Boodang Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Anybody remember these gigs? Just found my old program. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boodang Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 PS. Chase & Dave support Led Zep! They were good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 chas and dave were on the 4th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boodang Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, steve-bbb said: chas and dave were on the 4th They were still good! I remember Led Zep played for about 3 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Just now, Boodang said: They were still good! I remember Led Zep played for about 3 hours. yeah it did drag on a bit at the end as people were leaving - guess theres only so much stoned out of yer box guitar playing a crowd can stand 🤣 - however ...... i have still to this day, yet to see a bass and drums combo as formidable as JB/JPJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 14 minutes ago, steve-bbb said: yeah it did drag on a bit at the end as people were leaving - guess theres only so much stoned out of yer box guitar playing a crowd can stand 🤣 - however ...... i have still to this day, yet to see a bass and drums combo as formidable as JB/JPJ Agreed - main reason I went was to see Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 My first serious girlfriend never let me forget she was there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnyman Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) I was there on the 11th. Took a mate from Liverpool who didn’t care for Zep apart from Stairway. He got so p*ssed, he fell asleep half way through their set and missed them playing it. I still have the program upstairs along with the one from 1978 (Genesis) Edited December 2, 2021 by Skinnyman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peejay Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Think I was there on the 4th, but Chas & Dave were definitely on the bill. They were low on the bill but were quality. Never saw the New Barbarians. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes sounded a bit like Springsteen to me. What ever happened to them? Commander Cody were a bit meh for me. Todd Rundgren's Utopia kept changing instruments. Kasim Sultan was playing drums originally IIRC but switched to bass and was awesome. They put on a real show and were maybe trying to upstage the main act, a bit like Lynyrd Skynyrd tried in '76 when the Stones headlined (and were on way late). Zep were also on very late and a lot of folk left early because they ended up closing their set in the early hours. Planty kept blathering on about how deeply rooted in the blues their music was for some reason. I was in the same band as Rick Allen before he joined Def Leppard and I thought he properly hammered the drums, but John Bonham was in another league altogether. He just knocked the living hell out of his kit and never relented. His energy was unbelievable and he must have been knackered after every gig. It wasn't exactly a luxury event either, bogs were just massive pits dug in the ground with an old sack to protect the sitter's modesty. You don't get gigs like that anymore. All mod cons eh? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peejay Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Or maybe you do still get gigs with facilities like that! 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilebodgers Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 I was there, but for the life of me I can't remember which of the two days it was or much about it apart from a cool laser pyramid lighting effect on one of the Zep songs. Forty two years ago is a blinkin long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Didnt make it to Knobworth '79 but i did I managed to catch LZ at Ally Pally a few years ealier I did Knobby '75 when Pink Floyd played Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnR Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 I was there. Amazing times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 I saw Plant in a coffee shop in Machynlleth two years ago, he has a place a couple of miles away. 1979 was a very good year, I was born in June. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boodang Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 The knebworth gig is available on DVD now. Apparently the original recording was affected by an audio bleed which modulated the video. Digital technology has sorted this out so you can enjoy it in all it's glory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 I really wanted to see Zep at Knebworth in 79. Unfortunately, I was just a little too young... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boodang Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 9 minutes ago, peteb said: I really wanted to see Zep at Knebworth in 79. Unfortunately, I was just a little too young... Well, not quite the same but at least it's on dvd now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 (edited) I was 9 at the time so probably wouldn't have been allowed in even if I'd wanted to go. Took my new (at the time) girlfriend to Sonisphere 2014 as for some inexplicable reason she likes Metallica who headlined there. At least for me there was Gary Numan and Chas n' Dave. 35 years on they were still bang on the money and by far the best thing there. Edited December 3, 2021 by Barking Spiders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 I still have that programme in a box in a cupboard somewhere. I went on the 4th and can barely remember any of it but I was so drunk and stoned I could barely remember it the day after. My main memory is of Todd Rundgren leaping up in the air and doing the splits. Led Zep's laser show was good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 16 hours ago, Peejay said: It wasn't exactly a luxury event either, bogs were just massive pits dug in the ground with an old sack to protect the sitter's modesty. You don't get gigs like that anymore. All mod cons eh? They say that the cabbages grown in that field, were magnificent for years afterwards 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 2 shows at Knebworth? meh! Robbie Williams did 3! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 16 hours ago, Peejay said: Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes sounded a bit like Springsteen to me. What ever happened to them? Still live and kicking! Survived many line up changes , released many albums and still touring, mainly in the US. They did / do have a strong Springsteen connection, coming from the Asbury Park area of New Jersey. Bruce wrote a lot of stuff for SSJ, as did E Street guitarist Steve Van Zandt who formed The Jukes in the mid 70's. https://www.southsidejohnny.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boodang Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 JPJ & JB have always been a huge influence on my playing and Zep played so infrequently in the UK it was an exciting weekend. I was too young to catch them in 75 at Earl's Court so wasn't going to miss them at knebworth. My friend didn't come as he didn't like outdoor gigs and was going to wait until they played a venue.. a big mistake. I remember the new album hadn't been released in time for the gig. Anybody here a fan of 'in through the out door'? There does seem to be a lot of dodgy guitar work on it, especially the intro to hot dog, which if I remember correctly was terrible played live. Seemed a bit of a scrappy album, were led zep on their way down by then? Certainly Robert Plant seems to have plenty more music in him but not so much Page, other than dodgy sound tracks to dodgy death wish movies, seems to be in an endless loop of remixes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilebodgers Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 I liked “In the Evening”, can’t remember anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steantval Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Attended the first one in 1974 and the second in 1975. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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