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On the Road with Led Zeppelin By 1977, less than ten years after their formation, Led Zeppelin had attained the status of Earthbound Gods, living, breathing mortals endowed with the power, prestige, and panache of political leaders, athletes, cinema's most gifted performers, and even the world's holiest religious figures.

We, the commoners, the ticket buyers, the album listeners, had bestowed upon this musical quartet the abilities and unique gifts normally set aside for saints and saviors, for kings and queens, for philanthropists and researchers, battle-hardened soldiers and all the other selfless individuals trying to make a difference. We knew they were able to break down walls with one simple guitar chord because we heard and witnessed it - our eardrums bled with the sheer sonic vitality and volume of their live concerts and we felt consecrated. Their lyrics were heaven-sent and hours were spent unraveling the nuances and sublime content they delivered - and once interpreted we experienced enlightenment and felt certain the key to the universe was now ours.

All of this by way of preamble in attempting to explain that trying to interview Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, and John Bonham in this year, 1977, was akin to splitting the atom, walking through fire, or drawing a Royal Flush. Impossibilities all. You had a better chance of taking the Pope out for pizza or playing Mahjong with Madonna.

This foursome did not need the press - and in fact loathed the Fourth Estate. They rarely granted an audience with the media and when they did it was a typically tongue-in-cheek, surface conversation that related nothing of importance or insight.
And this is where our story begins.

I had been writing for Guitar Player magazine for about four years when the editors hatched the idea of doing a seminal piece on the group. As one of their main freelancers and someone the higher-ups knew had vast knowledge about the band, I was tagged. In fact, the first story I wrote for the magazine turned into a cover on Jeff Beck (which would lead me into a major morass down the line but we're not there yet), and thus, was certain I had the chops and chutzpah for the assignment.

Even staffers voiced disapproval - they wanted the gig. But it was my time, my moment. After receiving the call, I burst into a cold sweat, started trembling, and generally tried to keep my heart from bursting Alien-like through my chest.

My career in journalism was still in its infancy. I was an inexperienced boot-camp graduate plucked from the ranks and dropped into the heart of a major battle and told, nay ordered, to overcome the enemy and come back with heads on poles; a second year med student inserted into an operating theater and commanded to perform the most complex operation ever imagined.
With responsibility comes glory and one evening filled with epiphany and revelation, I realized, "If I pull this off, I return the conquering hero.

My stock value rises and I'm elevated to the king bullfrog in the phonetic pond." Guitar Player made some preliminary calls to Swan Song in New York but it was left to me to close the deal. I phoned for months, speaking with Janine Safer, publicist, Sam Aizer, head publicist, and on the rare occasion when he'd answer the phone, label vice-president Danny Goldberg.