Get the Led Out - Ep2452 wk of 23dec

Carol Miller's 'Get The Led Out' Explores The Incredible History Of The Rock Band Led Zeppelin!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, this is Carol Miller. Welcome to our Get the
Letout calendar thirty five years ago. On December twenty third,
nineteen eighty nine, Robert Plant was the special guest fronting
a band called The Busking Bobby's. They were a group
of English policemen who played music on the side, so
of course they liked the police. It was a charity gig,

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so Robert stepped outside his comfort zone and attempted songs
he never otherwise would have approached, like Run to You
by Brian Adams. The Busking Bobby's featuring Bobby Plant, closed
with their only Led Zeppelin cover Rock and Roll. On

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December twenty fourth, nineteen sixty six, Jimmy Page left England
and headed back to America with his bandmates in the Yard.
Among their destinations was Michigan, but a different spot on
the map from where they had visited. In November. They
had played in Detroit at Michigan's State Fair Coliseum. That
gig was the Carnaby Street Fun Festival with Dick Clark

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and his Cavalcade of Stars. On this visit, they would
play the Fifth Dimension Club in ann Arbor, Michigan. Other
bands on the bill were Richard and the Young Lions
and how timely December's Children. Jimmy Page would later play
with The Yardbirds at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, where
he soon returned with Led Zeppelin. On December twenty fifth,

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nineteen sixty six, Jimmy Page and his bandmates in the
Yardbirds arrived in New York for their second US tour
of the month. This time they were participating in Dick
Clark's Christmas Tour. They kicked off the Rochester Community War
Memorial on the day after Christmas. Also on that bill
were question Mark on the Mysterians, The Circle and the

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Syndicate of Sound. Jimmy Page returned to the venue within
the next five years. No opening acts this time, just
Led Zeppelin. They were afforded the opportunity to improvise on
the spot in Rochester and sounds like the crowd liked it.

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On December twenty sixth, nineteen sixty nine, Led Zeppelin were
at home. The same thing for in nineteen seventy seventy one,
seventy two, seventy three, well you get the picture. They
took the last week of the year off whenever they could.
The only time they needed to be on tour the
week before New Year's was in sixty eight. They were
an unbilled, last minute added attraction opening for the Vanilla

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Fudge and headliner Spirit in Denver on December twenty sixth,
nineteen sixty eight. This was led Zeppelin's live debut anywhere
in the US. Denver became the first American town to
wonder when they could hear led Zeppelin on the radio
or get their hands on the album. Denver's mayor in
twenty eighteen marked the fiftieth anniversary of led Zeppelin's American

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debut and proclaimed December twenty sixth led Zeppelin Day. On
December twenty seventh, nineteen sixty eight, led Zeppelin continued their
tour of the Pacific Northwest, traveling from Denver to Seattle
for their second gig, opening for the Vanilla Fudge. The
fact that led Zeppelin did not have an album out
made them an extra special treat everywhere they played. At

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that time, nobody expected a band with such a dynamic approach.
Led Zeppelin carried over from the Yardbirds the opening song
of their set, Train kept a rolling. Both bands led
off with this particular track to showcase how radically differently
they could present the song contrasted with how it originally
sounded in nineteen fifty one. Yeah, the heap and a

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whole and I just couldn't let her goal. Yes, the
train can't roll in all time, and Faine kept rolling.
This is Carol Miller. Thanks for Getting the let Out.
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