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Just picked up the album tonight but have yet to listen to it.
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It's good to see people still buy good albums...it sits at #2 in the U.S. and at #3 in Canada!!!
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This album is really good. I find it to be very relaxing. My favourite song is probably 'Please Read the Letter'
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Sonuvabitch!
I just went looking for tour date info and discovered that Plant/Krauss are playing only a handful of US dates on the first leg of their tour, and that Louisville, KY is among them! However, I also discovered that tix went onsale last Friday, and the bastard has already sold out!
:x :x :x
Blahst!
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I don't know why it took me so long. I buy discs (don't purchase music downloads), so sometimes it's just a matter of getting my azz to a music store....which I finally did yesterday, because the store was next door to the place where I ate lunch :lol:
I do think Zep will put together a tour this fall after Plant/Krauss wind up their dates.
I don't think there will be a new "Zeppelin" release to coincide, but you never know.
I don't think there will be any sort of permanence to the reunion beyond a tour (and the possible coinciding record).
We know Plant has always been the guy who wanted to break out of the Zep mold and do other things...like the Honeydrippers, etc., and do stuff that incorporates his Mid-East influences, etc. And we also know that if he should get the itch to take care of any unfinished business related to Zep, then all he'd have to do is say the word and Jimmy would be all over it.
Jonesy, I think, is truly warmed by the fact that he was included in the recent UK show. I know he felt extremely slighted back in the '90s when Page/Plant did the unplugged / Clarksdale records & supporting tours. Jones has said that he absolutely loves producing because he gets involved with so many good artists and different types of music. He really is a jack of all trades, so I don't imagine that he's clamoring for any extended "reunion"; but that said, I'm sure he'd love to tour and maybe do a record with Page and Plant again.
And Page...well...he's probably begging Lucifer himself to help reconstruct Zep for eternity. I've heard JP say, time and time again, how he absolutely relishes playing guitar in a band, especially when the band is comprised of old friends. But make no mistake about it, Zep was his baby. He won't come out and say it directly, but that band was assembled according to his strict design, and for his own creative / artistic ends. And I think that's precisely where Plant's desire to seperate himself had originated.
But Robert is well aware of the profound greatness that was Zep, and after all, it has been almost 30 frickin years since Bonzo checked out...that's a long time, and Plant has accomplished quite a bit in that time. I can't imagine that, on the heels of such a critical and commercial success (Raising Sand), that he wouldn't love to get out there and be deified by hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of rock worshippers to bookend his career (and the fortune he'd make wouldn't dissuade him either.)
I say they do a World tour, make a mint, remember how rough the road is, and ride the Zeppelin off into the sunset.....for good.
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:lol: Whaddya think of that Uncle Earl? Quite unique, eh?
Yeah, T Bone was 'heavy handed" with the production on Raising Sand, but I think it is a stellar product. It's responsible, in large part, for this record being so damn good.
Another thing I noticed -- and it wasn't just because of the inclusion of "Trampled Rose" -- was after i first put it in and listened to it while driving around for a half an hour or so, that Tom Waits kept popping into my mind.
Well then I looked at the liner and saw that it's Mark Ribot on guitar. Well, duh. :roll:
Looking at averyone involved, from artists to technical production, there's really no way this record could be anything but excellent.
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Nice find on that Merlefest vid. :thumb:
The bluegrass traditionalists are insane. Don't they understand that embracing these progressive younger acts will only draw new interest / appreciation to traditional acts / recordings, and add to the lore and legend of the traditional Bluegrass greats? And that after awhile, it will strengthen an inevitable revival of more traditional styles? Given the far-reaching roots of the Bluegrass music tree, the "traditionalists" really ought to rethink their stance on the new blood.
Though I can't say it surprises me. Have you ever visited "bluegrass country"? It's an experience....
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