Robert Plant: A Life (40 page)

“Custard Pie” 151, 236

Czech Republic 270

Da Capo
67

Dale, Jimmie 307

Daltrey, Roger 57

Damned, the 173

“Dancing Days” 136

“Dancing in the Street” 40

Dangerous
247

Dansette Damage 186

Dark Side of the Moon
,
The
137

“Darkness, Darkness” 280

Davies, Mike 187

Davis, Stephen 140, 155

Dawes Double Blue (bike) 32

“Dazed and Confused” 88, 90, 97, 104, 105, 154, 172, 195

Dead or Alive 219

Deamer, Clive 280

Death Wish
(film) 210

Decatur, Illinois 283

Decca Records 17, 28, 63

Dee, Kiki 61

Deep Purple 207, 252

Def Leppard 193, 288

Delta Blues Band, the 26, 37–9, 115, 310

Denny, Sandy 120, 313

Denver (Auditorium Arena) 93–4

Depeche Mode 205, 219

Des Barres, Michael 156–7, 167, 178, 202

Des Barres, Pamela 106

Detective 154, 167

Dickens, Charles 11

Diddley, Bo 32

Diskery, the (record shop), Birmingham 25–6

Dixieland jazz 31

Dixon, Willie 90

Djemaa El-Fna, Marrakech 260

Doc Pomus 222

Dolan, Mike 59, 69, 73

Dolgoch, N. Wales 134, 261

Donegan, Lonnie 18

Donner, Ral 195, 203

Doors, the 66, 95, 117

Dorsey, Gerry 63

Dortmund, Germany 195

“Down by the Seaside” 109, 151

Down from the Mountain
(film) 283–4

“Down to the River to Pray” 308

Dr. Feelgood 160

“Dreaming” 22

Dreamland
280–2, 283

Dreja, Chris 77

drugs 31, 66, 68, 115, 123, 134, 154–5, 165, 171, 175, 176, 188

see also
amphetamines; cannabis; cocaine; LSD; Mandrax

Dudley Zoo 93, 276–7

Dudley, John 21–2, 30, 33, 36, 114

Dunnery, Francis 250

Duran Duran 205, 226

Duvall, Huelyn 189

Dyfi Valley, Wales 109

Dylan, Bob 24, 43, 54, 149, 152, 186, 227, 278, 329

Eagles, the 256, 299

Earle, Steve 307

Earl’s Court, London 159

Earp, Wyatt 12

Eaton, Nigel 249, 259–60, 262–4

Ed Sullivan Show
16

Edgewater, the (hotel), Seattle 179

Edmunds, Dave 195

Edward (schoolmate of Plant) 60

Edwards, Andy 273–4, 277

Egypt 258–9

“Eight Miles High” 55

Elbow Room, Birmingham 55, 67

Electric Lady Studios, NY 130

“Electric Magic” (1971–2 U.K. tour) 128

Electric String Band, the 67

Elizabeth II, Queen 13, 172

EMI 29

Empire Pool, London 128

English Disco (club), LA 144

Entwistle, John 77

Ertegun, Ahmet 92, 146, 209, 221, 240, 298, 313

Ertegun, Mica 298

Es Paranza (record label) 213

Eurythmics 233

Evans, Keith 202

Everly Brothers, the 32, 292, 294

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
107

“Everybody Needs Somebody to Love” 52

Exile on Main St.
149

Express & Star
(newspaper) 30–1, 53, 64, 70, 87, 159, 277

Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr 166

Fairfield Four, the 283

Fairport Convention 99, 108, 110, 113, 120, 249, 287

Fame, Georgie 58

“Fat Lip” 206–7

Fate of Nations
247–52, 259, 280; tour 252, 253–4

Festival au Desert, Mali 285

Featherstone, Mr. (chemistry master) 45

Fifth Dimension
55

Fillmore East, NY 97

Fillmore West, San Francisco 94, 95, 97, 256–7

Financial Times
159

“Fingertips Part 2” 49

Firm, the 223

Flanagan, Bill 287, 290, 292, 300, 314, 324

Fleet Foxes 318

Fleetwood Mac 39, 84, 173

Fleetwood Mac
153

Fletcher, Gordon 137

Flock, the 112

Flower Power 96

Folk Blues
26

folk music 25, 38, 67, 107–8, 110, 257, 259, 269, 273, 316, 317, 318

Folkestone 238

Foo Fighters 304, 323

“For What It’s Worth” 73

“For Your Life” 169, 170

Foresters Arms (pub), Forest of Dean 228

Forever Changes
67

Forum, the, LA 113, 143, 146, 153, 157, 177–8, 214

Forum, the, London 318

Foster, Perry 37, 39, 58, 115, 310–11

400 Ballroom, Torquay 59

“Four Sticks” 119, 122, 126

Four Symbols see Led Zeppelin IV

Fowley, Kim 85, 105, 144, 165, 168

Franklin, Aretha 92

Frank’s Ballroom, Kidderminster 67

Fred Zeppelin 265

“Free as a Bird” 256

Free Trade Hall, Manchester 54

Fricke, David 121, 156, 215, 232, 254, 292, 306

“Friends” 109, 126

Frost, Deborah 252

Gabriel, Peter 258

“Gallows Pole” 111, 326

Gammond, Kevyn 44, 64, 67, 72, 73, 74–5, 89, 202, 273, 277, 301, 310, 328

with Band of Joy 72, 73, 74–5

with Bronco 202

with Life of Prion 273, 277

on Plant 44, 301

Gaumont Cinema, Wolverhampton 18, 32

Gaye, Marvin 118

Geldof, Bob 225

Get Carter
(film) 174

G.I. Blues
(film) 21

Giovino, Marco 315, 316–17, 326

Gittus, Melvin 188

Glastonbury Festival 263

Glyndŵr, Owain 15, 289, 313

Gnaoua people 126, 260–1

“God Save The Queen” 173

“Going to California” 120, 124, 245

Goldberg, Danny 137, 142, 146, 176

Golden Eagle (pub), Birmingham 36–7, 204

Good Egg, the 69, 72

“Good Golly Miss Molly” 119

“Good Times, Bad Times” 90

Gordy, Berry 23

Gorman, Steve 244, 272

Grace
269

Graham, Bill 94–5, 97, 139, 179–80

Grammy Awards 288, 291, 314

Grant, Peter

American tours: 1967–8 92, 93, 97; 1970 111–12, 113; 1972 129, 130; 1973 144–5, 172; 1977 179–80, 182

appearance 123

Atlantic deal 92

and Bonham 86, 89, 197, 198, 201

Brown on 122–3

death 264

and drugs 155, 171

and Karac’s death 182, 184, 187

and Knebworth Festival 191–2

and
Led Zeppelin IV
115–16, 122–3

as Led Zeppelin manager 77, 90–1, 115, 122, 129, 137–8, 142, 144–6, 164, 174, 182, 191, 194, 196, 201

LeFevre on 138–9

and Page 77, 83, 86, 146

and Plant 78, 79, 83, 137, 191, 207, 208–10, 232, 264, 313

and security 113, 124

and
Song remains the Same
,
The
144–5, 172

and Swan Song 145–6

tax exile 159

turns down Woodstock Festival 99–100

and Warren (son) incident 179–80

Grant, Warren 179–80

Grateful Dead, the 66, 95, 247

Great Depression 283

Greece 279

Griffin, Patty 315–16, 319–20, 325, 326–7, 328, 329

Griffiths, Peter 58

Grohl, Dave 304

Groom, Peter (“Gobsy”) 38

Groove, the (record shop), Stourbridge 31, 45

Grosvenor Hotel, London 312

groupies 105–6, 129, 165–6

Guardian
26, 27

Guitar World
(magazine) 210

Guthrie, Woody 18, 31

Haggard, Merle 293

Haley, Bill 17

Halfin, Ross 216, 232, 263, 324

Hall, Colin 187

Hall, Tony 17

Hall, Wulfrun 279

Halliday, Toni 220

Hamilton, Margarita 237

Hammer of the Gods
(Davis) 140–1

Hammersmith Odeon, London 195, 215

Hardin, Wes 12

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, San Francisco 321

Harper, Roy

Bath Festival (1970) 112

first Plant encounter78

“Hats off to (Roy Harper)” 112

on 1973 American tour 139–40, 141–2, 143

and Page 118

on Plant 78, 142–3, 183, 213, 325

rents house out for
Led Zeppelin II
sessions 211–12

Stormcock
118

Harris, Bob

at Bob Marley concert (Cardiff) 171–2

cancer 320

and Krauss 284, 308

in New Orleans 308–9

on 1975 American tour 158

at Paris Theater (London) 124

on O2 Arena concert (2007) 304–5

on Peel 66

on Plant/Page 158

presents
Q
award (2007) 312

at Swan Song launch 148

Harris, Emmylou 278, 283, 293, 307

Harris, Jet 87, 93

Harrison, Mike 91

Harwood, Keith 168

“Hats Off to (Roy) Harper” 112

Hawks, the 54, 107

Hayes, Isaac 117

Hayley Green, West Midlands 14, 37

Hayward, Richie 220, 223

Headley Grange, Hampshire 110, 118, 122, 128, 149

“Heartbreaker” 100, 104, 133, 326

“Heaven Knows” 234

“Hell Freezes Over” (Eagles tour) 256

Hellingly Cemetery 264

Hen & Chickens (pub), Oldbury 243

Hendrix, Jimi 64, 103, 166, 252

Hereford, 211

heroin 103, 147, 154, 167, 173, 178, 188, 192, 196

Heron, Mike 108

Heston, London 84

Hewkin, Andrew 71

“Hey Joe” 73, 282

Hibbert, Tom 205, 211, 227, 238

Hickman, Jim 202

“Highway Song” 326

Hill, Roy 12

Hill Road, Lye 71

Hilton Hotel, Munich 168

Hindley, Myra 43

Hinton, Mick 150, 153

Hitler, Adolf 12

Hobbit
,
The
(Tolkien) 15

Hoch, Abe 147

Hodgetts, Dave 203, 265, 302, 305

“Hold On I’m Comin” 54

Holder, Noddy 61

“Hole in My Shoe” 69

Holland Park, London 147

Holly, Buddy 16, 18, 28, 39

Hollywood 95–6, 105–6, 164, 167, 168

Holmes, Jake 97

Honeydrippers, the 203–4, 222–3, 226, 227, 296

“Honk”
see
Lodge, John

“Hoochie Coochie Man” 44

Hooker, John Lee 26, 40

Hornsby, Laurie 17, 68

Hoskyns, Barney 128

“Hot Dog” 194

“Hots On for Nowhere” 169, 170

House, Byron 315

“Houses of the Holy” 318

Houses of the Holy
128, 136–7, 194; album cover 137

Howlin’ Wolf 25, 250, 313

Hughes, Chris 247–51

Humperdinck, Engelbert 63

Hungary 269

Hunter, Meredith 101

Hunting, Morris 25

Hüsker Dü 232

Hutchinson, John 212

Hyatt House Hotel (“Riot House”), LA 85, 105, 106, 113, 143, 157–8

“I Can’t Explain” 84

“I Can’t Quit You Baby” 90

“I Go Crazy” 44

“I Got a Woman” 222

“I Like It Like That” 27

“I Wanna Be Your Man” 35

Ice Palace, St. Petersburg 291

“I’m Gonna Crawl” 194

I’m with the Band
(Des Barres) 106

Imagine
117, 166, 316

Immediate Records 84

“Immigrant Song” 111, 238, 302

“In the Light” 151

“In the Mood” 318

“In My Time of Dying” 151–2, 153, 304

In Rainbows
299

In Through the Out Door
189–91, 194, 257, 267

In Utero
252

Incredible String Band, the 108

Ireland 137, 277

Iron Butterfly 92, 97

Iron Maiden 193

Island Records 90–1, 122–3

It Bites 250

“Itchycoo Park” 69

“It’s Gonna Rain” 327

Jackson, Janet 69

Jackson, Michael 247

Jagger, Mick 3, 35, 37, 71, 128, 157, 168, 174, 225

Jah Wobble 280

James, Jesse 301

jazz 45

JB’s (club), Dudley 296

Jeff Beck Group 86, 207

Jefferson, Blind Lemon 25, 40

Jefferson Airplane 66, 73, 95, 96, 111, 247

Jennings Farm 102–3, 114, 133–5, 159, 183, 185–7, 201–2, 205, 211, 217–18, 229

Jersey 163, 198

“Jesus, Make Up My Dying Bed” 152

Jethro Tull 211

JFK Stadium, Philadelphia 226

John, Elton 61, 118, 318

Johns, Glyn 88–9

Johnson, Robert 5, 26–7, 38, 40, 330

Johnson, Samuel 19

Johnstone, Phil 234, 240, 248–9

Jones, Brian 75

Jones, Charlie 237, 241, 252, 258, 267, 280

Jones, Cliff 134

Jones, John Paul

as arranger 89, 104, 121

bass playing 87, 100

and Bonham’s death 197, 198

character 87, 123, 130

early life 87

and Grant 144–5, 264

Led Zeppelin III
110

Led Zeppelin reunions
see under
Led Zeppelin

on
Pictures at Eleven
210

and Plant 130, 258, 263, 272, 313

rehearsals with New Yardbirds 87

on tour with Led Zeppelin 93, 123, 130, 142, 177

on tour with Plant 215

Jones, Mick 193

Jones, Steve 193

Jones, Tom 63, 68

Joplin, Janis 96, 103, 113

Judas Priest 234

Junior’s Eyes 171

Kajagoogoo 219

Kalsoum, Oum 126, 127, 208

Kampuchea, Concert for 195

“Kashmir” 152, 153, 193, 259, 304

K-Doe, Ernie 308

Keele University 203

“Keep A-Knockin’ ” 119

Kefford, Ace (“The Face”) 55

Kellie, Mike 91, 114, 130

Kennedy, Nigel 249

Kennedy, Robert 28, 94

Kennedy Center Honors 323

Kenner, Chris 24, 27

Kent, Nick 140

Kent State University 113

Kerrang!
(magazine) 3

Kessler, Danny 61, 64

Kezar Stadium, San Francisco 140

Khomeini, Ayatollah 191

Kid Rock 323

Kidderminster

College 48–9, 65

Frank’s Ballroom 67