Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Once Upon a Time.....

 Led Zeppelin played in Baton Rouge.....




Actually, twice.  Cities such as Baton Rouge and Jackson used to land such concerts.  Oh well.

You're welcome.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

No doubt about it, they had a much better airplane than ole Lynyrd.

Anonymous said...

Thieves

Anonymous said...

During my time at LSU, there were so many great concerts at "The Pete". Springsteen, The Stones, The Who, Zeppelin, Elton John, Neil Young, Rod Stewart, etc.

Anonymous said...

Thanks, Kingfish! But remember in 1977 Zeppelin had 44 shows on their tour. Bands just don't play as much live today as they did back then. Thank you, internet.

Baton Rouge also attracted the Who to play there in 1975. The country was just more fun back then.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, and back in the day the major airlines had frequent routes to cities like Jackson. Now, they don't land a crop duster in Baton Rouge. It's simple economics, go to the big hub cities, pack the big venues they'll still come from the outlying villages. Less work, more money.

Messick said...

Several weeks prior this show, Pink Floyd played there on the Animals Tour.
Unfortunately, neither video nor film exists of it, but a decent bootleg has been in circulation for a long time.

Anonymous said...

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/led-zeppelin/1977/lsu-assembly-center-baton-rouge-la-3d01597.html

Anonymous said...

On July 14th, The Stones will perform at the Superdome. I bought two tickets to see the concert and they cost about $800 total. They are definitely Rolling Stones, Inc. I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it.

Anonymous said...

I saw The Stones while living in Nashville for $40 in $400 seats as a part of their Lucky Dip promo. Definetly RS Inc. as they make the shirts and sell them for $60. It was a great show, Joe Walsh even showed up.

Anonymous said...

Nice Find!

I too will be at the Stones show in Nola.

Anonymous said...

STONES TICKETS STARTED AT $99/each in NOLA, VS. $800/each in Calif. Got two (2) tickets to Stones' Superdome show on 7/14/19 3 weeks ago @ $130/each w/ fees and taxes.

Past concerts attended in Mississippi in the 1970s: at Millsaps [Ten Years After; Argent; etc.] at Miss. Coliseum [Stephen Stills; Joe Cocker; Yes]; at USM [Delaney & Bonnie (and Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, Bobbie Whitlock, Jim Horn and others from Mad Dogs & Englishmen Tour); James Gang w/ Joe Walsh; AND at the old, upstairs, WAGON WHEEL (S of Capitol St., Jxn) where Johnny Winters; Edgar Winters; Leon Russell; Alabama State Troupers (w/ Elmo Peeler of Attala County and parts of Wet Willie) played and hardly anyone knew.

The BEST Past 1970s concerts were at The Warehouse, NOLA: Small Faces (Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Steve Marriott, etc.); The Who; Grateful Dead w/ Jeff. Airplane; Bob Dylan; Lil Feat, Poco Harum; Foghat; Iron Buttefly; Rhinocerous; Bob Marley; Toots & the Maytells; the Doors; and of course, every Allman Bros. concert that usually lasted 4-5 hrs. Tickets then averaged $5, yes, $5!

The Best other upcoming concerts are in Mobile and Montgomery [Hogfest, Aug. 17, 2019].

StarRider said...

I saw them a couple of times live in the 70's, IMO not a great live band. That time was great for fans of live music, both Jackson and Hattiesburg hosted a lot of great bands, and NOLA and Mobile were close enough to see some bigger tours.



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