February 09, 2019

CoS: Remembering the Boston show that prophesized the rise of Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

A nice read by Consequence of Sound: There was one show in particular that single-handedly foreshadowed how monumental Zeppelin would become: January 26th, 1969 — the fourth and final show at Boston Tea Party. It was the night where Zeppelin reportedly played for over four hours with only one album’s worth of material, eventually resorting to Elvis covers, Beatles favorites, and basically any other songs that the band all possibly knew or could quickly figure out, because the crowd would not let them offstage. Oh, and it’s the show that claims to be “the birthplace of headbanging”.