Read Robert Plant: A Life Online
Authors: Paul Rees
“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