Plant Kicks Off Band Of Joy Tour
Career spanning set list on debut concert of North American tour
Robert Plant kicked off his Band Of Joy tour in Memphis on Wednesday with a career spanning set list that included a number of Zep songs.
Band Of Joy consists of lead guitarist Buddy Miller, multi instrumentalist Darrell Scott, bassist Byron House, percussionist Marco Giovino and singer Patty Griffin.
They debuted six songs from the superb brand new Band Of Joy album along with tracks from the Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand album, plus songs from across Plant’s solo career and seven Zeppelin numbers.
Here’s the opening night set:
Main Set
Down to the Sea (from Fate of Nations, 1993)
Angel Dance (from Band of Joy, 2010)
Please Read the Letter (from Raising Sand, 2007)
House of Cards (from Band of Joy, 2010)
Misty Mountain Hop (from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971)
Monkey (from Band of Joy, 2010)
Twelve Gates to the City/Wade in the Water/In My Time of Dying
Rich Woman (from Raising Sand, 2007)
Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On) (from Raising Sand, 2007)
All the King's Horses (from The Mighty ReArranger, 2005)
Nobody's Fault But Mine (from Presence, 1976)
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down (from Band of Joy, 2010)
Central Two-O-Nine (from Band of Joy, 2010)
Houses of the Holy (from Physical Graffiti, 1975)
Tall Cool One (from Now and Zen, 1988)
Harm's Swift Way (from Band of Joy, 2010)
Gallows Poll (from Led Zeppelin III, 1970)
Encore
Thank You (Led Zeppelin II, 1969)
Rock & Roll (from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971)
And We Bid You Goodnight
Earlier this week Plant was honoured with a star at the Orpheum theatre’s Sidewalk of Stars in Memphis.
At the presentation ceremony Plant paid tribute to the pioneering blues musicians that had influenced his own career.
There are just a handful of tickets left to Plant’s UK dates later this year. You can get tickets to the Cardiff, Manchester and Birmingham dates from the link below
Here’s a video montage of the Band Of Joy debut in Memphis. No idea why it sounds like it was performed in a cavern with no audience, but it gives you a flavour of the performance and Percy’s voice sounds like it’s in fine form.