druid Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Was this a specific venue? Was there a reason for playing a show, which for me being a local, seems like an obscure place to hold one... I do realize this was near the beginning... but IE Detroit -> Wheaton?? (suburb of Washington DC) -> then, Pittsburgh? Now that i think about it, were they booking in-between lay-overs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59LesPaul Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Was this a specific venue? Was there a reason for playing a show, which for me being a local, seems like an obscure place to hold one... I do realize this was near the beginning... but IE Detroit -> Wheaton?? (suburb of Washington DC) -> then, Pittsburgh? Now that i think about it, were they booking in-between lay-overs? Honestly,I don't know for sure....maybe-as hard as it is to imagine now-they weren't booking the bigger halls yet? I'm really curious myself,because I grew up in Silver Spring,right outside of Wheaton... That's how I know it wasn't in Rockville. Someone here knows,I'm sure of it. Welcome,fellow Marylander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druid Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 Honestly,I don't know for sure....maybe-as hard as it is to imagine now-they weren't booking the bigger halls yet? I'm really curious myself,because I grew up in Silver Spring,right outside of Wheaton... That's how I know it wasn't in Rockville. Someone here knows,I'm sure of it. Welcome,fellow Marylander. Wow a third MD'er! Ya know you go to a site and expect people from all over...and From what i can glean off the timelines and wiki articles (yep web articles i'm too young to have 'been there') it was only 3 months after they formed and 4-5 months after the yardbirds ended so yeah little old Wheaton MD had a little help launching Led Zepplin Must be where it comes from, because Zepp is still huge in MD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdh Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 They played at the Wheaton Youth Center for 20 minutes. Richard Harrington, the Washington Post rock journalist emailed me information about this show which was confirmed by Richard Cole whom was interviewed by the aforementioned Harrington. I will try to get my info on this particular brushed over show that did happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Was this a specific venue? Was there a reason for playing a show, which for me being a local, seems like an obscure place to hold one... I do realize this was near the beginning... but IE Detroit -> Wheaton?? (suburb of Washington DC) -> then, Pittsburgh? Now that i think about it, were they booking in-between lay-overs? I believe the venue was the Wheaton Youth Center at 11711 Georgia Avenue. It was an unadvertised gig the band performed for $250 U.S. dollars on an open date between the third and final show in Detroit and the next gig in Pittsburgh. There could be a local connection to the promoter or D.C. market but nothing has been confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpicForest Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I believe the venue was the Wheaton Youth Center at 11711 Georgia Avenue. It was an unadvertised gig the band performed for $250 U.S. dollars... Peter Grant must've had stomach flu and in bed, too weak to wrestle out any more $ out of the promoter. I wonder if his $50 share paid for his indigestion. $250 !!! WTF ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widget Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 That was a pretty hectic tour schedule as well.. near the end of five nights straight, then on to the Boston Tea Party. Maybe Grant did it as a favour to the promoter? I remember there were references to the show in the book Capitol Rock by Mark Opsasnick, which I don't have handy with me atm. Meg Peter Grant must've had stomach flu and in bed, too weak to wrestle out any more $ out of the promoter. I wonder if his $50 share paid for his indigestion. $250 !!! WTF ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdh Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 http://www.ledzeppelinplayedhere.com/ Documentary on the "show" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebk Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 http://www.ledzeppelinplayedhere.com/ Documentary on the "show" I'm going to see this at AFI Silver on the 30th. Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebk Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Heading out to dinner and the movie. I'll report back...if I can work up the energy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebk Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 I quite enjoyed this movie. It's really more of a story of the local rock scene at the time, so I'm not sure how it would play in general release, but it is really fun. Lots of humor in it. And it brought back lots of memories... We are left at the end with the definitive answer as to whether this show happened ---- maybe A few closer pics of the items in the shadow box here... http://s272.photobucket.com/user/estherb818/library/LZ%20Played%20Here?sort=2&page=1 Hope Mr. Krulik can find a way to get this into somewhat wider release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb126 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Hope Mr. Krulik can find a way to get this into somewhat wider release. Thanks for the review ebk, glad you had a good time! I hope a wider release is in the works. Now that you and kdh have updated this thread, I'll be checking for updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pb! Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 This will be screened again at the DC Record Fair at the Artisphere in Arlington, VA on June 1... http://artisphere.com/calendar/event-details/Film-New-Media/LED-ZEPPELIN-PLAYED-HERE.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebk Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Strider, here's another thread about the movie...complete with my pictures from the lobby! Sorry you're missing it tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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