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Dread Zeppelin...They played Led Zep songs, Reggae style, with an Elvis Impersonator lead singer... (Original Post) GReedDiamond Nov 2022 OP
Delightfully weird Easterncedar Nov 2022 #1
Yer welcome! Dread Zeppelin was a local band to me, and played at... GReedDiamond Nov 2022 #3
I had a tape of theirs in the 80s TlalocW Nov 2022 #2
I Remember Them ProfessorGAC Nov 2022 #4
Oh, yeah - Ha! consider_this Nov 2022 #5

GReedDiamond

(5,311 posts)
3. Yer welcome! Dread Zeppelin was a local band to me, and played at...
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 04:30 AM
Nov 2022

...some of the same venues as my band at the time.

Another great longtime cover band from Pasadena, but no longer around to check out, Snotty Scotty & The Hankies:

They played at the first ever Doo Dah Parade in Pasadena CA (1979), which spread to many other cities across the country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo_Dah_Parade#Doo_Dah_history

From the 2016 Pasadena CA Bridge Party:



Another original Doo Dah Parade participant was "Zeik The Sheik."

Here is a song from my band Green Sparkle Frog about the Sheik:




TlalocW

(15,381 posts)
2. I had a tape of theirs in the 80s
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 03:56 AM
Nov 2022

Actually, I probably still have it in storage with all my blank tapes that I recorded Dr. Demento shows on.

consider_this

(2,203 posts)
5. Oh, yeah - Ha!
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 09:15 AM
Nov 2022

I bought one of their CDs in the day and loved freaking out visitors in my house by spinning them up - LOL!

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