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J'espère que le Early Percy c'est mieux que le Latter Percy

Sinon de la periode pré-zeppelin je suis a la recherche de "Memory Lane", avec The Band of Joy et accessoirement, premier texte de la main de Plant. Il me semble que ce titre n'est plus trouvable. Dites moi que je me trompe !

Hi again Thought it would be of interest. I actually went to school with Chris Brown (Band of Joy's keyboard player) I met Robert thru him, though I used to see RP passing the gas station where I had a part time job(I was still at school-about 1966). He had undeniable charisma even then! If you have ever heard Memory Lane (a track from BOJ's) demo then in the fade out you will hear Rob sing " I ain't gonna go down Dagger Lane no More!
Chris lived there with his parents and Pop Brown -his Dad-was BOJ's manager that sacked Rob. I still live there now, though Chris has long since left and Pop is dead. I last saw Rob when I supplied him with a tape of the BOJ's Demos for his 66 to Timbuktu cd. All the band had demo acetates but had lost or broken them!!
I was the only person with a complete tape!! I went to his home in Shatterford (about 20 miles away) and had a meal and went out for a drink with Rob and Lyndon Laney (Laney amps). Laker as he is known lives a few hundred yards from RP and I was a good friend of his too when we were at Grammar School in West Bromwich. He also played bass with BOJ for a time and his first big commission for equipment was from TRAFFIC - he made it all at home at first. I remember meeting Dave Pegg to talk about joining BOJ but it came to nothing. I went with Rob to see The Way of Life to have a look at Bonham-he was awesome and drowned out the band he was so loud!! I have to say he was a serious boozer even then and he and RP were always arguing-JB did not drive and always needed a lift home to Dudley (5 miles)-RP who had an old Morris Minor would never take him and made him go by bus!!! I may be wrong but I never remember Noddy Holder (Slade) being a roadie for BOJ (it was a LONG time ago.) I still see Paul Lockey (Bass -BOJ-fantastic talent-RP and he fell out over a woman) and Pete Robinson (Original drummer-and superb, later to play with Jess Roden, Robbie Blunt and Kevyn Gammond [BOJ guitar] in Bronco). I was an occasional roadie for the band - I never drove so I humped gear-RP and Paul drove mainly a very old grey Light Delivery van.I used to give RP my old clothes-actually some of my newer ones as he was very persuasive!!! When Rob was sacked from BOJ he formed another BOJ with a Band from Wolverhampton called THE PAPER (not the Paint as I have - read elsewhere) RP encouraged them to paint their faces (he never did) and they used ordinary lipstick which after a weekend on skin was almost impossible to remove-one of the guys was a bank clerk and had to go to work like it!!! Cannot remember their names now but they were a nice bunch. Have not seen RP for a few years now-I always found it difficult to deal with the crowds of hangers on from the early days of Zep , but I still love the guy to death!! He is still making relevant and credible music but in my humble opinion has never bettered the BOJ , even with Zep!!
Beresford du-Cille

merci...:wink:

(moi je préfére de loin, de toutes, meme de toute sa carriere solo: Operator.... mis a part la version WMTFH au desert, et les truc avec Ali Farka)