I was (and always will be) a huge Led Zeppelin Fan.
Kind of an interesting story: I lived in Hawaii when they were still touring as a band (1977), and was around 16 I think. I had been at the beach across the street with my radio (never went anywhere without it, this is before Walkmans, and of course smartphones) and that was when there was good rock music on the radio). Disco was king in Hawaii in those days, but I have been a rock and roller from the start. We hated Disco (I am much more forgiving these days, but will never 'get' the BeeGees)
Anyway, I had heard the announcement on my handy dandy radio that Led Zeppelin were coming to Hawaii!!! OMG I was so excited! I had to get back home to call my friend to tell her about it! On my way home, some guy came up behind me and tried to grab me! (I had a T-shirt over my bikini). I was just a kid, and he was some kind of lech.
My adrenaline was all ready pumped up, and when he grabbed me from behind I got intensely angry! (not so much scared, which is odd) I started screaming and swearing at him (What the F do you think you are doing! Get the F away from me!), and I think he got scared. He ran the other way, back to the beach.
I ran all the way home. Mom called the police, and I described the guy and they caught him down the street at the beach park!!
Somehow calling my friend kind of fell to the wayside that day. But my memory (which is not so good these days) of that day is seared into my mind.
Sadly, it wasn't long after that when Robert Plant had a tragedy where his son Karac died of a stomach virus, there were illnesses and heroine addictions, and the rest of tour was cancelled. I think Hawaii might have been their last stop.
We were heartbroken. And then John Bonham passed away, so I never got to see my heartthrobs......
Until, the "No Quarter" Tour where Page and Plant were performing at Shoreline Amphitheater in 1996. I had long moved back to Northern California, and I was ecstatic. It wasn't Led Zeppelin, but the closest I would ever get to it! The concert was absolutely wonderful, I will never forget it.
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Lex, however, digs it, as well she should.
