FROM YESTERDAYS playlist on our page..CHEERS! Bron-Y-Aur, is a privately owned 18th-century cottage between Aberdovey and Machynlleth in South Snowdonia, Wales, best known for its association with the English rock band Led Zeppelin: The cottage was used during the 1950s by the family of future-Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant as a holiday home. [] Bron-Yr-Aur youtu.be/2YZ_lIpG1XQ [] I Wanna Be Her Man : youtu.be/iu-dNZoSCUA In 1970, Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page spent time there after a long and gruelling concert tour of North America. Though the cottage had no running water or electricity, they used it as a retreat to write and record some of their third album, Led Zeppelin III. People at the cottage during this time were Plants wife Maureen and 18-month-old daughter Carmen, Pages girlfriend Charlotte Martin, and Led Zeppelin roadies Clive Coulson and Sandy MacGregor. Page has explained that: Robert (Plant) and I went to Bron-Yr-Aur in 1970. Wed been working solidly right up to that point. Even recordings were done on the road. We had this time off and Robert suggested the cottage. I certainly hadnt been to that area of Wales. So we took our guitars down there and played a few bits and pieces. This wonderful countryside, panoramic views and having the guitars ... it was just an automatic thing to be playing. And we started writing. According to the guitarist, the time spent at Bron-Yr-Aur in 1970 ...was the first time I really came to know Robert [Plant]. Actually living together at Bron-Yr-Aur, as opposed to occupying nearby hotel rooms. The songs took us into areas that changed the band, and it established a standard of travelling for inspiration... which is the best thing a musician can do [] Over The Hills And Far Away youtu.be/6bD9t44JUD4 [] The Crunge youtu.be/M-y26hghwDs [] The Rover youtu.be/XikK2RJdZ18 Led Zeppelin songs which can be traced to Plant and Pages time at Bron-Yr-Aur in 1970 include Over the Hills and Far Away and The Crunge (both from Houses of the Holy), The Rover, Bron-Yr-Aur and Down by the Seaside (from Physical Graffiti), Poor Tom (from Coda) and three they actually used on Led Zeppelin III: Friends, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp and Thats the Way. [] Down By The Seaside youtu.be/1F4f95BWG7M [] Poor Tom youtu.be/ksnEhux-3cA [] Bron-Y-Aur Stomp youtu.be/Qsk0V-bXv80 Led Zeppelin used the name of the house in the title of their songs: Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (the name of the house being accidentally misspelled on the album cover), and Bron-Yr-Aur. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp is a country music inflected hoedown on Led Zeppelin III, in which Robert Plant waxes lyrical about walking in the woods with Strider, his blue eyed merle dog. Contrastingly, Bron-Yr-Aur is a gentle, acoustic instrumental by Page on the six-string guitar, which appeared on the later album Physical Graffiti and in the film The Song Remains the Same. [] Thats The Way (Earl Court 1975) youtu.be/NdWPkgtaOTw When on-stage for Page and Plants Unledded reunion in 1994, Plant announced to the audience that Pages daughter, Scarlet Page, was conceived about half an hour after Thats the Way was written at Bron-Yr-Aur. Led Zeppelin: The band consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. ledzeppelin/ atlanticrecords/legacy-artists/led-zeppelin/ webcitation.org/62HEPUYnC Compiled By Seth/Cover By Abe. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Blues Rocker: Seth, ex Radio DJ (Las Vegas) & Abe, LP / Record Collector (Honolulu, Hawaii) https://facebook/blues.rocker.1
Posted on: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:23:10 +0000
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