Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience

Posted on | May 3, 2010 | No Comments

To quote my favorite pop culture journalist Chuck Klosterman: “…every straight man born after the year 1958 has at least one transitionary period in his life when he believes Led Zeppelin is the only good band that ever existed. And there is no other rock group that generates that experience.”

With that being said, Led Zeppelin’s drummer John Bonham died 30 years ago. To commemorate John’s legacy and Zep’s music in general, his son Jason will being touring the world with the audio-visual production team that worked on Rain and Pink Floyd Experience.

To quote Agency Group’s site:

Using hand picked session players to fill the roles of the original members, like Rain, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience will perform the band’s material with heavy usage of video to assist in tell the history of Led Zeppelin. The show will carry you from the early days as the band discovered and shared their magical chemistry with LA scenesters at the Whiskey. Multiple set changes take you through Zeppelin’s meteoric climb as you are transported to Madison Square Garden in 1973, Earls Court Arena in 1975, The Knebworth Festival in 1979 and closing with the OZ arena show where Jason joined the band for their final farewell performance.

State of the art sound, multi-media video presentation and period specific drum kits – the same ones used by John Bonham… Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience pays tribute to his legendary father performing 30 shows in North America in the coming year to commemorate the 30th anniversary of John Bonham’s passing. Feel the power that was the greatest rock band in history.

I’m curious as to who they will pick for the band. Session guys? Well known musicians? Jimmy Page? John Paul Jones? All I know is that they will be in a city near you. BUT are you gonna shell out an expected $150 on a ticket???