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Robert Anthony Plant CBE (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin from its founding in 1968 until their breakup in 1980; since then he has had a successful solo career, sometimes collaborating with other artists such as Alison Krauss.
- Robert Plant Discography
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- Robert Plant Discography
Mason K. Daring (born September 21, 1949, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American musician and composer of scores for film and television. He has worked on nearly all the films directed by John Sayles, adapting his style to fit whatever period in which the film is set. Biography
Nov 26, 2020 · Plant has indeed been out there for some time now, ever since making his solo debut in 1982, two years after the death of his great friend John Bonham signalled the end of Led Zeppelin. It’s been a fascinating and wide-roaming career, pulling in elements of folk, blues, African music, psychedelia, roots-rock and beyond.
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Robert Plant (born August 20, 1948, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England) British singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer for the rock band Led Zeppelin. Plant’s dynamic vocal range and flamboyant stage presence has distinguished him as a popular and influential rock and roll front man. Since the dissolution of Led Zeppelin, he has pursued...
Plant was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, to Robert C. Plant, a civil engineer, and Annie Celia (née Cain) Plant, who was of Romany descent. Young Plant grew up in nearby Worcestershire and came of age amid a vibrant music scene. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School, though he dropped out before graduating. As a teenager, he sang in a number of bands, and he idolized rock and roll and blues music artists such as Elvis Presley, Muddy Waters, and Sonny Boy Williamson.
Under pressure from his parents to pursue a career as a chartered accountant, Plant left his childhood home at age 16. After staying with various friends, he moved to Walsall, Staffordshire, with his girlfriend Maureen Wilson. While working a day job in road construction, he founded (1966) the rock group Band of Joy, which included his friend and future Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. The band had fizzled by the spring of 1968. Later that year, Plant and Wilson married and had their first child; they would have two more children before divorcing in 1983.
The band was renamed Led Zeppelin and comprised vocalist Plant, guitarist Page, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer Bonham. Led Zeppelin gained traction with the release of its self-titled debut album and successful tours of the United Kingdom and the United States. Plant’s raw vocal power and wide range propelled Led Zeppelin’s heavy groove, and his growls, shrieks, and unearthly wails punctuated the band’s early recordings. He wrote most of the band’s lyrics, which were often informed by references to Norse mythology and the epic fantasy works of English author J.R.R. Tolkien. Plant came into his own as a lyricist on the album Led Zeppelin III (1970), with songs such as the rollicking “Bron-Y-Aur Stomp,” which was inspired by his blue-eyed collie Strider, and the melancholy ballad “That’s the Way.”
The band’s popularity soared after the release of its untitled fourth album, commonly referred to as Led Zeppelin IV (1971). Featuring the hard rock anthems “Stairway to Heaven,” “Rock and Roll,” and “Misty Mountain Hop,” Led Zeppelin IV sold more than 37 million copies worldwide and launched the band into superstardom. Led Zeppelin remained popular throughout the 1970s, but from 1975 to 1980 its success was tempered by hardship and tragedy. Plant and Wilson were seriously injured in a car accident while vacationing in Rhodes, Greece, in 1975. While touring the United States in 1977, Plant learned that his five-year-old son, Karac, had died from a stomach virus. As the band prepared for a 1980 U.S. tour, Bonham died from pulmonary aspiration after a bout of heavy drinking. Shortly after his death, the remaining members of Led Zeppelin announced that they would not continue as a band.
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After the band’s dissolution, Plant began his career as a solo artist and collaborator with other musicians. Encouraged by Phil Collins, who backed Plant on drums, he recorded the solo albums Pictures at Eleven (1982) and The Principle of Moments (1983). The Honeydrippers: Volume One (1984), which included contributions from Page and guitarists Jeff Beck and Brian Setzer, constituted Plant’s return to early rock and roll and showcased renditions of “Sea of Love” by Phil Phillips and Roy Brown’s “Rockin’ at Midnight.” In 1985 Plant released the experimental album Shaken ’n’ Stirred, featuring the top 40 hit “Little by Little,” which appeared on the Miami Vice episode “Junk Love.” That same year, Plant, Page, and Jones reunited, along with Collins on drums, to perform at the Live Aid benefit concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. Plant, Page, and Jones also played concerts to commemorate occasions that were significant to Led Zeppelin, including its acceptance into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
In 2007 Plant collaborated with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss and producer T Bone Burnett on the critically acclaimed album Raising Sand, which effortlessly blends country music, blues, and folk and ties together beautiful lead vocals and harmonies from both singers. Plant and Krauss garnered five Grammy Awards in 2009 for their work on Raising Sand, including one for record of the year for the song “Please Read the Letter.” Later that year, Plant was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II. In 2021 Plant and Krauss released a second album, Raise the Roof, which features the standout track “High and Lonesome,” penned by Plant and Burnett, and stirring renditions of Merle Haggard’s “Going Where the Lonely Go” and Bobby Moore’s “Searching for My Love.”
Oct 2, 2020 · With the release of a new solo anthology, Robert Plant reflects on his career path after Led Zeppelin, missing John Bonham, and more. Mads Perch* More than half a year has passed since the...
Jan 31, 2023 · Mason Daring graduated cum laude as a music major in 1971 from Amherst College. He grabbed his first guitar in the 7th grade and had his first band, The Squires, in the 8th grade. At Amherst, his first band was called Things That Go Bump in The Night and his final college band, Daring, Jones, Southworth and McNeer, signed with Columbia Records ...
