Just down the road from where I live there is a Community Hall and as far as I am aware it has never benefited from the appearance of any kind of Rock God. Although my good lady; Catwoman did appear as Principal Boy in an AmDram Panto 15 or 16 years ago, but sadly that doesn’t count! However I bet there are many of you who wished that you lived in or near Monmouth on 9th July this year. Robert Plant played a gig to around 200 invited guests. It was a gig to raise money for the Pick’s Disease Support Group. In simple terms Pick’s is a form of dementia that affects mostly younger people. Click here to check out their website.
The gig was in tribute to his friend Pat Moran who died of the disease earlier this year. Moran was Engineer on Plant’s first solo album and Co-Producer on his second. The band was quite something too, including such luminaries as; Verden Allen off of Mott The Hoople,Dave Edmunds and Martin Chambers off of the Pretenders amongst others. Plant played a few Led Zep songs as well as solo material. Now that gig surely was a truly priceless event! Click here to read about it on the BBC. Now enjoy one of my favourite Led Zep songs and my favourite solo song from Percy (unfortunately not from the Monmouth gig);
With Just A Hint Of Mayhem 