THE EPIC KENNEDY CENTER TRIBUTE TO LED ZEPPELIN

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 2, 2019…SEVEN YEARS AGO THE KENNEDY CENTER AWARDS FEATURED WHAT I CONSIDER THE GREATEST LIVE PERFORMANCE OF A COVER THAT I’VE EVER SEEN. THE HONOREES FOR THE NIGHT INCLUDED BUDDY GUY, BALLERINA NATALIA MAKAROVA, DAVID LETTERMAN, DUSTIN HOFFMAN, AND LED ZEPPELIN. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING WAS THE PERFORMANCE OF ‘STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN’ FROM ANN AND NANCY WILSON, WITH JASON BONHAM ON DRUMS. YOU KNOW YOU’VE DONE SOMETHING AMAZING WHEN JIMMY PAGE LOOKED GIDDY WITH EXCITEMENT AND ROBERT PLANT WAS BROUGHT TO TEARS. PLANT DIDN’T KNOW JASON WAS GOING TO BE THERE AND IT MADE HIM REFLECT ON BONZO.

WHEN YOU WATCH THIS VIDEO THE MUSICIANSHIP IS INCREDIBLE WITH THE PERFORMANCES PUT IN FROM ANN AND NANCY WILSON, JASON BONHAM, A STRING SECTION, SHANE FONTAYNE’S PERFECT GUITAR SOLO AND A BREATHTAKING CHOIR ENOUGH TO BRING YOU TO TEARS. I’VE WATCHED THIS VIDEO AT LEAST 50 TIMES AND GET MISTY EVERYTIME I WATCH IT. HERE’S THE PERFORMANCE OF THE AGES IN ITS ENTIRETY.

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