Well here we go . Have you ever seen six long haired teenagers piled in a Datsun smoking a butt load of weed on the way to a Led Zeppelin show well that's how we got there.New Orleans is only about one and half hour drive from the east end to the Assembly center it took us Two but I tend to drive slow stoned.This little Car had a pioneer 8 track Player with with 4 nice Jenson speakers and Led Zeppelin 2 and Houses of the Holy rockin all the way there.No we did not have Graffitti yet.Once we heard Robert say it was out well I bought it a day or two later on LP .It is My all time Favorite Album ever recorded by anybody.We piled in My friend Billy had got our Tickets his dad owned a music store and had some connection's.
I had just got back from a trip to New York and had started a offshore job as a Painter .Yes it sucked but paid well.I was saving for a vacation my Cousin Woody was going to England in May and I wanted to go .Dad said He would pay half so I was going against My nature and saving.Dad paid more than half by the way. Well Robert appeared quite chipper He joked quite a bit and seemed to be enjoying Himself.John paul as always was steady and great everything He played and Awesome on No Quarter .I could watch Him play all Day if I was not such a massive Jimmy Page fan. Moby Dick kick's butt tonight.This show is far better than the Garden show from 3 weeks earlier which I had at the time thought was good. I can only assume it is because its a home venue and I had just got back to My friends and Family and the Band had some good Cajun Cookin and felt really good.On this night life was about as good as it gets what I did not know was i was just a couple of months from the best gift I have and Would ever recieve.Remmeber I was saving for a Vacation to England.