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Great interview here, talks about Bonzo a few times in this , nothing about that jam, but stuff I've never heard before..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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