Robert Plant: A Life (39 page)

Austin Scaggs, Robert Plant interview,
Rolling Stone
, October 28, 2010.

Sylvie Simmons, Page and Plant interview,
Rolling Stone
, 1998.

Mat Snow, “Percy Pulls It Off,”
NME
, June 8, 1985.

Mat Snow, Robert Plant interview,
Q
, May 1990.

Mat Snow, Page and Plant interview,
Mojo
, December 1994.

Mat Snow, Page and Plant interview,
Mojo
, May 1998.

Phil Sutcliffe, “Not the Led Zep Reunion,”
Q
, December 1994.

Frank Tortorici, Page and Plant interview,
Addicted to Noise
, March 24, 1998.

Steve Turner, “Zeppelin Man Takes the High Road to Nirvana,”
The Times
, June 1990.

Mark Williams, Robert Plant interview,
International Times
, April 1969.

Richard Williams, “Robert Plant: Down to the Roots,”
Melody Maker
, September 1970.

MISCELLANEOUS

The Black Country Society

Down from the Mountain
, Momentum Pictures DVD

The International Bluegrass Museum, Kentucky

Led Zeppelin: How the West Was Won
, Warner Music Vision DVD

No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant UnLedded
, Warner Music Vision DVD

Robert Plant: By Myself
, BBC TV

TMZ.com

Wolverhampton City Archives

INDEX

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A&M Studios, LA 100

ABBA 189, 191

Abbey of Thelema, Rhodes 161

Abbey Road
101

Abbey Road Studios, London 261

“Achilles Last Stand” 169, 302

acid/psychedelic rock 66, 67, 124

Adams, Justin 280, 285, 286

“Adriatic Seaview” 73

Africa, North 75, 108, 133, 253, 257, 259, 280, 286, 289, 291, 298, 325, 326

see also
Berber people; Egypt; Morocco; Western Sahara

“Ain’t Nothing Like Whiskey” 38

Akhtar, Najma 260, 262, 264

Albert Hall, Royal 103, 269

Albini, Steve 267

Alexander, Phil 298

Alexandra Palace, London 133

Alice in Chains 247

“All My Love” 194

“Almost Cut My Hair” 228

Altamont Raceway concert (1969) 101

American Kid
326

amphetamines (speed) 54, 170

“An Evening with Led Zeppelin” (tour) 104–5

Andy Long and the Jurymen 30

“Angel Dance” 317

Anger, Kenneth 147

Animals
173

“Apache” 27

Appalachians 283, 291, 327

Arctic Circle 286–7, 288–9

Arctic Monkeys 312

Arden, Don 77

Armstrong, Neil 99

“Arnold Layne” 64

Arthur, King 15, 108, 129

Ashley, Clarence 293

Aston, Birmingham 12

Astra (booking agency) 59, 60

Astral Weeks
108

Atlanta Stadium 138

Atlantic Records 92, 118, 127, 145–6, 190, 207, 208, 221, 222, 240, 302

Atlas Mountains, Morocco 126

Attlee, Clement 9

ATV studios 28

Austin, Texas 328

Automatic for the People
246

“Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” 85, 90, 270

“Baby, Please Don’t Go” 275

Bacharach, Burt 84

Bad Company 146, 207, 223, 303

Baez, Joan 85

Baggott, John 280

Baggott, Paul 21, 26, 30

Baker, Ginger 75

Baladi music 259

Baldry, Long John 36

Ball, Kenny 16

Band, the 107, 293, 319

Band
,
The
107

Band of Horses 318

Band of Joy, the (1967–8) 65, 67–8, 69, 71, 72–5, 86, 273, 310

Band of Joy, the (2010–11) 315–18, 319–21

Band of Joy
315–18

Banned, the 45

Bannister, Freddy 192

Barber, Chris 16, 75

Bardem, Javier 295

Baretta, John 162

Barlow, Barriemore 211

Bath Festival (1970) 111–12, 144

Bath Royal Infirmary 233

“Battle of Evermore, The” 120, 260, 307

BBC

Blue Peter
285

Bob Harris country-music show 284

By Myself
291

John Peel radio show 124

Later . . . with Jools Holland
319

Top of the Pops
35

Beach Boys 55

Beamer, Roger 52, 53, 60

Beastie Boys 237

Beatles, the 28, 29, 43, 49, 54, 68, 97, 101, 103, 114, 146, 149, 256, 275

Beck, Jeff 77, 85, 86, 160, 207, 222, 296

Bee Gees 240

Beggars Banquet
88

Bell, Maggie 146

Bellerose, Jay 292

Benny Goodman Story
,
The
(film) 50

Berber people 126, 286

Bergen, Norway 277

Berry, Chuck 52

Bevan, Bev 55

Bewdley Tennis Club 273

“Big Beat Sessions,” Stourbridge Town Hall 43

Big Black 267

“Big Log” 213

Bilk, Acker 16

Billingham, Tony 65

Billings, Alysson 328

Bindon, John 174, 176, 178, 179–80

Bingenheimer, Rodney 144

Birmingham 10–11, 12, 13, 228

NEC Arena 245

Odeon 17, 54

R&B movement 39

Town Hall 18, 36, 103

University 29

see also
Cedar Club, the; Diskery, the; Elbow Room; Golden Eagle, the; Mothers club; Old Hill Plaza; Old Moat House Club

Bishop, Elvin 25

Black Country 11–12, 13

see also
Midlands

Black and Blue
168

Black Crowes, the 244–5, 272

“Black Dog” 119, 124, 132, 301, 326

Black Keys, the 331

Black Sabbath 205, 247

Black Snake Moan 40

Blackmore, Ritchie 207

Blackwell, Chris 91, 234, 235, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 244, 248, 249

Blair, Tony 315

Blakes Hotel, London 197

Blonde on Blonde
54, 149

Blood on the Tracks
152

Bloomfield, Mike 24–5

Blower, Eddie 186

Blue
117

Blue Grass Boys, the 283

Blue Peter
(BBC show) 285

Blue Star Trio, the 50

“Blue Train” 268

bluegrass 282–3, 287–8

Blues Fell This Morning
(Oliver) 25

Blues Incorporated 75

blues music 16, 19, 21, 24–7, 29, 32, 36–8, 40–1, 44, 49, 52, 75–6

Blunt, Robbie

divorce 214

guitar playing 202, 212, 215, 223

with the Honeydrippers 203, 220, 221, 222, 296

and
Pictures at Eleven
205, 206, 208, 210

and Plant 44, 202

and
Principle of Moments
212, 221

and
Shaken ’n’ Stirred
223

songwriting 208, 210

Boleskine House, Scotland 115

Bombay 125, 126, 160

Bonham, Bill 54, 76–7, 135

Bonham, Jason 2, 240, 243, 281, 298, 303, 304, 306, 323

Bonham, Joan 2

Bonham, John (“Bonzo”) 2, 91, 111, 145, 163, 206, 252, 258

appearance 125, 130, 153

bands before Led Zeppelin 40, 50–1

birth 50

character 50–1, 73, 123, 140, 151, 157

with the Crawling King Snakes 50–1

death 197–8

drink and drugs 51, 113–14, 125, 133–4, 150, 188, 197

drum playing 50–1, 73, 86, 119, 132, 152

first big check 92

first meeting with Plant 50

and Jones 121, 130

and Karac’s death 184, 188

and
Led Zeppelin
91

Led Zeppelin concerts and tours
see under
Led Zeppelin

LeFevre on 150–1

Ludwig drum kit 275

and the New Yardbirds 86, 87–90

and Page 86, 198

and Plant 50, 86, 133–4, 150, 184, 187–8, 313

and the Senators 40

tax exile 163

Tolley on 50–1

violent behavior 116, 140, 142, 150, 155, 168, 179–80

and the Way of Life 51

Bonham, Pat 2, 50, 51, 86, 197, 306

Boomtown Rats 225

Born to Run
152

Bosphorus, River 270

Boston, Massachusetts 97, 254, 316

Boston Gliderdome, Lincolnshire 59

Bowen, Peter 72

Bowie, David 118, 144, 158, 225

Boyle, Doug 234, 235–6, 237, 238, 239, 240–1, 242–3, 244, 248–9, 250

Brady, Ian 43

Bragg, Billy 313

Bray, Berkshire 196–7

Bredon, Anne 85

Bridgewater, Carl 186

British Airways 163

British Empire 11, 13

Britpop 257

Bronco 202

“Bron-Yr-Aur” 111, 151

Bron-Yr-Aur (place) 108–9, 110, 116, 119, 120

“Bron-Y-Aur Stomp” 111

Brookes, Anton 270–1

Brown, Buster 28

Brown, Chris 68, 72

Brown, James 44, 245, 249

Brown, Phill 89, 122–3, 280, 283

Brown, Tina 322

Bruce, Jack 75

Bruce, Lenny 313

Brum Beat
(compilation) 40

Brumbeat 29, 40

Bryant, John 159, 161, 217–18

Bryant, Shirley
see
Wilson, Shirley

Buckingham Palace, London 312

Buckley, Jeff 269

Buckley, Tim 269

Buddy Holly & the Crickets 18

Buffalo Springfield 66–7, 73, 76, 107, 247, 274

Bulgaria 270

Bull, Steve 311

Bull’s Head (pub), Lye 33, 114

“Bummer in the Summer” 275

Burke, Solomon 52, 307

Burnett, T-Bone 292–3, 300, 314–15

Burnette, Johnny 22

Burton, James 84

Burton, Trevor 12, 55–6, 74, 188

Buxton 255

“Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It” 189

By Myself
(BBC documentary) 291

Byrds, the 43, 55, 67, 95, 107, 293

Cadair Idris, N. Wales 15, 108

Camara, Juldeh 325

Cambridge Folk Festival 278

Campbell, Naomi 3

“Candy Store Rock” 169

cannabis 51, 55, 105, 113, 122

Canned Heat 24

Cannon Hill Arts Center, Birmingham 75

Cannon, Freddy 189

Captain Beefheart 66–7

Cardiff City stadium 171–2

“Carouselambra” 194

Carson, Frank 311

Carson, Phil 208–9, 211

Carter Family 283

Cash, Johnny 329

Causey Farm Road, Birmingham 14, 17, 31, 202

CBS records 61, 63–4, 65, 74, 89

Cedar Club, Birmingham 55, 67

“Celebration Day” 111

Celebration Day
(film) 323, 324, 325

Chamberlain, Neville 12

Chambers, Richard (“The Beak”) 20, 30, 32, 41, 47

Chantry School of Holy Trinity, Stourbridge 19

Charles, Prince 312

Charles, Ray 92, 222

Charlesworth, Chris 160–1

Chateau Marmont Hotel, LA 93

Cherry Tree, the (pub), Welwyn Garden City 99

Chic 222

Chicago Plaster Casters 98, 313

Chicago R&B 37, 312

Chicago Stadium 153

Chicken Shack 39, 134

Chigurh, Anton 295

Chislehurst Caves 148

Christian, Dick 163

Christian, Neil 84

“Cindy, I’ll Marry You Someday” 317

Clapton, Eric 27, 36, 60, 77, 86, 225, 253, 258, 290

Clark, Gene 293

Clash, the 172

Clearwell Castle, Forest of Dean 187

Clent Hills 14–15, 102

Cliff, Jimmy 72

Clifton, Peter 145

Clockwork Orange
,
A
(film) 153

Clouds
108

Club A’ GoGo, Newcastle 59, 73

Club Lafayette, Wolverhampton 99

CMT (music channel) 288, 300

Cobain, Kurt 256

cocaine 105, 138, 154, 155, 157, 170, 178, 321

Cochran, Eddie 16–17, 21–2, 27

Cocker, Joe 276

Coen Brothers, the 283, 295

Cofton Club, Birmingham 68

Cohen, Leonard 118, 329

Coldplay 314

Cole, Richard

American tours: 1968–9 93, 96–7; 1970 113; 1972 129, 130; 1973 138, 139; 1975 154–5; 1977 174–5, 179–80

and Bonham 141, 142, 146

character 130, 140, 141, 155, 178

and drugs 138, 154, 171, 174–5, 192, 196

Harris on 158

at Headley Grange 110

in India/Far East 125

and Jersey 163

and Karac’s death 182, 183

Kellie on 130

on Led Zeppelin 106–7, 192

on Page/Plant 120

on Plant 96–7

Plant thanks 313

and Rhodes accident 161, 162

Sheehan on 155

Colin, Jesse 280

Collins, Phil 207, 209, 211, 214, 226

Colston Hall, Bristol 215

“Communication Breakdown” 90, 105, 159

Concert for Kampuchea 195

Connaught Hotel, Wolverhampton 76

Conservative Club, Stourbridge 38

Continental Hyatt House, Sunset Strip 85, 105

Cooder, Ry 67

Cook, Amy 327

Cool, Ricky 202

Cooper, Alice 94

Cordell, Denny 74

Corris slate quarry 261

Costa, Alvaro 260

Coulson, Clive 109, 162

Coverdale, David 252, 254

Coverdale·Page
252–3

Crash, Robert 233

Crawling King Snakes, the 40, 42–3, 49–51

Crazy Horse 244

Cream 60, 86–7, 92

Creem
160

Croatia 269

Crosby, David 228

Cross, Charles 89

Crossroads
(TV show) 300

Crouch, Dennis 292

Crowley, Aleister 115, 123, 161

“Crunge, The” 137, 194

Crusaders, the 84

Crutchley, John 52, 56, 59–60, 60–1, 62, 103

Cumming, Tim 328

Curbishley, Bill 234, 238, 253, 264, 271, 276, 278, 281, 299, 325

Cure, the 259

Cushion Foot Stompers, the 45