The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 22, 1990, Page 6, Image 6
Robert Plant belts out new and olc
Rock leg
Concert
Review
By DENNIS SHEALY
Staff Writer
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thick mists above Stonehenge, a
mystical shadow rose and covered
the world. This shadow was to become
known as one of the greatest
bands ever, the mighty Led Zeppelin.
But alas, time took its toll, and
the band passed into a legend that
has lasted to today.
The nice thing about legends is
they allow the good, wonderful
and mystical to be remembered,
and it's only when the legend is
tampered with that it becomes
bland and uninteresting. This is
basically what the Robert Plant
show Thursday night at Carolina
Coliseum did for the Led Zeppelin
legend.
For the most part, it was a fine
show. The band was tight and
rather competent as musicians.
Plant hasn't lost too much of l}is
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Plant was dressed like a heavy
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Coverdale.
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had with the show was I believed
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and his first three solo albums
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a song-writer and proved that he
truly was moving away from the
past. Then he had to form a
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played for three hours with the
grace of the aging musician that he
is. I respected him for that. Plant I
couldn't respect
The most annoying member of
Plant's band had to be the guitarist.
He insisted on imitating the
young Jimmy Page ? deep back
bends and all. The only thing he
needed to make his act complete
was one of Page's old black silk
kimonoes with the dragons on it
He is a good musician, but his
speed lick style raped the guitar
works of both Page and Robbie
Blunt.
The high points of the show
were definitely the old Zeppelin
tunes "Going to California,"
"Living Loving Maid" and "Nobody's
Fault But Mine" as well as
many of Plant's earlier solo songs.
It was a good show for what it
was, but Plant could do better.
The Black Crows opened for
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