BRAY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2008-Featuring The Music of Led Zeppelin

BRAY JAZZ FESTIVAL 2008

When rock legends Led Zeppelin announced a once-off reunion concert in London last Christmas, it created the largest demand for tickets for a concert show in history.

Several million fans scrambled to get seats at the show in the city’s O2 Arena, resulting in the crash of the concert’s official web-site, and the subsequent sale of tickets for hundreds, and even thousands of times their face value.

Local lovers of the music of the British rock legends will get a unique chance to hear their music in a live setting next month – but it will be a musical production of an entirely different sort when the inventive Paris based Orchestra National de Jazz (ONJ) come to town.

The French orchestra’s ‘Close to Heaven’ - a celebration of the music of Led Zeppelin is one of the highlight’s of this year’s Bray Jazz Festival, an event which has yet again assembled a brilliantly diverse and imaginative programme of concerts for the town over the May Bank Holiday weekend.

Now in it’s 9th year, Bray Jazz 2008 will host shows by performers from as far afield as China, the United States, Italy, Cuba, Cape Verde, Sweden, Denmark and the United Kingdom, when the festival rolls into town on May 2nd, 3rd and 4th with a programme of over 40 concerts, recitals, and pub trail shows.

The concert featuring Orchestra National de Jazz will take place at Mermaid Arts Centre, which will also play host over the weekend to shows by the European jazz supergroup ‘Mare Nostrum’, featuring a Swedish pianist, Italian trumpeter and French accordianist, and a unique to Mermaid standing only gig with the legendary American funk legend Maceo Parker and his band.

Parker, who made his name as a member of the late soul great James Brown’s band has spent the past decade recording and touring with Prince, comes to Bray with a 12 piece jazz funk orchestra who are legendary who are renouned for their marathon dance shows.

Elsewhere, this year’s festival will a progamme of day-time and evening shows at the town’s Royal Hotel, featuring Cuban drumming great Dafnis Prieto amongst others, a series of world music shows at it’s World Stage at Katie Gallaghers, a programme of early evening recitals in the Town Hall, and late night club concerts at The Heather House Hotel.

Pub and hotel venues around the town will also be in on the act, hosting free to the public concerts and shows each night, over the May bank holiday weekend.
(The above information in this web post was obtained from: http://www.eventguide.ie/articles.elive?session_id=12094742514199142&sku=080429104752)

Some of the featured shows include :

Friday, 2nd May

6.30pm
Town Hall
Liu Fang (China) €12

8.00pm
Mermaid Arts
Mare Nostrum (Sweden/Italy/France) €25

9.00pm
Royal Hotel
Dafnis Prieto Sextet (Cuba/USA) €20

11.00pm
Katies World Stage
Carmen Souza Band (Cape Verde) €12

Saturday, 3rd May

2.30pm
Royal Hotel
Touché (Denmark) free

6.30pm
Town Hall
Norma Winstone & Tommy Halferty (UK/Irl) €12

8.00pm
Mermaid Arts
Maceo Parker & his Band (with Dennis Rollins) (USA/UK) €30 (standing show)

9.00pm
Royal Hotel
Togetherness (Irl) €15

10.00pm
Katies World Stage
Havana Son avec David L’Esprit (Irl/Cuba/France) €12

12.00
Heather House
The Electric Miles Davis (Irl/Aus) €12

Sunday, 4th May

2.30pm
Royal Hotel
Fuzzy Logic & Tom Arthurs (Irl/UK) free

6.30pm
Town Hall
Zahr (Italy) €12

8.00pm
Mermaid Arts
Orchestra National de Jazz–Close to Heaven (Fr) €25

9.00pm
Royal Hotel
Cormac Kenevey & The Phil Ware Trio (Irl/UK) €15

10.30pm
Katies World Stage
Ibrahim Electric (Denmark) €12

12.00
Heather House
Yurodny (Irl) €12

Full details are available at www.brayjazz.com

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Go See Billabongs

Many people outside of Australia do not know what the term "billabong" actually means. According to TheTravelVoice.com, billabongs occur when a waterway bends, and the water becomes still and stagnant. Australia has plenty of these billabongs that are homes to many unique species of fish, birds and other wildlife. The billabongs are in danger of disappearing, because of development and changes in the landscape, but TheTravelVoice.com talks about a preserve called Kakadu National Park, which gives visitors a glimpse of Australian wildlife that may not be present much longer. The site talks about amenities the park offers and how it is taking steps to preserve Australian nature. If you are planning a trip to Australia, make sure to visit the billabongs at Kakadu National Park.

John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones (born John Baldwin on January 3, 1946) is an English multi-instrumentalist musician, and was known for being the bassist, the keyboardist and the mandolinist for Led Zeppelin. In recent years he has developed a successful solo career, and is widely respected as both a musician and a producer. A versatile musician, Jones also plays guitar, koto, lap steel guitars, autoharp, ukulele, sitar, cello, and the three over-dubbed recorder parts heard on "Stairway to Heaven".


Early years
Jones was born in Sidcup, Kent, now part of Greater London. The name John Paul Jones was suggested to him by a friend, Andrew Loog Oldham, after seeing a movie poster for the film of that name in France. Jones started playing piano at the age of six, learning his keyboard skills from his father, Joe Baldwin, who was a pianist and arranger for big bands in the 1940s and 1950s, notably with the Ambrose Orchestra. His mother was also in the music business which allowed the family to often perform together touring around England. His influences ranged from the blues of Big Bill Broonzy, the jazz of Charles Mingus, to the classical piano of Sergei Rachmaninoff. Because his parents were on the road a lot, he was sent to boarding school at a young age.[1] Jones was a student at Christ's College, Blackheath, London where he formally studied music. At the age of 14, he became choirmaster and organist at a local church and during that year, he also bought his first bass guitar, a Dallas solid body electric followed by a Fender Jazz bass which he continued to use until 1975. The fluid playing of Chicago musician Phil Upchurch had made him decide to take up the bass guitar, after he bought his recording You Can't Sit Down which includes an impressive bass solo.


Session work
Jones joined his first band, The Deltas, at 15. He then played bass for jazz-rock London group, Jett Blacks, a collective that included guitarist John McLaughlin. His big break came in 1962 when he met Jet Harris and Tony Meehan (who had just left the Shadows) and played bass for their band for two years. Jet and Tony had just had a Number 1 hit with "Diamonds" (a track on which Jimmy Page had played.) Jones played his '61 Fender Jazz Bass on hundreds of sessions from 1962 to 1968 and in 1964, Jones began session work with Decca Records on the recommendations of Tony Meehan. Between 1964 and 1968 he was much in demand arranging, and playing keyboards or bass guitar for artists including The Rolling Stones on Their Satanic Majesties Request (it's Jones' string arrangement which is heard on "She's A Rainbow"). Herman's Hermits; Donovan on "Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow"; Jeff Beck; Cat Stevens; Shirley Bassey; Lulu; and numerous others. As well as recording sessions with Dusty Springfield, Jones also played bass for her Talk of the Town series of performances. His arranging and playing on Donovan's "Sunshine Superman", resulted in producer Mickie Most using his services as choice arranger for many of his own projects, with Tom Jones, Nico, Wayne Fontana, the Walker Brothers, and many others. Jones also got to record with fellow friends of Tony Meehan and Jet Harris, none other than Meehan and Harris' ex-band, Cliff Richard and the Shadows. Before these recordings, Cliff Richard and the Shadows came close to nearly preventing the future formation of Led Zeppelin, when they had talks about Jones replacing their ex-bassist Brian "Licorice" Locking. Instead they chose John Rostill. However, by 1968 Jones was quickly becoming burnt out. As a session arranger he was composing scores for horns and strings the night before, handing them out the next day and finishing the product. "I was arranging 50 or 60 things a month and it was starting to kill me."


Led Zeppelin
During his time as a session player, Jones often crossed paths with fellow session veteran, guitarist Jimmy Page. In June 1966 Page joined The Yardbirds, and in 1967 Jones contributed to their Little Games album. The following winter, during the sessions for Donovan's The Hurdy Gurdy Man, Jones expressed to Page an interest in being a part of any projects the guitarist might be planning. Later in that year, The Yardbirds disbanded, leaving Page and bassist Chris Dreja to complete some previously booked Yardbirds dates in Scandinavia. Before a new band could be assembled, Dreja left to take up photography. Jones inquired to Page about the vacant position, and the guitarist gladly welcomed his old friend into the new project. As Page has explained: “I was working at the sessions for Donovan's Hurdy Gurdy Man, and John Paul Jones was looking after the musical arrangements. During a break, he asked me if I could use a bass player in the new group I was forming. He had a proper music training, and he had quite brilliant ideas. I jumped at the chance of getting him.” Vocalist Robert Plant and drummer John Bonham had joined after the collaboration of John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page. Initially dubbed the "New Yardbirds" for the Scandinavian dates, the band would soon come to be known as Led Zeppelin. Jones' decision to leave session work and join a group was due to his desire to express his artistic creativity. Despite the spotlight invariably being placed on the more flamboyant members of Led Zeppelin, many cite Jones' temperament, musicianship and experience as crucial elements adding to the success of the band. He was responsible for the classic bass lines of the group, notably those in "What Is and What Should Never Be" (Led Zeppelin II), and power crunch and shifting time signatures, such as those in "Black Dog" (Led Zeppelin IV). As Led Zeppelin's rhythm section-mate with drummer John Bonham, Jones shared an appreciation for funk and soul rhythmic grooves which strengthened and enhanced their musical affinity. After "retiring" his Fender Jazz Bass in 1975, Jones switched to using custom-designed Alembics while out on the road, but still preferred to use the Jazz in the studio. Jones' keyboarding skills added an eclectic dimension that realized Led Zeppelin as more than just a heavy metal band, most notably on the delicate "The Rain Song" (Houses of the Holy) played on a Mellotron, the funky, danceable "Trampled Underfoot", played on a Clavinet (Physical Graffiti), and the eastern scales of "Kashmir" (also on Physical Graffiti). In live performances, Jones' keyboard showpiece was "No Quarter", often lasting for up to half-an-hour and sometimes including snatches of "Amazing Grace", Joaquín Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez", which had inspired Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain, and variations of classical pieces by composers such as Rachmaninoff. His diverse contributions to the group extended to the use of other instruments, including an unusual triple-necked acoustic instrument consisting of a six and a twelve string guitar, and a mandolin. Jones often used bass pedals to supplement the band's sound while he was playing keyboards and mandolin. While all members of Led Zeppelin had a reputation for off-stage excess (a label Robert Plant later claimed was somewhat exaggerated), Jones was seen as the quietest and lowest profile member of the group. His professionalism ensured that any excesses experienced on the road never hindered his performance. For his part, Jones has claimed that he had just as much fun on the road as his band-mates but was more discreet about it. Benoit Gautier, an employee of Atlantic Records in France, echoed this impression, stating that "The wisest guy in Led Zeppelin was John Paul Jones. Why? He never got caught in an embarrassing situation." However, following several exhausting tours and extended periods of time away from his family, by late 1973 Jones was beginning to show signs of disillusionment with life as a member of the biggest band in the world. He seriously considered quitting Led Zeppelin to become choirmaster at Winchester Cathedral, but was talked into returning by the band's manager, Peter Grant. Jones later explained his reservations in a magazine interview: “I didn't want to harm the group, but I didn't want my family to fall apart either. We toured a huge amount in those early days. We were all very tired and under pressure and it just came to a head. When I first joined the band, I didn't think it would go on for that long, two or three years perhaps, and then I'd carry on with my career as a musician and doing movie music.” Jones' involvement with Led Zeppelin did not put a halt to his session work. In 1969 he returned to the studio to play bass guitar on The Family Dogg's A Way of Life album, in 1970, keyboards for guitarist Peter Green on his solo album The End of the Game. Jones was Madeline Bell's first choice to produce and arrange her 1974 album Comin' Atcha. He has also played keyboards on many Roy Harper albums, and contributed to Paul McCartney’s Wings Rockestra, Back to the Egg.


After Led Zeppelin
Since 1980 Jones has collaborated with a number of artists, including R.E.M., Heart, Ben E. King, Foo Fighters, The Mission, La Fura dels Baus, Brian Eno, Karl Sabino, the Butthole Surfers and Uncle Earl. He appeared on several sessions and videos for Paul McCartney and was involved in the soundtrack of the film Give My Regards to Broad Street. In 1985, Jones was asked by director Michael Winner to provide the soundtrack for the film, Scream for Help, with Jimmy Page appearing on two tracks. Jones provides vocals for two of the songs. He recorded and toured with Diamanda Galás on her 1994 album, The Sporting Life (co-credited to John Paul Jones). Jones set up his own recording studio called Sunday School, as well being involved in his daughter's (Jacinda Jones) singing career. Zooma, his debut solo album, was released in September 1999 on Robert Fripp's DGM label and followed up in 2001 by The Thunderthief. Both albums were accompanied by tours, in which he played with Nick Beggs (Chapman Stick) and Terl Bryant (drums). In 2004, he toured as part of the group Mutual Admiration Society, along with Glen Phillips (the front man for the band Toad the Wet Sprocket) and the members of the band Nickel Creek. Jones plays on two tracks on Foo Fighters' album In Your Honor : mandolin on "Another Round" and piano on "Miracle", both of which are on the acoustic disc. The band's frontman Dave Grohl (a big Led Zeppelin fan) has described Jones' guest appearance as the "second greatest thing to happen to me in my life". He has also branched out into album production, having produced such albums as The Mission (band) album Children, The Datsuns' second album Outta Sight, Outta Mind (2004) and Uncle Earl's upcoming album. Recently he accompanied Robyn Hitchcock and Ruby Wright in performing the song Gigolo Aunt at a tribute for Pink Floyd founder, Syd Barrett, in London, which he did on mandolin. He played at Bonnaroo 2007 in a collaboration with Ben Harper and Roots drummer as part of the festival's all-star Super-Jam, an annual tradition in the festival that brings together several famous, world-class musicians together to jam on stage together for a few hours. He came out and played mandolin with Gillian Welch at Bonnaroo during the song "Look at Miss Ohio" and a cover of the Johnny Cash song "Jackson." He also appeared during the set of Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals where they played a cover of "Dazed and Confused". Jones then closed Gov't Mule's first set, playing part of "Moby Dick" and then "Livin Lovin Maid" on bass, then proceeded to play keyboards on the songs "Since I've Been Loving You" and "No Quarter". Jones also performed on mandolin with all female blue-grass group Uncle Earl, whose album he had produced. Jones played in the Led Zeppelin reunion show at London's O2 Arena on December 10, 2007 as part of a tribute to Ahmet Ertegun. This year, Jones plans to produce Nickel Creek singer-fiddler Sara Watkins' debut solo album. As previously mentioned, Jones toured with Watkins, Glen Phillips, and the rest of Nickel Creek in late 2004 in a collaboration entitled Mutual Admiration Society. On Feb. 10, 2008, John Paul Jones appeared with the Foo Fighters on the Grammies conducting the orchestral part to their song The Pretender.

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"The Music of Led Zeppelin" – A Rock Symphony

When arranger/conductor Brent Havens first talked to Virginia Symphony Orchestra percussionist Rob Cross in 1994 about a symphonic tribute to legendary rock 'n' roll band Led Zeppelin, they didn't want the performance to come off as an "elevator to heaven" Muzak experience.

Havens and Cross figured some diehard symphony supporters would attend, but the vast majority would be Zeppelin fans.

"So my thought was: Why don't we take a band of studio musicians, get a famous front singer and wrap the orchestra around them?" Havens said. "And that's what we did."
The production was titled "The Music of Led Zeppelin." Havens undertook the duties of scoring and conducting, while Cross became the show's producer.

It debuted in a theater within the old Virginia Beach Pavilion. Tony Elliott, a local singer, opened the show in the role of Robert Plant but was soon replaced by Randy Jackson of the nationally touring hard-rock band Zebra.

The current lineup includes Jackson and guitarist George Cintron as well as local musicians Powell Randolph on drums, bassist Daniel Clemons and electric violinist Allegra, who is married to Havens.

Havens, 51, says he and the core rock band hit the "road" - by plane - nearly every other weekend, performing 30-some shows a year and selling out most venues in the 2,500- to 3,000-seat range.

"It's been touring nationally and doing huge audiences in other markets," said Cross, who also is directing the Virginia Arts Festival. "It's the people who grew up with the music, so there are a lot of 50- and 60-year-olds in the audience. "But what I've found surprising is there's another whole generation of 15- to 40-year-olds that are rediscovering that classic rock music."

While "The Music of Led Zeppelin" has turned out to be quite successful for Havens and Cross, the production was a tough sell at first to host orchestras. "The majority were scared to death of it," Havens said. Of course they were thinking of their classical audiences.

"The Atlanta Symphony did it at their summer home at Chastain Park, and they sold 4,000 tickets, and they went, 'Oh, hello.'" Soon other orchestras were picking up the Zeppelin show, and booking agencies in New York also took notice. "A couple of agencies in New York heard about the show, came out and saw us and said, 'This thing rocks. Let's take this out on the road,' " Havens said. He graduated from high school in 1974 during Zeppelin's heyday, but he was never a fan of the band until he started scoring its music for the orchestra. "What really impressed me about their music are the rhythmic intricacies that they have going on and the multiharmonic structures."

"The Music of Led Zeppelin" has a rotation of 27 songs, with 17 performed at any given concert. These include "Immigrant Song," "Kashmir" and "Black Dog." A more recent addition to the set list is the bluesy "Since I've Been Loving You." "That just works incredibly well with the orchestra," Havens said. "During the first section I have just the cellos and violas playing with the band, and then there is this back-and-forth thing between the singer and the guitar, and then the whole orchestra soars up into the middle of that in the chorus. It really works great."

When "The Music of Led Zeppelin" is performed Saturday at Chrysler Hall, it'll be a homecoming for the production. "We played it here a couple of times in the '90s," Havens said. "It's been a long time coming."
(The above information in this web post was obtained from:
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/04/led-zeppelin-combines-sounds-rock-symphony)

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Led Zeppelin: What is and What Should Never Be

Led Zeppelin performing ‘What is and What Should Never Be’ live at Royal Albert Hall, 1970:


Jimmy Page and Robert Plant performing ‘What is and What Should Never Be’ with the London Metropolitan Orchestra in 1994:


"What Is and What Should Never Be" is on Led Zeppelin’s 1969 album Led Zeppelin II. It was written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. This was one of the first songs on which Page used his soon-to-become trademark Gibson Les Paul for recording. The production makes a crafty use of “stereo” as the guitars pan back and forth between channels. The vocals were phased during Robert Plant's choruses. This was also one of the first songs recorded by the band for which Robert Plant received writing credit. According to rock journalist Stephen Davis, the author of the Led Zeppelin biography Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga, the lyrics for this song reflect a romance Plant had with his wife's younger sister. "What Is and What Should Never Be" was performed live at Led Zeppelin concerts between 1969 and 1972. A live version taken from a performance at the Royal Albert Hall in 1970 can be seen on the Led Zeppelin DVD. Jimmy Page performed this song on his tour with The Black Crowes in 1999. A version of "What Is and What Should Never Be" performed by Page and The Black Crowes can be found on the album Live at the Greek. A cover version of "What Is and What Should Never Be" was recorded by Jason Bonham, son of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, and released on his 1997 album In the Name of My Father - The Zepset.
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Lyrics to What is and What should Never Be:
And if I say to you tomorrow,
Take my hand, child, come with me.
It's to a castle I will take you,
Where what's to be, they say will be.

*Catch the wind, see us spin,
Sail away, leave today,
Way up high in the sky.
But the wind won't blow,
You really shouldn't go,
It only goes to show
That you will be mine
By takin' our time. Ooh!

And if you say to me tomorrow,
Oh what fun it all would be,
Then what's to stop us, pretty baby,
But What Is And What Should Never Be.

So if you wake up with the sunrise,
And all your dreams are still as new,
And happiness is what you need so bad,
Girl, the answer lies with you, yeah.

Hey, oh
Oh the wind won’t blow and we really shouldn't go
and it only goes to show-ow-ow.
Catch the wind, we're gonna see it spin
we're gonna...sail, little girl
do do do, bop bop a do-oh
my my my my my my yeah
Everybody I know seems to know me well
--but does anybody know I'm gonna move like hell
--baby baby baby baby, oh lord

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Led Zeppelin: The Immigrant Song

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The Immigrant Song is the opening track on Led Zeppelin III, written and released in 1970. The song is famous for its distinctive cry from vocalist Robert Plant at the beginning of the song, and is built around a repeating war-like riff by Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham. The hiss at the beginning of the track is feedback from an echo unit. "Immigrant Song" was written during Led Zeppelin's tour of Iceland, Bath and Germany in the summer of 1970. The opening date of this tour took place in Iceland, and just six days later the band performed the song for the first time on stage during the Bath Festival. The song is dedicated to the Icelander Leif Ericson. It is sung from the perspective of Vikings rowing west from Scandinavia in search of new lands. The lyrics make explicit reference to Viking conquests and the Old Norse religion (Fight the horde, sing and cry, Valhalla, I am coming!). In a 1970 radio interview, Plant jokingly explained: “We went to Iceland, and it made you think of Vikings and big ships... and John Bonham's stomach... and bang, there it was - Immigrant Song!” The Immigrant Song is one of Led Zeppelin's few single releases, having been released in November of 1970 by their record label, Atlantic Records, against the band's wishes. It reached #16 on the Billboard charts. Its B side, "Hey Hey What Can I Do", was otherwise unavailable before the release of the band's first Led Zeppelin Box Set in 1990. The single was mistakenly released in Japan with "Out on the Tiles" as the B-side rather than "Hey Hey What Can I Do." That single is now a rare collectible. One of the lines from the song became part of Led Zeppelin lore. The line, "The hammer of the gods/will drive our ships to new lands" prompted many to start referring to Led Zeppelin's sound as the "Hammer of the Gods." The phrase was used as the title of Stephen Davis' famous biography of the band, Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga. The lyrics also did much to inspire the classic Heavy Metal myth, of mighty Viking-esque figures on an adventure, themes which have been adopted in the look and music of bands from Iron Maiden to Manowar. The Immigrant Song was used to open Led Zeppelin concerts from 1970 to 1972. By 1973 it was occasionally being used as an encore, but was then removed from their live set. Live versions of the song can be heard on the Led Zeppelin albums How the West was Won (featuring a performance at Long Beach Arena in 1972) and the Led Zeppelin The BBC Sessions (a version from the Paris Theatre in London in 1971). When played live, Page played a lengthy guitar solo not included on the recorded Led Zeppelin III version. The song is also one of the few Led Zeppelin songs to have been licensed for a film. For the 2003 film School of Rock, actor Jack Black filmed himself on stage, along with thousands of screaming fans, begging Led Zeppelin to let them use "Immigrant Song". The song also appears, in a slightly changed version due to licensing reasons, in Shrek the Third, when Snow White attacks the city gates, guarded by Huorns. She cries the characteristic war cry of Robert Plant, backed by the riff, as in the beginning of the original song. Starting from the 2007 season, the Minnesota Vikings play this song during their team introductions and before kickoffs.

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Lyrics to The Immigrant Song:
Ah, ah ----------------------->
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
The hammer of the gods
Will drive their ships to new lands,
To fight the horde, singing and crying:
Valhalla, I am coming!
On we sweep with threshing oar,
Our only goal will be the western shore.

Ah, ah ----------------------->
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
How soft your fields so green,
Can whisper tales of gore,
Of how we calmed the tides of war.
We are your overlords.
On we sweep with threshing oar,
Our only goal will be the western shore.

So now you'd better stop and rebuild your ruins,
For peace and trust can win the day
Despite all your losing.

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Led Zeppelin: Bron-Yr-Aur

Picture of Bron-Yr-Aur cottage in Gwynedd, Wales

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Bron-Yr- is an 18th century cottage in Gwynedd, Wales, on a hilltop overlooking the Dyfi Valley, 3 miles north of the market town Machynlleth. Its name means golden hill, breast of the gold or hill of the gold in Welsh. The house is owned by Rev John Dale. Bron-Yr-Aur is best known as the residence that had been used by the family of Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant during the 1950s as a holiday house. However, In 1970, Plant and Page spent time there after a long and exhausting concert tour of the United States. Though the cottage had no running water or electricity, they used it as a retreat to write and record some of their third album, Led Zeppelin III. Also at the cottage at the time were Plant's wife Maureen and 18-month-old daughter Carmen, Page's girlfriend Charlotte Martin, and Led Zeppelin roadies Clive Coulson and Sandy MacGregor. The song "Bron-Yr-Aur" is a two-minute acoustic guitar instrumental by Jimmy Page, is the shortest studio recording under the band's name. The song lasts for 2 minutes and 6 seconds. The song was initially written and recorded in 1970 by Jimmy Page during the sessions for the album, Led Zeppelin III, but was eventually released in 1975 on Physical Graffiti. "Bron-Yr-Aur" is a reflective and relaxed piece, and one of the last acoustic tunes released by Led Zeppelin. It features a characteristic open-C6 tuning (C-A-C-G-C-E) and is played on a 1971 Martin D-28 acoustic guitar This same tuning was also used by Page on the tracks "Poor Tom" and "Friends". Some minor string squeaks and small mistakes were left in by Page to keep the live feel. The studio version of "Bron-Yr-Aur" is played in the concert film The Song Remains the Same, at the point when the band members are shown driving through New York City in a limousine (although it is not featured on the accompanying soundtrack album). A snippet of the tune can also be heard in the film Almost Famous, one of the rare instances when the band allowed part of their catalogue to be used for a motion picture.

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Plant & Krause at the Louisville Palace

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As their impeccable band swung into "Rich Woman" with an easy flourish, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss took the stage Saturday night at the Louisville Palace to the first of several standing ovations.

Plant, still the god king of rock 'n' roll, strolled out with a quietly confident swagger, his hair in that tangle of curls so familiar to Led Zeppelin fans. Krauss looked like she was headed to a prom in her pink dress, maybe one with "Stairway to Heaven" as its theme.

And when they began singing, it was clear they still felt the chemistry so evident on their " Raising Sand" album, his well-traveled yowl blending perfectly with her pristine voice. There were a few goose bumps, and not the last.

This was the first night of the " Raising Sand" tour but both the singers and the band sounded fully warmed up. Krauss didn't hit a bad note all night, almost flaunting her perfect pitch, and the band, led by T Bone Burnett, was nearly flawless. Plant was Plant, and that was plenty.

Krauss and Plant performed nearly all of " Raising Sand," a handful of Led Zeppelin classics and a couple of songs associated with Krauss' solo career. They also threw in a George Jones cover just because they could.

As expected, the Zeppelin songs drew a huge response -- one guy screamed "Led Zeppelin rules!" barely five minutes into the show -- but they weren't the highlights (although "Black Dog," with the world's spookiest banjo, was pretty amazing).

"Fortune Teller" was better, with drummer Jay Bellerose exploding the song from the inside out, and Krauss broke every heart in the place with "Through the Morning, Through the Night." "Killing the Blues" and "Trampled Rose" were also contenders.
But the most unexpected song might have also been the night's finest. Krauss, backed by Plant, Buddy Miller and Stuart Duncan, soared through an a capella version of "Down to the River to Pray," from "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," that was so beautiful it sucked the air out of the room.

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Led Zeppelin: The Wanton Song

Page & Plant perform a killer version of “the Wanton Song” from their 1995 No Quarter tour:


The Wanton Song is on the second disc of Led Zeppelin’s 6th studio album “Physical Graffiti”. The song is said to be about sex due to some sexual innuendos in various verses. The dictionary definition of "Wanton": Sexually indiscriminate: lacking restraint or inhibition, especially in sexual behavior. The band wrote this song during a jam session. Led Zeppelin played this live on some of their 1975 American and European dates, but it was never played on the 1977 and 1979 tours. Jimmy Page uses a heavy chorus and several over-layered guitar tracks that give a "backward echo" effect during the guitar solo, where the echo is heard before the note. Robert Plant has expressed on several occasions that this is one of his favorite Led Zeppelin songs.

Lyrics to The Wanton Song:
Silent woman in the night, you came
Took my seed from my shaking frame.
Same old fire, another flame, And the wheel rolls on.

Silent movements through the flames, you come
From the deep behind the sun
Seems my nightmares, have just begun
Left me barely holding on.

With blazing eyes you see my trembling hand.
When we know the time has come
Lose my senses, lose command
Feel your healing rivers run

Is it every time I fall, That I think this is the one
In the darkness can you hear me call
Another day has just begun.

Silent woman, my face is changed
Some know in ways to come.
Feel my fire needs a brand new flame
And the wheels rolls on.... rolls on.

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The Benefits of Karaoke

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It takes some courage to get up and sing in front of a bar full of friends and strangers. However, usually after people have a few drinks the “wanna-be” singers step up to the mic and show their stuff. Karaoke is a great way for people to have fun and draw a group of friends together If are interested in finding out about karaoke then please visit dakinekaraoke.com for more information.

Robert Plant wins a CMT Award

Plant & Krause Performing "Please Read The Letter" live:


The Associated Press reports that LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant won a CMT Award Monday night (April 14) for teaming up with Alison Krauss on the song Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On). Plant said it was "peculiar" to be getting an award. He thanked his LED ZEPPELIN band members for getting him through his teenage years and thanks Krauss for helping him get through his 50s.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss's collaborative album "Raising Sand", produced by T Bone Burnett, was recently certified platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for shipments in excess of a million copies in the United States. The Rounder Records album debuted at No 2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart following its release October 23, 2007, marking the highest chart position ever for the label. It remains inside the top 40 five months later.

In February, Plant and Krauss were recipients of the 2007 Grammy Award for "Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals" for the track Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On).

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