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It was a culmination of things, not the least of which was his
realization that as a songwriter his well was dry and that he
was back on an album-media blitz-tour treadmill which closely
resembled the last tour, even right down to the routing. The
fact is that at the time Robert decided to leave Page/Plant he
had also decided that he would never tour OR record again.

Jimmy knows these things, but didn't appreciate the timing of
Robert's decision. He pleaded with Robert not cause cancellation
of the upcoming Japanese dates, which were to be followed by
dates in Australia. But Robert's mind was made-up..."there are
only so many Spingtimes...I'm tired of touring..."

Cancelling his commitments afforded Robert an immediate opportunity
to resume living life on his terms, which he did in full following
one last session in early January 1999--the track 'Little Hands' for the 
Birdman label's album 'More Oar - A Tribute to Skip Spence'

He and his girlfriend Jessica embarked on extensive springtime travels, to 
include India, Spain, Scotland, Thailand and Cuba. He also carried out some 
private research on Iron Age forts. Apparently his appetite for "personal 
time" was satiated and his interest in music reignited, for in July 1999 he 
began rehearsals for the very low key Priory of Brion lineup who along with 
Robert ultimately hoised their own touring flag and set sail to cover 
Robert's favorite songs of the '50s & '60s.

As an aside, there is speculation that the WIC album, media obligations and 
tour prevented him from going thru the grieving process after the loss of 
his mother during the studo recording sessions. However, the band did take 
several weeks off at the time to allow Robert to cope with his loss. The 
extent to which he did cannot be known, as he has
not commented on this.

>Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 23:53:48 +0000 (/etc/localtime)
>From: Jeremy Mixer <mixer@xxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Some Zep content: The Knobs/Jefferson Airplane connection
>
>It is common knowledge, among the Zep community, about Eva Von Zeppelin
>seeing the first Zeppelin album cover and freaking out one time when the 
>band was in Germany..... I forget the exact year off of the top of my head. 
>I want to say 1969 or 1970.....the band changed their name to "The Knobs" 
>for this one gig.

Jeremy, I think you meant to say this inflamatory pre-concert meeting caused 
the band to be rebilled as The Nobs for their February 28th 1970 gig at the 
K.B. Hallen in Copenhagen, Denmark. This name - The Nobs -
was a tip of the hat to world-reknowned concert promoter Claude Nobs, who 
had booked the band to appear at their next date, March 7th, at the Casino 
in Montreux, Switzerland. During their tax exile in 1975 they
stayed at Claude's chateu in Caux up in the hills overlooking Montreux
for several weeks, in addition of course to participating in several
of the annual Montreux Jazz Festivals which he continues to arrange to
this day.

Regards,
Steve A. Jones