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On This Day – EC Takes Over

Posted on October 5th, 2017
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On this day in 1963 a promising young guitarist replaced Tony Topham in the Yardbirds. Of course that guitarist was Eric Clapton (Known as God to his graffiti writing friends). He was 17 when he left his first band The Roosters to join them. Reassuringly for us mere mortals, EC found learning the guitar difficult […]

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On This Day – John Bonham Found Dead

Posted on September 25th, 2017
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On this day in 1980 John Bonham was found dead at Jimmy Page’s house. Led Zep were practicing and preparing for another tour of the USA and JB had relaxed for the previous day. The relaxation took the form of 40 shots of vodka, inb 4 hours. Not surprisingly he lost conciousness. The drummer then […]

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My 100 Essential Albums – 13 – Led Zeppelin, by Led Zeppelin

Posted on December 16th, 2014
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My 100 Essential Albums – Led Zeppelin the eponymous first album   Released in 1969 Led Zeppelin is album was recorded in 1968. It only took 36 hours of studio time to record which might have something to do the band paying for the studio time. The other reason it was quick to record was […]

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On This Day – Zeppelin’s Debut, Probably.

Posted on October 25th, 2009
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On this day in 1968 led Zeppelin played their first gig, probably.  There is some confusion due to the short time that the band called themselves ‘The New Yardbirds’.  Also, some internet sources quote the 15th October 1968 as being the first Zepp gig, but that appears to be an error.  Jimmy himself presented a […]

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