He was 20 when he joined Led Zeppelin, 22 when he wrote the words to Stairway to Heaven. How the hell can he be 60 today?
http://www.guardian.co.uk...16/popandrock.ledzeppelin
"It's a monumental number," he admits. "I remember seeing Big Joe Williams and Son House and all those guys at Birmingham Town Hall when I was about 14 or 15, and most of them were born after the turn of the 20th century, so really I am now of the age and the time that those men were when I looked at them like they were some sort of mysterious messengers from another time and planet. So I'm getting up there.
"I don't wish to start sounding like I'm gushing about this particular time of my life, but being with the right people is really crucial. I'm so aware of the fact that if I hadn't taken the chances that I've taken along the line, I probably wouldn't be getting the best out of my voice anymore, I might have messed it up in that awful, predictable place. So I've already got a birthday present."
What's he up to these days?
http://www.youtube.com/wa...INLLY&feature=related
Interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfdbUoSJ9tY
Part 2 (includes his take on the possibility of a Zeppelin reunion--don't count on it):
http://www.youtube.com/wa...4fE0w&feature=related
The demand for tickets last December for the Zeppelin reunion totalled 5 billion dollars, but he'd rather do something new. Yeah, baby!
http://www.guardian.co.uk...16/popandrock.ledzeppelin
"It's a monumental number," he admits. "I remember seeing Big Joe Williams and Son House and all those guys at Birmingham Town Hall when I was about 14 or 15, and most of them were born after the turn of the 20th century, so really I am now of the age and the time that those men were when I looked at them like they were some sort of mysterious messengers from another time and planet. So I'm getting up there.
"I don't wish to start sounding like I'm gushing about this particular time of my life, but being with the right people is really crucial. I'm so aware of the fact that if I hadn't taken the chances that I've taken along the line, I probably wouldn't be getting the best out of my voice anymore, I might have messed it up in that awful, predictable place. So I've already got a birthday present."
What's he up to these days?
http://www.youtube.com/wa...INLLY&feature=related
Interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfdbUoSJ9tY
Part 2 (includes his take on the possibility of a Zeppelin reunion--don't count on it):
http://www.youtube.com/wa...4fE0w&feature=related
The demand for tickets last December for the Zeppelin reunion totalled 5 billion dollars, but he'd rather do something new. Yeah, baby!
