Re: > DRUGGED ZEPPELIN

["Ronald Shipp" <ronaldshipp@xxxxxxxxx>]

> DRUGGED ZEPPELIN
>
> one of the stories that shocked him (and me) was the amount of drugs in
led
> zeppelin.  our mutual opinion was that led zep cared so much about how the
> music sounded, that they could not have been so drugged up all of the
time.

Hee, hee, hee.  Wishful thinking my friend.  From some friends of friends
(not real reliable but still as close to being with the band as I will ever
get) I was told that by 75 the drugs had worked their way into the band to
the point it was a problem and by 77 they had virtually destroyed the band.
Jimmy was on smack full time and Bonzo was drinking so much he had vomit
buckets set up by his drum kit.  I have to imagine it hurt their playing.
Just listen to some of the abysmal 77 shows.

> his brother had mentioned that jimmy page was sometimes so strung out on
> heroin that he was hardly able to stand on stage.  at one concert, his
> brother told him, jp was so drugged out that the show was cancelled half
> way through the set!  this was a complete shock, but also sent me hunting.
> i don't know if he mentioned a bootleg recording of it or not, but that
> suddenly became my holy grail of zep shows.  just to see if this drug
thing
> could really have happened.

I hear a rumor about an incident in 77 in maybe Phoenix too.  It could have
been some other western city too.  I'm not sure what it was exactly but it
was Jimmy in some sort of OD.  I have not taken the time to research it and
if it was before, during or after the show.  Anyone have any info?

Thanks for posting my Zep minded friend.

Ron