November 4, 1969
Kitchener, CA
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
Setlist:
includes: Good Times Bad Times (intro) ~ Communication Breakdown, I Can't Quit You Baby, Heartbreaker, Dazed and Confused, What Is and What Should Never Be, How Many More Times, C'mon Everybody
Notes:
8pm show, supported by The Copper Penny
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Press Review: Page Gives Led Zeppelin Rock Diamond Hardness
Jimmy Page is Led Zeppelin. He’s not just a part of the group along with the three other members, singer Robert Plant, drummer John Bonham and bass guitarist John Paul Jones. He’s it – the whole sound.
He gives Led Zeppelin’s rock its diamond hardness and his guitar splits through the heavy background and Plant’s frantic singing light from a facet of a 30-carat stone. The rest of the group, especially Robert Plant, provide a suitable setting for Page’s brilliance.
Led Zeppelin, called one of the top rock and roll groups in the world by some pop critics, played at the Kitchener Auditorium to more than 2,000 rock fans Tuesday night.
The show wasn’t all it could have been. The crowd was small, partly because of the Iron Butterfly concert at the University of Waterloo only last week and partly because of the stiff ticket prices, $4 and $5 and Led Zeppelin weren’t at their best.
“Tonight was a very short set,” Page said after the 45-minute show. “I didn’t do my set because of the amplifier blowing and the drummer didn’t do his set because he wasn’t feeling well.” Plant admitted that his voice was giving him problems too. Usually the group plays twice as long.
But the audience overlooked the show’s obvious faults and demanded more music when the group left the stage. They ran back, Plant tugging his t-shirt on again and gave one number, the strongest song of the evening. “They were a very good audience. I mean they were really with it at the end. You could see that,” Page said.
A large part of the audience came from Toronto, Hamilton, London and places between. Most were university age.
They left Toronto this morning for another concert in the United States. In Toronto Sunday night, they packed the O’Keefe Centre for two shows. More than 6,000 people heard them there. This is their fourth North American tour. J. Clemente / Kitchener Record / Nov.5, 1969
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Thank you so much to the band and Jimmy Page
I must say I am thrilled to be able to leaf through the Led Zeppelin Site.
It is very very well done. The memories that flood back into my mind are priceless regarding this band and their incredible music.
Jimmy Page and his sound was the number one reason why I started teaching myself guitar. I eventually was able to learn most of the lead solo's and rhythm work and I was forever trying to find a sound that would make me feel good when I played. I did find that sound some 10 years later and my own style. I didn't want to be a Jimmy Page clone because there is only one Jimmy Page, but he certainly gave me a solid benchmark on where to start moving forward.
Jimmy was 10 ft tall on the stage and a fine gentleman in person. What an awesome site to see him play. Each member of that band was unique and will be forever known.
Thank you fine gentlemen for a job well done.