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[TangerineMan <tangerineman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Man, it never fails. I go on holiday for 10 days and huge news breaks  
in the Zep camp. New double-disc compilation, TSRtS re-issue, Plant/ 
Krauss release date firmed up...

The biggest news of all? I go for a beer with Mixer in person, this  
past Tuesday, ask him what's doing onlist since I don't have access,  
and he doesn't even mention the new Zep releases. WTF?!!! (Just  
kidding, Jeremy, it was great to see you and catch up...)

Below is some news on "Raising Sand," from pollstar.com this morning.

The tour is said to be happening next spring. Doesn't leave much time  
for the big Zep reunion, now, does it? :-P

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Hammer Of The Bluegrass Gods?
Updated 03:30 PDT Mon, Aug 06 2007

In one of the more intriguing pairings to come down the pike since  
someone got peanut butter in their chocolate, ex-Led Zeppelin  
frontman Robert Plant and bluegrass diva Alison Krauss have joined  
forces with producer T-Bone Burnett for a musical collaboration,  
Raising Sand, due to hit stores in late October on the Rounder label.
The pair is also expected to embark on a tour next spring, agent Dan  
Weiner, the duo's booking agent, told Pollstar.
Plant and Krauss cover a wide range of material on the record,  
including songs by Tom Waits, Gene Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Little  
Milton Campbell, Mel Tillis, Doc Watson and the Everly Brothers.
The musical mashup veers into familiar territory for Led Zep fans as  
well: the Robert Plant/Jimmy Page "Please Read the Letter" from the  
pair's 1998 Walking Into Clarksdale is included in the track list.
Reportedly sitting in on the sessions were alt-country virtuosos  
including Marc Ribot, Norman Blake, Mike Seeger, Jay Bellerose and  
Dennis Crouch.
"The interesting thing is there is no way that you can be told this  
concept and have any idea that you know what it sounds like until you  
hear it," Weiner told Pollstar. "It's so much beyond just being  
Robert or just being Alison. It's another place. T-Bone did a  
terrific job and it's phenomenal." - Deborah Speer / Pollstar
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