Saturday at Tipitina's, guitarist C.C. Adcock noted the lackluster participation on the dance floor.
"Y'all are supposed to be dancing," he said, "not watching."
Despite his scolding, all eyes locked on the stage Delcambre, La., the Honey Dripper himself" -- Robert On Saturday, Plant and the southwest Louisiana all-star Tip's with one of those Domino songs, "It Keeps Wearing his trademark mop of blond curls, a goatee flecked with gray, a striped pullover shirt, jeans and brown leather shoes, Plant grasped a microphone and caressed the guitars, accordion, saxophones, bass and drums fell in behind him.
He held his Zeppelin-era banshee wail in check, "It's good to be back in this town," Plant said, as the ecstatic audience of 500 pressed close to the stage. "I can't tell you the adventures we used to have here many years ago." He credited the music of New career as "philandering hedonists.
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conjured a shimmering "Sea of Love," a 1959 hit for Lake Charles native Phil Phillips. During consulted with the star, who nodded his ascent for the other musicians to solo. Back at the microphone, Plant crossed his right leg in front of his left, a signature move since his Me," which holds a special place in Led Zeppelin lore.
the early 1970s, the band secured an audience with the King, one of their idols. As they parted company, Plant and "borrowing" blues songs, Adcock and company teased Zeppelin's "Black Dog," including the "ah-AH, ah-AH" breakdown as a call-and- response with the crowd.
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