While Led Zeppelin didn't make an appearance at MerleFest 2008 (was anybody predicting this?), the group's music did. The Waybacks chose to perform Led Zeppelin II in its entirety for the Hillside Album Hour on Saturday afternoon. Here are some clips from that performance:
John Paul Jones has been semi-regular at the annual MerleFest in North Carolina over the past five years. He first attended in 2004 when he was taking mandolin lessons from Chris Thile. He returned the following year, performing together as members of Mutual Admiration Society. In 2007, Jones performed again at MerleFest, sitting in with Uncle Earl, the Sam Bush Band, Donna the Buffalo and the Duhks.
This year, Jones was assumedly overseas, readying for an onstage performance April 30 with Robyn Hitchcock at Bergenfest in Norway.
Steve "The Lemon" Sauer is a writer and musician based in Boca Raton, Fla., who has dedicated a portion of his life researching the history of rock group Led Zeppelin and monitoring the ongoing careers of the band's surviving members. Although he was barely a year old when Led Zeppelin broke up and it took him until his teen years to appreciate the music, it didn't take long to make up for it.
Steve is currently a contributing writer and consultant for Get the Led Out, a weekly syndicated radio program hosted by Carol Miller and syndicated in 100 U.S. markets including New York and Los Angeles. He also provides content for a Web site associated with the radio show, www.LedZepOnline.com.
In 2007, Steve launched Lemon Squeezings: Led Zeppelin News to cover the lead-up to the band's reunion concert at the end of that year. Since then, he has closely examined every rumor of a followup tour since then, often dispelling or clarifying misinformation perpetrated by the mainstream media. Using his journalistic training, Steve has also uncovered some facts and accounts previously unreported elsewhere.
He enjoys uncovering stories and has employed various methods to communicate those stories to Led Zeppelin's vast fan base, utilizing terrestrial radio and the many facets of the Internet: from Usenet newsgroups to plain e-mail and now Facebook and Twitter. Steve also connects with live audiences when performing as a backup vocalist and keyboard player with various bands, including past onstage appearances with three cover or tribute acts performing the music of Led Zeppelin.
Do you have a news tip to share with Steve? Do you have something you would like him to write about? Would you like to book him for a speaking engagement? He can be contacted by e-mail at Steve at LedZeppelinNews.com.
Other Led Zeppelin information from Lemon Squeezings
Them Crooked Vultures were 'everywhere this summer'
John Paul Jones has accomplished one of his goals -- being "everywhere this summer" with drummer Dave Grohl and front man Josh Homme in Them Crooked Vultures. They've been performing in small clubs and at festivals since August previewing songs that can now be heard on their self-titled debut album, in stores now.
Tour dates in the United States complete this month, followed by European and U.K. tour dates in December, with shows in Australia and New Zealand finishing out January.
EUROPE/U.K. TOUR DATES * Dec. 6 at Zenith in Munich, Germany * Dec. 7 at Columbiahalle in Berlin, Germany * Dec. 8 at Palladium in Cologne, Germany * Dec. 10 at Plymouth Pavilions in Plymouth, England * Dec. 11 at Portsmouth Guildhall in Portsmouth, England * Dec. 13 at Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, England * Dec. 14 at O2 Academy Birmingham in Birmingham, England * Dec. 15 at Edinburgh Corn Exchange in Edinburgh, England * Dec. 17 at Hammersmith Apollo in London, England * Dec. 18 at Hammersmith Apollo in London, England
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND TOUR DATES * Jan. 19 at Challenge Stadium in Perth, Australia * Jan. 22 at Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia * Jan. 25 at Riverstage in Brisbane, Australia * Jan. 26 at Hodern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia * Jan. 29 at TSB Bank Arena in Wellington, New Zealand * Jan. 30 at Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand
For more information about the band as brought to you by Lemon Squeezings, visit www.TheCrookedVultures.info.
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