El 20 de Enero de 1969, Led Zeppelin realizó un concierto para menos de 60 personas en el Youth Center en Wheathon, Maryland, un pueblo con menos de 50,000 personas cerca de Washington. O quizás no fue así.
A pesar de que un grupo de gente que "asistió" al concierto afirman que esto sucedió desde hace 40 años, la página oficial de Led Zeppelin lista al show como un "rumor sin confirmar", y el manager de giras del grupo, Richard Cole, no recuerda tampoco si sucedió algo ese día.
Tampoco hubo alguien que sea capaz de mostrar una fotografía, contrato, entrada, poster o alguna otra evidencia física para probar que la banda tocó allí ese día. Este rumor inspiró al director de cine Jeff Krulik a filmar el documental de investigación 'Led Zeppelín tocó aquí', que fue emitido sin terminar en varios festivales de películas y recintos recientemente.
En 2009, Krulik invitó a todo aquel que dijo haber estado allí en ese show de 1969 para una reunión. Cómicamente, según un reporte del Washington Post, fue el doble de gente del cual se supone fue aquel día. Y de toda esa gente, solo media docena insistió con que realmente estuvo allí, y la única evidencia presentada fueron un par de zapatillas gastadas que aparentemente alguien usó esa mítica noche.
A pesar de la falta de evidencia suficiente, muchos sostuvieron que el concierto realmente sucedió. Una espectadora, Anne Marie Pemberton, señaló al escenario y dió las supuestas ubicaciones de Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant y John Bonham.
On Jan. 20, 1969, Led Zeppelin
performed a show for less than 60 people at the youth center in
Wheaton, Md., a town with a population under 50,000 near Washington,
D.C. Or, maybe and more likely… they didn’t.
You see, despite the fact that a hardcore group of “attendees” or believers have stuck to this story for over four decades now, Led Zeppelin’s official site lists the show only as an “unconfirmed rumour,” and notes that the band’s road manager, Richard Cole, has no memory of it either. Further, nobody has ever been able to produce a photograph, contract, ticket stub, gig poster or any other physical evidence to prove that the band did in fact perform there.
Still, the local legend has endured, and inspired filmmaker Jeff Krulik — co-creator of the immortal ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot‘ — to film the investigative documentary ‘Led Zeppelin Played Here,’ which has been playing in unfinished form at various film festivals and venues recently.
Back in 2009 Krulik invited everyone who said they had been at the 1969 Zeppelin show to a reunion. Funnily enough, according to a Washington Post report, twice as many people showed up for this event as had supposedly attended the original concert. Of those, only about a half-dozen claimed to have seen the show, and the only evidence presented was a pair of battered sneakers apparently worn that mythical night.
Still, the true believers were undaunted by the lack of evidence. “They were definitely here,” declares alleged attendee Anne Marie Pemberton. “(Jimmy) Page was over here. John Paul Jones was over there. (Robert) Plant the showman was right here. And right behind was John Bonham with his hellacious drum set.”
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You see, despite the fact that a hardcore group of “attendees” or believers have stuck to this story for over four decades now, Led Zeppelin’s official site lists the show only as an “unconfirmed rumour,” and notes that the band’s road manager, Richard Cole, has no memory of it either. Further, nobody has ever been able to produce a photograph, contract, ticket stub, gig poster or any other physical evidence to prove that the band did in fact perform there.
Still, the local legend has endured, and inspired filmmaker Jeff Krulik — co-creator of the immortal ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot‘ — to film the investigative documentary ‘Led Zeppelin Played Here,’ which has been playing in unfinished form at various film festivals and venues recently.
Back in 2009 Krulik invited everyone who said they had been at the 1969 Zeppelin show to a reunion. Funnily enough, according to a Washington Post report, twice as many people showed up for this event as had supposedly attended the original concert. Of those, only about a half-dozen claimed to have seen the show, and the only evidence presented was a pair of battered sneakers apparently worn that mythical night.
Still, the true believers were undaunted by the lack of evidence. “They were definitely here,” declares alleged attendee Anne Marie Pemberton. “(Jimmy) Page was over here. John Paul Jones was over there. (Robert) Plant the showman was right here. And right behind was John Bonham with his hellacious drum set.”
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On Jan. 20, 1969, Led Zeppelin
performed a show for less than 60 people at the youth center in
Wheaton, Md., a town with a population under 50,000 near Washington,
D.C. Or, maybe and more likely… they didn’t.
You see, despite the fact that a hardcore group of “attendees” or believers have stuck to this story for over four decades now, Led Zeppelin’s official site lists the show only as an “unconfirmed rumour,” and notes that the band’s road manager, Richard Cole, has no memory of it either. Further, nobody has ever been able to produce a photograph, contract, ticket stub, gig poster or any other physical evidence to prove that the band did in fact perform there.
Still, the local legend has endured, and inspired filmmaker Jeff Krulik — co-creator of the immortal ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot‘ — to film the investigative documentary ‘Led Zeppelin Played Here,’ which has been playing in unfinished form at various film festivals and venues recently.
Back in 2009 Krulik invited everyone who said they had been at the 1969 Zeppelin show to a reunion. Funnily enough, according to a Washington Post report, twice as many people showed up for this event as had supposedly attended the original concert. Of those, only about a half-dozen claimed to have seen the show, and the only evidence presented was a pair of battered sneakers apparently worn that mythical night.
Still, the true believers were undaunted by the lack of evidence. “They were definitely here,” declares alleged attendee Anne Marie Pemberton. “(Jimmy) Page was over here. John Paul Jones was over there. (Robert) Plant the showman was right here. And right behind was John Bonham with his hellacious drum set.”
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You see, despite the fact that a hardcore group of “attendees” or believers have stuck to this story for over four decades now, Led Zeppelin’s official site lists the show only as an “unconfirmed rumour,” and notes that the band’s road manager, Richard Cole, has no memory of it either. Further, nobody has ever been able to produce a photograph, contract, ticket stub, gig poster or any other physical evidence to prove that the band did in fact perform there.
Still, the local legend has endured, and inspired filmmaker Jeff Krulik — co-creator of the immortal ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot‘ — to film the investigative documentary ‘Led Zeppelin Played Here,’ which has been playing in unfinished form at various film festivals and venues recently.
Back in 2009 Krulik invited everyone who said they had been at the 1969 Zeppelin show to a reunion. Funnily enough, according to a Washington Post report, twice as many people showed up for this event as had supposedly attended the original concert. Of those, only about a half-dozen claimed to have seen the show, and the only evidence presented was a pair of battered sneakers apparently worn that mythical night.
Still, the true believers were undaunted by the lack of evidence. “They were definitely here,” declares alleged attendee Anne Marie Pemberton. “(Jimmy) Page was over here. John Paul Jones was over there. (Robert) Plant the showman was right here. And right behind was John Bonham with his hellacious drum set.”
Read More: 45 Years Ago: Led Zeppelin's Most Mysterious Concert Takes Place - Or Does It? | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/led-zeppelin-wheaton-youth-center/?trackback=tsmclip
On Jan. 20, 1969, Led Zeppelin
performed a show for less than 60 people at the youth center in
Wheaton, Md., a town with a population under 50,000 near Washington,
D.C. Or, maybe and more likely… they didn’t.
You see, despite the fact that a hardcore group of “attendees” or believers have stuck to this story for over four decades now, Led Zeppelin’s official site lists the show only as an “unconfirmed rumour,” and notes that the band’s road manager, Richard Cole, has no memory of it either. Further, nobody has ever been able to produce a photograph, contract, ticket stub, gig poster or any other physical evidence to prove that the band did in fact perform there.
Still, the local legend has endured, and inspired filmmaker Jeff Krulik — co-creator of the immortal ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot‘ — to film the investigative documentary ‘Led Zeppelin Played Here,’ which has been playing in unfinished form at various film festivals and venues recently.
Back in 2009 Krulik invited everyone who said they had been at the 1969 Zeppelin show to a reunion. Funnily enough, according to a Washington Post report, twice as many people showed up for this event as had supposedly attended the original concert. Of those, only about a half-dozen claimed to have seen the show, and the only evidence presented was a pair of battered sneakers apparently worn that mythical night.
Still, the true believers were undaunted by the lack of evidence. “They were definitely here,” declares alleged attendee Anne Marie Pemberton. “(Jimmy) Page was over here. John Paul Jones was over there. (Robert) Plant the showman was right here. And right behind was John Bonham with his hellacious drum set.”
Read More: 45 Years Ago: Led Zeppelin's Most Mysterious Concert Takes Place - Or Does It? | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/led-zeppelin-wheaton-youth-center/?trackback=tsmclip
You see, despite the fact that a hardcore group of “attendees” or believers have stuck to this story for over four decades now, Led Zeppelin’s official site lists the show only as an “unconfirmed rumour,” and notes that the band’s road manager, Richard Cole, has no memory of it either. Further, nobody has ever been able to produce a photograph, contract, ticket stub, gig poster or any other physical evidence to prove that the band did in fact perform there.
Still, the local legend has endured, and inspired filmmaker Jeff Krulik — co-creator of the immortal ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot‘ — to film the investigative documentary ‘Led Zeppelin Played Here,’ which has been playing in unfinished form at various film festivals and venues recently.
Back in 2009 Krulik invited everyone who said they had been at the 1969 Zeppelin show to a reunion. Funnily enough, according to a Washington Post report, twice as many people showed up for this event as had supposedly attended the original concert. Of those, only about a half-dozen claimed to have seen the show, and the only evidence presented was a pair of battered sneakers apparently worn that mythical night.
Still, the true believers were undaunted by the lack of evidence. “They were definitely here,” declares alleged attendee Anne Marie Pemberton. “(Jimmy) Page was over here. John Paul Jones was over there. (Robert) Plant the showman was right here. And right behind was John Bonham with his hellacious drum set.”
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