Hot Rods In Pontiac 30-4-1977

Greetings from a very, very wet England !!

Last week (I think) we were classed as being in a drought, here in our part of the World...... today, we have floods all over the area !!  How mad is that !!

B took me down to the village a short while ago & the village stream is bursting it's bank & flooding the
road !!  I had to go down for a haircut, or else I would of stayed in the warm !!

We have a little stream, which runs thru' the village - it's nothing special, but... today it's way over it's usual limits. Mind you - I think it's been raining solid since Saturday... so, all the water from the hills (behind us) is flowing our way !!

By rain, I mean, it has been hammering down for hour after hour..... our garden is like a paddy field, it really is. the ground has been so dry - the water is just running off the top !!  Oh well......

Because of the storms - which is the only way I can describe yesterday's deluge - we stayed home from Church yesterday.  There was no way I was going out in that - it was just too much !!  So - we stayed home & made the best of it here.  I was worried about B driving in the weather, plus I didn't feel like I wanted to risk getting wet thru' & catching some kind of bug !!  Maybe next week......

Talking of B... she has gone into town.  She dropped me off here, at home, and then headed into the town, to pay some bills, do some shopping, visit the gym & meet her cousin.  I think she could of done with-out the latter bit... but !!

They meet up from time to time..... B gets a little fed up with it all tho'.  The cousin & her husband have been
going thru' a rough patch for several years now - maybe one or two - and when B meets up with her... well, that's all she hears about !!  Never mind..... life goes on & on I guess !!

As for the rest of the family.... J is upstairs, keeping an eye on me & making sure I'm "Ok"... as for ME - she is on Uni placement today.  M (her boyfriend) came over last night & that cheered her up a bit.  She has put so much work in over the last months - doing her Uni work & everything - now it's mostly all over, well..... I think she needs to have a break.  It's been a hectic year for her - University, work & now a new job & new car...... it's taken a toll on her !!

So - that's the family..... the music of the moment is Black Sabbath's 2 Cd 'Best Of' set.  I've put it on shuffle & so it's playing all out of order.... it's a shame they haven't got more of their later stuff on it !!  It's pretty good tho'....

I have another Zeppelin concert... I'm sorry it's another 1977 show... but, at the moment, it's all I've got from this time of the year.  So, on April 30th 1977, the band played the 'Pontiac Silverdome' in Pontiac, Michigan USA.  At the time, this show broke the record for any single group, as far as an audience was concerned.  With 76,229 people showing up - with at least one person bringing a tape recorder with them. I have it on 3 Cd's & it's the usual set list for the '77 tour.

CD 1

1) The Song Remains The Same
2) Sick Again
3) In My Time Of Dying
4) Nobody's Fault But Mine
5) Since I've Been Loving You
6) No Quarter

CD 2

1) Ten Years Gone
2) The Battle Of Evermore
3) Going To California
4) Black Country Woman
5) Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
6) White Summer-Black Mountain Side
7) Kashmir

CD 3

1) Moby Dick
2) Guitar Solo
3) Achilles Last Stand
4) Stairway To Heaven
5) Rock & Roll
6) Trampled Underfoot

Being an audience recording & being in such a large place - the tape is a little 'boomy' for want of a better word.... not for anyone who wants a perfect recording !!  But, for me, still worth having in the collection !!  I like it at any rate !!  As always, don't buy bootlegs - buy the official stuff !!

I understand there is a 'new' Zeppelin recording coming out soon.... another soundboard recording from the 1975 concerts in Vancouver.  I hope to have a copy soon & will let you know how good or bad it is !!

My plans for today are pretty simple really...... stay in the house & keep warm and dry !!  There is no way I'm going back out side today - going down to the village was bad enough !!  I am not going anywhere else - not unless I have to, for some reason unknown !!  It's warm in here & that's good enough for me !!

I think it's going to be a quiet week really.  I know I have to see one of my Consultants on Thursday, so that's Ok - she is pretty good & I get on well with her !!  Apart from that - there is little else happening.  I hope also (if B will take me) there is a record fair in Exeter, on Saturday... so, maybe I will try & get to that. If nothing else, I can meet up with a few old friends & have a 'natter' with them.  We didn't go to the last fair, as it was ME's 21st birthday & we stayed home for that.  hopefully, it won't be raining soooo hard next weekend !!  I'm not going down, if it's wet & horrid !!

So - for now, at least... I will away.  My thanks to all of you for reading my words, I thank you for your time.... until next time..

Bye Bye