Robert Plant was recently photographed attending the Wolverhampton Wanderers FC vs Southampton FC football match in Wolverhampton on November 9th.
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Led Zeppelin wrote the rock rule book, a band whose persona inquired the globe. Hot-wiring the blues for stadium audiences, the British group bowed to no one – except, perhaps for the King himself, Elvis Presley.
The band often played classic rock ‘n’ roll songs during their sound checks, which created a strong connection between the four distinct members. For singer Robert Plant, his bond with Elvis Presley’s music was particularly deep and meaningful to him. He frequently cited Elvis as one of his main vocal inspirations and has shared his admiration for The King on multiple occasions.
“When I was a kid I used to hide behind the curtains at home at Christmas and I used to try and be Elvis,” Plant explained.
“There was a certain ambience between the curtains and the French windows, there was a certain sound there for a ten-year-old. That was all the ambience I got at ten years old … And I always wanted to be … a bit similar to that.”
Led Zeppelin met Elvis Presley at least four times during their peak in the 1970s. The first encounter occurred when the U.K. band was in the United States to launch their Swan Song label and decided to attend an Elvis concert.
During the show, which was recorded and later released as ‘Live in L.A.’, Elvis was informed of the rock group’s presence in the audience. At one point, he was heard speaking to his band about them.
“Wait a minute. … If we can start together, fellas, because we’ve got Led Zeppelin out there. … Let’s try to look like we know what we’re doing, whether we do or not…”
John Bonham, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant attended an after show party, and were introduced to the man himself.
“At that meeting, Jimmy Page joked with Elvis that we never sound-checked – but if we did, all I wanted to do was sing Elvis songs,” Plant later recalled. “Elvis thought that was funny and asked me, ‘Which songs do you sing?’ I told him I liked the ones with all the moods, like that great country song ‘Love Me’ — ‘Treat me like a fool / Treat me mean and cruel / But love me’.”
“So when we were leaving, after a most illuminating and funny 90 minutes with the guy, I was walking down the corridor. He swung ’round the door frame, looking quite pleased with himself, and started singing that song: ‘Treat me like a fool … ‘ I turned around and did Elvis right back at him. We stood there, singing to each other…”
