LED ZEPPELIN: The Gig That Broke America

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
  • Join me to delve into the story of the gig that broke America for Led Zeppelin, the Boston Tea Party on January 26, 1969
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  • @pttp5509
    @pttp5509 Год назад +158

    I was there! When I was in high school a date took me to see an unknown band at the Tea Party - out came Led Zeppelin!!!
    We knew we were witnessing music history - it’s one of the best memories of my life

    • @mjt11860
      @mjt11860 Год назад +4

      You mean it's not THE BEST memory? Lol.

    • @ptklip
      @ptklip Год назад +7

      That is absolutely amazing!

    • @scottaussem1771
      @scottaussem1771 Год назад +8

      I saw them in MSG the night they got robbed. Filmed for movie song remains the same

    • @12kvisions
      @12kvisions Год назад +7

      you very very lucky bastard ; )

    • @BipTunia_Microtonal_Cats
      @BipTunia_Microtonal_Cats 11 месяцев назад +4

      Very cool. What were the other best memories of your life?

  • @cguzik69
    @cguzik69 Год назад +84

    I heard about this show many times from my dad. Turns out I was there - my parents were 19 and my mom was pregnant with me, but they didn’t know yet. Pretty epic “first show”.

    • @nakedbanana7056
      @nakedbanana7056 Год назад +4

      You legendary music pumped right into your very genes!

    • @MrJohnnyDistortion
      @MrJohnnyDistortion 11 месяцев назад +2

      So you were an insider. Smuggled in? 🤭😆

    • @boston_octopus_442
      @boston_octopus_442 10 месяцев назад

      Your first rock concert was SICK!

    • @MrJohnnyDistortion
      @MrJohnnyDistortion 10 месяцев назад

      Embryonic R&R? 😆 Rockin' in the womb? 🤣 Did you get a "contact buzz?" 😃😵‍💫

  • @Doones51
    @Doones51 Год назад +71

    LZ also played at the Tea Party in May of 1969 at the end of that first US tour. I was there. My friend and I hitchhiked from RI to Boston without even knowing where the Tea Party was. Fortunately some hip guy picked us up, got us completely stoned on some really good reefer, and drove us into Boston and dropped us off about a block from the TP. Tickets were about 5 or 6 dollars at the door. Another fantastic show when they were really trying to make their initial mark in America. They definitely succeeded. They played the whole first album. We hitchhiked back to RI after midnight, still high on the whole event.

    • @jamesmack3314
      @jamesmack3314 Год назад +2

      Cool story man!….7 years later I hitchhiked…from Wisconsin to New York but got busted in Jersey!

    • @DianeLake-sw3ym
      @DianeLake-sw3ym Год назад +4

      The difference from today is that this guy was cool and got you stoned on good reefer. Today he'd have a butcher knife and rip you up. People just are no longer fun or cool

    • @wingchun-simplekungfu7584
      @wingchun-simplekungfu7584 Год назад +1

      @@jamesmack3314😂

    • @wingchun-simplekungfu7584
      @wingchun-simplekungfu7584 Год назад +1

      The 60’s opened to floor for the 70’s. By the mid 80’s disco had done its damage to live music and great bands. Lucky we were there ❤🙏👍🏻👍🏻

    • @jamesmack3314
      @jamesmack3314 Год назад +7

      @@wingchun-simplekungfu7584 rap has done way worse I’ll take disco over there any day

  • @leddygee1896
    @leddygee1896 Год назад +138

    A band such as Zeppelin
    Will never happen again.
    I’m just glad I lived on this
    Planet at the same time
    They did… RIP Bonzo.

    • @SethTyrssen-o7l
      @SethTyrssen-o7l Год назад +6

      Agreed. I was fortunate enough to be a young guy in high school at the time.

    • @shilohpuppy5649
      @shilohpuppy5649 Год назад +6

      I remember going to the public pool with my older brother and sisters in the early 70's and hearing Plant's opening Viking war cry of Immigrant Song. The speaker was a giant megaphone in those days and although you could hear the music, it was the vocals that really carried. We all joined in when the song played and all across the pool it was AHHHHHHHHHHHHH AHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHH! Now THOSE were the days!!

    • @DianeLake-sw3ym
      @DianeLake-sw3ym Год назад +5

      I'm glad I was in high school in the mid 70s when they were at their full powers. And have enjoyed them since and now watch new generations fall for them the same way.

    • @blackdog2988
      @blackdog2988 Год назад +4

      @@DianeLake-sw3ymI grew up and still live 20 miles south of Boston.
      In jr high 68-69 69-70, I had a young lady music class and young guy art class teachers that let us play the music of the day and we were exposed to all the rock genres of the time, an AMAZING time. Remember listening to listening to the first 2 Zeppelin albums. Back then the majority of music played on the radio were singles from albums and sold as 45s 😜😜 I still have Whole Lotta Love/Livin Lovin Maid on a 45 ‼️‼️ Saw them live July 21 1973 at the Providence Civic Center in Rhode Island the summer before my senior year in high school 🤘🤘🤘🤘 STILL the GREATEST show of the hundreds of concerts I’ve seen in now 50 years ‼️‼️‼️‼️ I listen to the shows available on RUclips from various sources, Led Zeppelin Boots is probably the best here. I get reminded of being there as 17 year old teenager and can remember virtually the whole show ❤️‼️‼️
      Truly the GREATEST Hard Rock Band EVAH 🤘🤘🤘🤘

    • @stuarthouse-w6o
      @stuarthouse-w6o Год назад +1

      never's a long time , i wouldn't bet my life on it.

  • @BobBrown-xf2tm
    @BobBrown-xf2tm Год назад +41

    there will not be and cannot be another Led Zeppelin. Hearing their first album was life changing.

    • @ptklip
      @ptklip Год назад +1

      In 1980, my guitar teacher, Doug, himself an incredible player, picked it out of my stack of records, held it up and said to me, "Do you know what this is? It's a guitarist's dictionary."

    • @12kvisions
      @12kvisions Год назад +3

      seminal moment for me too hearing that 1st led zep album : )

    • @tomdavidson5719
      @tomdavidson5719 11 месяцев назад +1

      I own around 900 albums, Led Zeppelin being my favorite!

  • @bfish89ryuhayabusa
    @bfish89ryuhayabusa Год назад +50

    I assume the DJ was JJ Jackson. He had already been playing the first album on his show in preparation for the gigs, but when he saw them, he was blown away by how different the songs were from the album, the level of improvisation they were doing. On his radio show the next day, JJ told his audience that they needed to go see this band live. Zeppelin knew how much this did for their career, and were always grateful to JJ for his promotion of those gigs.

    • @keitha.563
      @keitha.563 Год назад +4

      JJ followed Zep around till the end even adopted a English accent sometimes ... He use to talk in both in the same sentence. 👍🏼

    • @cuda426hemi
      @cuda426hemi Год назад +1

      Or Charles Laquidera. He did a lot of heavy lifting. 🎵

    • @blackdog2988
      @blackdog2988 Год назад +1

      WBCN 🤘

  • @linheitzig9227
    @linheitzig9227 11 месяцев назад +5

    I'm 69 years old, and I am so happy I watch your video. Outstanding job putting it together. I am glad I got to listen to it before I leave this world!

  • @juliemanarin4127
    @juliemanarin4127 Год назад +145

    The greatest band to ever grace the planet! They were so in synch...they were magical! Each of them were pure talent and genius!

    • @winstonsyme5899
      @winstonsyme5899 Год назад +10

      True. Very true. Not even close.

    • @cwinsten1
      @cwinsten1 Год назад

      Plant’s shit singing broke America.

    • @johneasler9967
      @johneasler9967 Год назад +2

      One of the dullest, most boring bands live

    • @doug3117
      @doug3117 Год назад +6

      Have to agree with you. Saw them live in Sydney, Feb72. I'm still in awe of the experience.

    • @herbyverstink
      @herbyverstink Год назад

      Youre GD right!!!!!

  • @Boleskinebeatz
    @Boleskinebeatz Год назад +51

    Loved this James you really brought the story to life. ... Imagine being in a situation where you have to play 12 encores just to stop the crowd from ripping the place apart!. That said Led Zep were probably the perfect band to pull material out of thin air and pull it off. Planty and Bonzo would have had a lot of experience of playing covers from their time together in the Band of Joy and Jimmy and Jonesy would have played on half the hit records of the last five years between them. Lucky lucky crowd.

    • @JamesHargreavesGuitar
      @JamesHargreavesGuitar  Год назад +9

      Yep. One of those moments I’d go visit if I had a Time Machine definitely

  • @MusicUncaged6220
    @MusicUncaged6220 Год назад +45

    Thank you for covering some Zeppelin, James! I was hoping this would happen. Very well covered as you do!

  • @michaeloneill1360
    @michaeloneill1360 Год назад +19

    Thanks James for this Story of Led Zeppelin's 'Breakthrough Gig' at the Boston Tea Party!! I myself was a Witness to Led Zeppelin's Awesomeness on: Feb 6th, 1975 !!! In Montreal Canada !!

  • @ImYourOverlord
    @ImYourOverlord Год назад +9

    If I've run across this story before, it was never in such detail. I thank you, kind sir, for this presentation!

  • @DukesMusic84
    @DukesMusic84 Год назад +15

    I've lived in Boston, absolutely rabid rock n'roll town. Love their rock and their beer, the crowds there are incredible

  • @charliecoutts3003
    @charliecoutts3003 Год назад +26

    Excellent video, actually quite surprised you've covered Zeppelin! They are the G.O.A.T.

    • @davidmontgomery5047
      @davidmontgomery5047 Год назад

      NOT ...No Such Thing ...

    • @charliecoutts3003
      @charliecoutts3003 Год назад

      @@davidmontgomery5047 Please elaborate?

    • @Sanctified57
      @Sanctified57 Год назад +2

      Yes absolutely. No other rock group comes close to Led Zeppelin to be honest, and I’m a fan of Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, The Who, and Jethro Tull

  • @grahamfay2473
    @grahamfay2473 2 месяца назад +2

    You made this unbelievable gig come alive James. Thanks for reminding everyone the start of their journey and 😅that Led Zeppelin are still and forever will be the GOSTS.

  • @happyhappyjoyjoy55
    @happyhappyjoyjoy55 Год назад +19

    You did such an awesome job on this video. You captured all of the excitement that surrounded this landmark event in Led Zepp's history. Watching this, you can truly feel the incredible thrill of what it was to be there. Thanks! Chuck

  • @MJEvermore853
    @MJEvermore853 Год назад +26

    This little doc was SO well done. 👍
    I had goosebumps on my arms during most of it out of excitement. I would happily give away one of my arms just to be able to go back in time to witness this gig myself (I was only 6 months old at the time lol) and count myself blessed to own a bootleg of the event.
    I've often wondered about this particular gig for decades now, only reading bits and pieces about it, hearing rumors about the wild crowd, the headbanging guys in front of the stage, Tyler and Hamilton being present, the 4 hour length, Grant breaking into tears - everything.
    This video sorted it out for me mostly.
    I will be coming back to revisit this one often. It was thoroughly enjoyable to watch and listen to.
    Thank you! 👍

  • @angeloiodice9304
    @angeloiodice9304 Год назад +13

    That was really a great presentation. All credit to the monster that Led Zep was. But, you gave one helluva presentation representing them. Thank you!!!

  • @johnshields6852
    @johnshields6852 Год назад +10

    Boston born I was 9 that year and already a huge rock fan, WBCN was my favorite station, I can't remember teachers names but I remember all the DJ's full names, their voices etched in my brain.

  • @daviddrotar410
    @daviddrotar410 Год назад +10

    Bravo James! Now that was a great review of Led Zeppelin's first gig in the USA. The Boston Tea Party and the first F.M. Radio station in Boston WCBN helped make this new band from England a big success in America! What a great post and presentation James! Well done. DD. 😃💕🔊💥🥁🎸🎸🎤🎶🎵🤘

    • @RiotNrrrdUTube
      @RiotNrrrdUTube Год назад +3

      It wasn’t their first gig in the US …

    • @blackdog2988
      @blackdog2988 Год назад +3

      It wasn’t the first gig in the US, they first played one show December 30 or so (sorry don’t have definitive date location) then 3 nights in LA at the Whiskey A Go Go 😉 Made it to East coast later in January and played 3 nights at The Tea Party. Second US tour they were back here in May 🤘

    • @MJEvermore853
      @MJEvermore853 Год назад

      Their first night in America was on Boxing Day (Dec 26th) in Denver, CO. 👍😎

  • @RahRah-vu2mh
    @RahRah-vu2mh Год назад +12

    This was a day that forever changed my life. To add a bit of color to this great story... They had one roadie hauling the equipment. His name was Clive Coulson. Henry, Richard Cole and others were doing other things. I was asked by the club to help Clive load in a van's worth of gear up a huge flight of stairs, and help set it up too. One factoid. If memory serves me well, John Bonham, under pressure by all around him allowed us to set up his two bass drums (instead of one plus a back up) for this added night. He kept pushing back saying he didn't need two... and he didn't. So this was rare indeed.
    Bonham's energy drove the whole evening too. You can hear it clearly in the pre-Moby Dick drum solo Pat’s Delight on the bootlegs from this night which I believe was fan recorded. His pedal work is insane!!! One more thing... The Tea Party, WBCN and the Phoenix were owned at the time by Ray Riepen, a true visionary who foresaw the cultural moment. Amazing. Don Law, another visionary was the manager. Also, the DJ host was the one and lonely Charlie Daniels, the Master Blaster. JJ came on board weeks later and was a huge influence and cheerleader for the band all the way to his MTV days.

    • @mjt11860
      @mjt11860 Год назад

      Of the Charlie Daniels band?

    • @RahRah-vu2mh
      @RahRah-vu2mh 11 месяцев назад

      That was a different cat. This Charlie Daniels was a Boston DJ (with Peter "Woofer Goofer" Wolf on WBCN, as well as Tea Party MC and just overall cool guy... and a great photographer too. @@mjt11860

  • @edyoung6573
    @edyoung6573 Год назад +6

    James that was Fantastic!!!! Thank you for this Story!! Made me Smile! Best Band Ever!!!

  • @gillesfabbri97
    @gillesfabbri97 Год назад +4

    Okay this has me absolutely roaring 🤣🤣!! As a musician I am somewhat jealous that I am extremely unlikely to get that kind of reaction from a crowd but also cannot admiring the level of enthusiasm they provoked, thank you for making this video James, it's made my day!

  • @garyreid4026
    @garyreid4026 Год назад +9

    This is a great video. If you have any interest in Zeppelin at all or even if you don’t you should watch this. Very professionally done. 👍🏻

  • @gregwalker1913
    @gregwalker1913 Год назад +8

    Great Great Job James! You captured the night so well.

  • @catrh1158
    @catrh1158 Год назад +8

    Excellent job pulling this together and presenting it. I'm a huge fan and learned a lot from this. Thank you very much.

  • @johannasaninocencio7458
    @johannasaninocencio7458 Год назад +14

    I grew up on WBCN. The whole attitude of that station was about the music. It’s amazing how all the threads came together for that magical night.😊

    • @gregbowden1552
      @gregbowden1552 11 месяцев назад

      Greatest radio station ever. Hey Rangoon.

  • @Conneyfogle
    @Conneyfogle Год назад +1

    Cool, thx for using my clip...long live Led Zepp

  • @rdorman71
    @rdorman71 Год назад +12

    Outstanding analysis as per usual, James. Plse do more Zep & also Stones if poss. Lovin' your work ❤

  • @notrocketscience7441
    @notrocketscience7441 Год назад +7

    Thanks, James. This is an excellent presentation!

  • @bubblerings
    @bubblerings 11 месяцев назад +3

    They are a part of me.. since around 1972... So, this is one the best videos I have ever watched.
    And, my favorite Rock story!!

  • @DianeLake-sw3ym
    @DianeLake-sw3ym Год назад +5

    Thanks for that. I knew all along you were talking about Tyler but, it never quite hit me when he was at their RnR hall of fame and he talked about the beautiful girl on Jimmy's arm. But, listening to the story full on here it really made me laugh out loud where before it would just get a smile.
    You really made the story come alive

  • @flamencoprof
    @flamencoprof Год назад +6

    My mate rang me up and held the telephone handset through the door into the lounge, where he had his father's expensive Hi-Fi playing Led Zep I. The downtown record shop I hastened to had abandoned the usual top shelf display of the current Top Twenty album covers and just had Led Zep I repeated all around the display. The person before me bought Led Zep I, and the person after me bought Led Zep I.
    Definitely a smash hit!

  • @brahmburgers
    @brahmburgers 10 месяцев назад +1

    During that same tour, or soon after, I saw the Zeps, live in Columbia Maryland (1 hour north of my pad in Washington DC). An hour earlier, I hadn't planned to go , but a party girl named Vail called me and asked if I could get my mom's car. I was 17. I said yea. The girl's dad owned a radio station and was given 2 second row tickets for the show. I was already an R&B guitarist with my own band, so it was a doubly fun gig for me. The Zeps weren't even the headliners. They opened for The Who, who I'd seen before in London. After the show, I was backstage and ready to go into the backstage room with the musicians and groupies, but I couldn't find my date, so I had to search for her - to take her home - the gentlemanly thing to to. Darn.

  • @fsmmike
    @fsmmike Год назад +6

    Wow what a great documentary! Thank you so much!

  • @fredjennings5312
    @fredjennings5312 Год назад +16

    Could you imagine seeing and hearing this iconic band live at their beginning for a mere $3.50?

    • @edbeck8925
      @edbeck8925 Год назад +4

      I can not imagine paying $1500 to see Taylor Swift

    • @geraldzuckier
      @geraldzuckier 11 месяцев назад +2

      I think the Thursday and Sunday shows were cheaper

  • @SmokeyTreats
    @SmokeyTreats Год назад +5

    Very enjoyable James, thanks so much!

  • @owl-gd6ce
    @owl-gd6ce Год назад +9

    I'm from Boston and know a couple of people that were there. They say OH YAH SO AWESOME!✌

  • @grantcampbell6217
    @grantcampbell6217 Год назад +10

    Awesome, always loved the story of this gig. More Zepp content please!!!

  • @GayleenDodson
    @GayleenDodson Год назад +4

    I was only 8yrs old... I was just out of reach to see this band live....DAMN !

  • @Asti.sayAhstee
    @Asti.sayAhstee 11 месяцев назад +1

    I’ve never heard this story before. Thank you so much for the telling. The thread about Steven Tyler was a great way to weave in that intersection in rock history.
    I was a tad too young to have been able to attend. A few years later in ‘73 at age 16 I saw Zeppelin in Vancouver, BC, CA. Do I need to say it was an experience right up there with birthing my children? Didn’t think so.

  • @ptklip
    @ptklip Год назад +1

    Hello, James.
    I am three minutes into this, and I want to comment right away. You packed so much great information into these three minutes, along with a great speaking accent, and excellent graphics. It's so nice to learn about some my greatest heroes hitting it big in the closest big city to where I grew up idolizing them and modeling my guitar style after Jimmy Page. Thank you so much. This is a real treat. I can't wait to see the rest of this great video you have made.
    Pete from Massachusetts

  • @writethisthat3613
    @writethisthat3613 Год назад +14

    Hard to believe this was 55 years ago.

  • @Justicia007
    @Justicia007 Год назад +2

    This was a fantastic video! I so enjoyed your depiction of this gig. You really brought it to life and I could see it in my mind while you described it. What an amazing moment and what an amazing band!

  • @joewalker511
    @joewalker511 Год назад +20

    Steven Tyler's story at the end is priceless!

    • @davidcollin1436
      @davidcollin1436 Год назад +1

      Tyler was the wormy little pro that unplugged other band's amps during performance to make his act appear more competent.

    • @MrJohnnyDistortion
      @MrJohnnyDistortion 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@davidcollin1436
      Holy cow. When did he do that?

  • @jackwood2328
    @jackwood2328 Год назад +1

    The only description piece I ever watched in full. Wonderful presentation

  • @BlueGoat682
    @BlueGoat682 11 месяцев назад +2

    This was a fascinating story. I am familiar with a lot of Led Zeppelins' history but this is the first time I have heard about the Boston Tea Party gig. The fact that Steven Tyler was in the audience makes the story that much better. Led Zeppelin will live on forever!

  • @aurorabanks8161
    @aurorabanks8161 Год назад +13

    WBCN should go down in history as one of the greatest all time influential radio stations. They helped break not only LZ, but J Geils Band, the Cars, Springsteen and U2 to name a few. They played a lot of early Oasis iirc and helped anchor their popularity stateside as well.

    • @bruceb5481
      @bruceb5481 Год назад +2

      Right, and I think J. Geils was a Boston band.

    • @jamesmack3314
      @jamesmack3314 Год назад

      @@bruceb5481they were but Aerosmith were technically not

    • @HardRockMaster7577
      @HardRockMaster7577 Год назад +1

      R.I.P. Progressive Free From FM Radio, before the corporate conglomerates took over FM Radio Playlists.

    • @MJEvermore853
      @MJEvermore853 Год назад

      @@jamesmack3314....Aerosmith wasn't a Boston band? Interesting...
      I had always assumed that they were.

    • @jamesmack3314
      @jamesmack3314 Год назад +1

      @@MJEvermore853 well, they ended up there, but only Joe Perry was born and raised in Massachusetts. Steven Tyler’s actually a New Yorker, so is Joey Kramer

  • @ptklip
    @ptklip Год назад +2

    This a great, great video about a truly epic story. Thank you thank you.

  • @RobChandler
    @RobChandler 11 месяцев назад +2

    What an amazing documentary, thank you!

  • @patriciastone3501
    @patriciastone3501 Год назад +2

    My brother is a year older than me and was there that night! I saw them the next few times they came to Boston. Great band!

  • @UncompressedWAVmusic
    @UncompressedWAVmusic 11 месяцев назад +1

    I entered high school when Led Zeppelin began in 1968. I bought and loved and partied with all their LPs for many decades. Thanks for this Legendary review of the Boston Tea Party gig that made Led Zeppelin. Pete Townstead of The Who gave them their name because he thought that they would fail so bad that they would go down like a LeAd Zeppelin (made of LEAD) meaning they would crash and burn. So they called themselves Led Zeppelin. They broke attendance records across America that The Beatles has set. They also had wild times in their hotels on trips. They were very popular at all of their shows.

  • @kathiekinsler
    @kathiekinsler Год назад +1

    Great job on this video. I haven’t heard of this before. Thanks for putting this together ❤

  • @nane6
    @nane6 Год назад +3

    Thank you for posting this 🙃I am just reading the book by Bob Spitz, it´s all in there ... definetely worth buying, it´s amazing

  • @georgemichael9106
    @georgemichael9106 Год назад +2

    Had the great opportunity to see Led Zeppelin in 1971 LA Forum,72 Tucson Az,1973 Albuquerque NM,and fourth and final time 3/5/75 in Dallas and believe it or not still have the LA,Tucson,and Dallas 🎟️ ticket stubs.

  • @stuarthecht8196
    @stuarthecht8196 Год назад +2

    Truly excellent job! I really enjoyed this, especially being a longtime huge Zeppelin fan. I assumed Steven Tallerico would inevitably become Steven Tyler. Funny account from him as well!

  • @GDawg2K2
    @GDawg2K2 Год назад +5

    I was at that Gig! A few mon later they were at the carousel ballroom in Framingham mass. Aa few mon after that Boston Garden.. The second album was on sale at the venue! They went from 700-3000-20000 in 8 mon or so!

    • @jimmeryman4332
      @jimmeryman4332 Год назад +1

      I can't believe I didn't get to either of the first two gigs in Boston...but I did see them at the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1969...then after going to Woodstock (wish they had played there!) I did see them at the Carousel in Framingham...it was a rather small theater-in-the-round...they played in the center stage (playing mostly to just one half of the audience...luckily I was in that half)......they really tore the house down......did get the to the Boston Tea Party that November to see an awesome set by The Who.....and Led Zeppelin again in September 1970 at the Boston Garden...those where the days.......

  • @grandmaoldschool7011
    @grandmaoldschool7011 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you for such a great historical compilation! Never heard about this and just discovering the group.

  • @trv16gel
    @trv16gel Год назад +8

    Great story well told

  • @thefrontrank2006
    @thefrontrank2006 Год назад +4

    Another fine film Jimothy

  • @PeterTea
    @PeterTea Год назад +13

    I’ve heard of a multiple song encore, I’ve never heard of a multiple set encore. They were probably playing “Mary Had a Little Lamb” by the end. I’m sure it sounded bad ass too.

    • @sicotshit7068
      @sicotshit7068 Год назад +5

      LOL! Love your comment, & yes I’m sure it would be bad ass, imagine Plants vocals on that lol.

  • @richardgrant418
    @richardgrant418 Год назад +1

    BRILLIANT work pulling all that together 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
    🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @Laststopny2741
    @Laststopny2741 Год назад +1

    What an awesome story!! The original "Headbangers Ball" . Heavy metal was not then what its is now, but I understand why they were called the "Heavy Metal Kings". Zeppelin and Aerosmith were my two favorite bands growing up. Sadly I never got a chance to see Zep live, but I was grateful to see Page and Plant tour in the 90's. LEGENDS!

  • @GaryMarshallellis
    @GaryMarshallellis День назад

    I never got to see Led Zeppelin live.. I was 14 in 1969.... I have never been to the Tea Party..... There were songs that broke the mold, rock around the clock, Johnny B. good, Pretty Woman, I want to hold your Hand, satisfaction, Day tripper..... The songs that blew up music, Pin ball wizard, Purple Haze, Sunshine of your love, Whole Lotta love.. those 4 songs changed music forever.....
    As a kid learning to play guitar, those songs were it!!!! A big influence on me...... Many of the songs I wrote, are descended from that era... Last nights woman, Momma had hot pants, Maine turn pike Romeo, Girls weren't design to pump Iron.. All on you tube.. Music would be very different if not for Zeppelin..... These days I listen to country, music changed, I got old.. I like to hear the words.. I never heard the story about Steve Tyler... That is pretty cool..

  • @iain2080
    @iain2080 Год назад +4

    Loving your classic rock vids. I have to be honest I'm not an Oasis fan at all but I've watched all your vids because of how interesting you make the topics. So selfishly I do love seeing you cover some of my favourite bands.

  • @mjt11860
    @mjt11860 Год назад +2

    Never got to see them live, but saw Page/Plant when they came to Boise Idaho. Most memorable concert I've ever seen. I actually got high and felt like I was floating, but I wasn't doing drugs. Their music was the drug. Magic filled the air. Just to be in the same room with them, was incredible. Now being a composer myself, my dream is to collaborate with each one of them. I can dream, can't I? World's greatest rock band, bar none.

    • @MJEvermore853
      @MJEvermore853 Год назад

      I was fortunate enough to see Page / Plant in '95. Best concert I've ever been to. Yes, was so completely high on the music. No drugs were necessary as I was 7 months pregnant at the time!

  • @zippy963
    @zippy963 Год назад +16

    Legends indeed.

  • @ruperterskin2117
    @ruperterskin2117 Год назад +1

    Right on. Thanks for sharing.

  • @mattgiunt
    @mattgiunt 11 месяцев назад +1

    Was there on Thursday night. Ear bleeding volume almost unbearable. When Page attacked his guitar with a violin bow I was out the door. This move saved me my 76 year old hearing.

  • @movies_are_life
    @movies_are_life Год назад +7

    Just to wonder if there would ever be Aerosmith if it wasn’t for this show. Listening to the entire show is incredible and gives hope that somehow the entire recording exists somewhere.

    • @bertroost1675
      @bertroost1675 Год назад

      I heard it does exist but the owner never wanted to give it up. I am sure he is dead now so someone related has it or it is destroyed.

  • @weiloong7
    @weiloong7 11 месяцев назад

    Dear Sir, you have such a nice guy demeanour and you speak and present well!! Thanks for this enjoyable document!!

  • @jfk64kennedy95
    @jfk64kennedy95 Год назад +2

    July 6, 1969 Led Zeppelin played the world famous Newport(Rhode Island, USA) Jazz Festival. just an hour, south of Boston

  • @luvbasses5487
    @luvbasses5487 Год назад +4

    Henry Smith “the living myth” went on to tour with Aerosmith through the seventies as a road manager. I live not far, about 1/2 hour from Berkeley St., where the Tea Party was. My problem though is that I was only a year old at the time of this gig…and just couldn’t make into town. 😁

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Год назад +5

      You could have tried. You could have crawled there. 😝

    • @luvbasses5487
      @luvbasses5487 Год назад +5

      ... I’m literally belly laughing right now!

    • @MJEvermore853
      @MJEvermore853 Год назад +1

      Was Henry Smith the guy that Steven Tyler had talked about during his induction of LZ at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
      "Who was going to set up my drums at the Clam Shack?" 😅

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Год назад

      @@luvbasses5487
      ✌😁Best wishes mate.

    • @luvbasses5487
      @luvbasses5487 Год назад

      @@lyndoncmp5751 and you, my friend.

  • @juliafox7904
    @juliafox7904 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks for this report- a great piece of history.

  • @Loc-Nar73
    @Loc-Nar73 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you, growing up in the late 70's into & thru the 80's i just missed the early days of Zeppelin.

  • @tonylombardi4661
    @tonylombardi4661 Год назад +2

    Terrific story.
    LZ: THE best band of them all.

  • @scizmeli
    @scizmeli Год назад +1

    Wow amazing story I did not know. Thank you

  • @morpher44
    @morpher44 Год назад +5

    If ever there was a glitch in the matrix, is when we all got the album Physical Graffiti, and played that sucker over and over again until the groves were warn.

  • @iamnoti6162
    @iamnoti6162 11 месяцев назад +1

    Crazy but I was there! I saw a bunch of breaking bands. Zeppelin, James Gang ( Lansdowne Street), Jethro Tull (Lansdowne Street), Jeff Beck and a lot more. The Tea Party was an amazing place.

  • @edwardshawe6395
    @edwardshawe6395 Год назад +25

    How the industry has changed... the pace of their releases and development was insane... totally different times of course...

    • @thesolarengineer
      @thesolarengineer Год назад +2

      Great observation!!! 👍👍👍

    • @doctorrobert1339
      @doctorrobert1339 Год назад +3

      It also helps that Page was on a mission as well, with his enthusiasm to keep playing music after The Yardbirds split up.

    • @douglasalexander4348
      @douglasalexander4348 Год назад +1

      They also played 4 hour gigs, amazing.

    • @Tyrell_Corp2019
      @Tyrell_Corp2019 Год назад +1

      For insight into the music industry’s change, Frank Zappa’s book: “The Real Frank Zappa” is a great read.

    • @douglasalexander4348
      @douglasalexander4348 Год назад

      @@doctorrobert1339 He was very competitive as well, he was always trying to get one up on Beck. Remember he spent thousands of hours as an in demand session musician and writer in London studios before the Yardbirds.

  • @monamaple9790
    @monamaple9790 Год назад +1

    Seen in concert,many albums awesome 😎😎😎😎💯💯

  • @Jeph629
    @Jeph629 11 месяцев назад +2

    The message here is "persevere" 16:42---not just for bands and musicians. If I'd followed the advice and predictions of those who said "forget it" I'd have never gotten into--let alone out of--medical school.

    • @Kenneth-c4j
      @Kenneth-c4j 4 месяца назад

      Good on ya!!👍👍

  • @sicotshit7068
    @sicotshit7068 8 месяцев назад

    I love this story, & so glad my favorite band, became the greatest band ever.

  • @Rocky-ry6uw
    @Rocky-ry6uw Год назад +2

    And the magic began.....only wish I was old enough to have been there.

  • @lorincowell6944
    @lorincowell6944 11 месяцев назад

    WBCN reached the Hilltowns at night, in early 1969 - through some freakish, never repeated, atmospheric conditions. Led Zeppelin, MC5 and SRC were playing. I was searching the dial for the hockey playoffs. Instead, I got some of the most amazing Rock 'n' Roll of a lifetime.

  • @saltpeter7429
    @saltpeter7429 Год назад +1

    I always thought the big Zeppelin gig down in Mass was FRAMINGHAM.
    I must have been mistaken, I thought that was their premier.
    I learn something everyday.
    ( I was friends with an older fella that owned and ran a gas station. He was super cool and his stories of early shows he went to down in " the city" were captivating)

  • @gab99
    @gab99 Год назад +1

    Jimmy was doing the whole violin bow thing with the old Yardbirds. Dazed was listed as "I'm Confused" back then

  • @barrykershaw9818
    @barrykershaw9818 Год назад +1

    I hear lots of stuff about rock music in the 60s and 70s.They always mention the greats like Page,Beck,Woody, John Mayhall ,Clapton and numerous others. But no one says anything about Jimmy McCulloch.Check this underrated master of the the guitar.He played with John Mayall and the blues breakers,Paul McCartney and wings,Stone the crows,Thunder Clap Newman.Please check this guy out. He also did the lead on "Say it ain't so"with Roger Daltrey, Kieth Moon,Entwistle .Absolutely fantastic.

    • @MJEvermore853
      @MJEvermore853 11 месяцев назад

      I remember him. Scotman. He was just a young kid during the Wings Over America tour in '75 (?) and died pretty young from what I remember. I truly loved his performances, particularly on the song 'Medicine Jar'. Venus And Mars is a personal favorite album of mine. My older brother bought it for me for my 7th birthday and I wore the grooves out of it and have had to purchase subsequent copies of it on vinyl when I got older.
      I'll never forget Jimmy, he was a great musician. So sad that he died so young.

  • @Johnnynbk
    @Johnnynbk Год назад +1

    I remember shaking Jimmy's hand as he left the stage saying "You're gonna be famous, man!" He said, "Thanks Buddy"...

  • @TheJoshuamooney
    @TheJoshuamooney 9 месяцев назад

    Really excellent description of this crucial show, my man. Your passion for great shows is inspiring. I wonder who wrote that first Creem review of a zeppelin show? Lester Bangs, who I love, notoriously despised the band. I forgive him, though.

  • @michaelcorns6803
    @michaelcorns6803 Год назад +1

    Saw them 10 times, first time when i was 14, grew up not far from where planty lived 🧡💚💙💛

  • @danielcombs3207
    @danielcombs3207 Год назад +1

    I would have loved living in Boston when that venue was open. There were so many legendary artists who played there during rocks best years. Great bands and cheap tickets.

  • @Garyomer
    @Garyomer Год назад +1

    That was great thank you 😊

  • @thekolt533
    @thekolt533 11 месяцев назад

    Yes this gig was and will forever be Notorius in not just the history of Led Zeppelin but in the history of Hard Rock & Heavy Metal .....this is when & where Headbanging began!!!

  • @don6538
    @don6538 Год назад +1

    I went to the first show of the tour. Page was playing a red Telecaster and was at the right (from the audience point of view) of the smallish stage. Broke their album on the college radio station and knew what to expect. Jeff Beck with Rod Stewart was either the week before or after Zep as I remember it. Saw them too. Good Times. Real good times. Then I got drafted. Bummer.
    Had a record called "Live Yardbirds with Jimmy Page", Keith Relf on vocals and Page on guitar. One of the songs was "Dazed and Confused." "White Summer" was on either that album or the studio album Little Games, but I think it was on both. Page played it at the Tea Party, maybe as a DADGAD medley with Black Mountain Side, as there was something different about it.

    • @MJEvermore853
      @MJEvermore853 Год назад

      Would love to hear a little more about that first Zep gig.
      I've never known Jimmy to play a red telly-very interesting!
      I've got the Live Yardbirds album and that version of Dazed And Confused (actually titled 'I'm Confused' on that record) is one of the best live versions of that song I've ever heard and I've heard so many as I'm a bootleg collector. Great version!

  • @jamesmack3314
    @jamesmack3314 Год назад +1

    Fleetwood Mac live at the BTP February1970 is incredible,especially their epic jam “ Rattlesnake shake “

  • @debracole6587
    @debracole6587 Год назад +1

    If not for LZ music would not be what is today.
    Forever a fan

  • @flashback9966
    @flashback9966 Год назад +1

    Great presentation. You did them proud. . .

  • @albertarguelles3262
    @albertarguelles3262 Год назад +2

    Wow. I was lucky to see them twice. Once in Tampa in 73. The biggest or largest attendance for a concert to date. The second was again in Tampa in 75 which turned out to be a disaster due to the unforgiving weather and unforgivable fans that attended. The rest is a long story which ended in a riot and Zep being banned from Tampa, never to return again.

  • @iggy9955
    @iggy9955 Год назад +1

    The best of the best with Pink Floyd the greatest band of all time. Two different types of music by two giants of rock & roll

    I'm glad that I was part of the rock generation and as a little boy with a guitar I downloaded LZ songs with my friends in the park next to my house.
    There were no computers, smartphones, and tablature, only listening and hours of trying until they downloaded a part of the song.