Monday 14 February 2011

Rock Legend's Joy Remains the Same


Accompanied by the second leg of a extensive tour, Robert Plant said his latest group, Band of Joy, continues to surpass prospect.

"It's morphed into part Led Zeppelin III, part appreciative Dead, part Jefferson Airplane, part Bascom Lamar Lunsford. It's mountain music trips out," Mr. Plant said by phone late last week.

On Saturday and Sunday, the rock fable will bring the Band of Joy to the Beacon Theatre. The set list for the show included a bit of remained Zeppelin, a smidgen of songs from the 2007 Plant-Alison Krauss teamwork "Raising Sand," some material from Mr. Plant's solo career—which is now twice as long as his stint in Zeppelin—and a dose of "Band of Joy" (Rounder), which includes festival American rock, country and blues, as well as songs by Los Lobos and Richard Thompson.

The concerts are an assorted mix drag jointly by the charm and force of Mr. Plant's personality, the speculate of his voice and his spirited band, faceting Buddy Miller and Patty Griffin on guitar, Darrell Scott on stringed instruments, Byron House on bass and Marco Giovino on drums.

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