Re: Robert asked Page and Jones to do the O2 gig?

[Wyatt Brake <wyattbrake@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

Plant was contacted by Ahmet's widow, Mica Ertegun in February 2007
with an idea to regroup Zeppelin for a charity gig in Ahmet Ertegun's
honor, to benefit Ahmet's Education Fund.  Plant then approached Page
and Jones to see how they'd feel about doing the show.  They met in
March, but no firm decision was made.  It was not until mid April that
Jason was contacted and a rehearsal was scheduled.  Initial reports
were that they would do 30-60 minutes, but rehearsals in June went so
well that they asked for more time.

Some of this is detailed in Tight But Loose Magazine, Issue 19, and if
we both look back through the FBO archives, I think we'll find further
confirmation if you're interested.
http://www.zoso.net/fbo_archives/

If anyone has a short memory, Nech was pretty disappointed after he
broke the news here on FBO that there would be a Zep show in '07.
http://www.zoso.net/fbo_archives/2007/September/msg00047.html
Kind of enlightening to read after all that has been said since.

It's funny - back then, many people were saying things like "even if
it's just for one show..." that they would be happy.

-Wyatt

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Jim Berry <jberry@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have never heard this reported before. Maybe I have forgotten it...
>
> First of all, I am not a Robert basher. I don't care much for most of his
> solo career, but he has been active and there is a lot to say for that. If
> you like him, great!
>
> Sure, the O2 show was done for Ahmet, but Robert asked for the others to do
> something that he had been a holdout against for years. After all the "No's"
> Robert gave the others over doing anything with Zeppelin, he wants them to
> do something in this case and they agree to participate. He then proceeds to
> turn around afterward and deny anything further Page and Jones seem to want
> in this? No quid pro quo? No reciprocation at all? I can imagine the JPJ and
> JP would be livid over that. I would feel the same way if it were done to
> me. Somehow, Robert's actions in the entirity of the events around December
> '07 don't make him out to be much of a hero in the whole affair.
>
> Jim