Dread Zeppelin
Great Lawn Stage On The Waterfront
Davis Park
Rockford, IL
September 5, 1999
Soundboard Recording
MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art
01 Intro
02 Immigrant Song
03 Doin' The Claw
04 Whole Lotta Love
05 Ramble On
06 Friend Bob Marley
07 Q & A with Tortelvis / Buttboy song / C.C. Rider
08 Viva Las Vegas
09 What Is And What Should Never Be
10 Black Dog
11 The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair (w/ tape flip)
12 Don't Call Me Rasta, Fat Boy
13 Baba O'Riley
14 Going To California
15 Stairway To Heaven
16 Outro
17 Heartbreaker Hotel
What do you get when you take Led Zeppelin add Elvis on vocals, and have them play reggae versions of their famous songs. Sounds a little crazy doesn't it. That's what you get with Dread Zeppelin. Throw in some Beavis & Butthead style humor and there you have it.
Dread Zeppelin were born out of the ashes of The Prime Movers a post punk band out of Sierra Madre CA. The band had some success with hit singles and a 1986 tour with the UK band Big Country. After the tour the band returned to America to find all there contacts at Island Records had been fired. The label refused to release any new material but also refused to release the band from it's contract essentially killing the bands prospects. Other labels were interested but the band couldn't sign with anyone else.
The core members then formed Dread Zeppelin and started releasing their own records on there own label. The independent releases sold well enough to get the band signed to IRS Records. This relationship added up to 2 albums before the band was dropped, and once again started releasing their own product. The band has gone through some line up changes, but has stayed together. They have released 16 studio albums, 5 live albums and 3 DVDs.
This show catches the band opening for Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. So roll one up, slam a couple brews and skank along my friends.
