Allman Brothers & Led Zeppelin - Ho-hum !!

Hi Worlds !!

How are you all doing this fine day ?! It's quite warm here in South Western England - tho' a little cloudy.... so much for the weather, moving on....

It's another Monday !! The weeks seem to keep rolling along - with being "out of the loop" by being stuck in hospital for 3 months - I really am struggling to get my head around being home.... it's very weird !!

Take today, as an example..... It's now 3.30pm & I'm here - more or less alone - being able to sit at the keyboard, with-out any distractions !! There are no Dr's or nurses coming around to disturb me.... it's great !! It really is.... it's hard to put into words - other than to say "it's good to be alive - and home !!"

I'm actually wrong, on one thing at least.... I have had some nurses here today !! A short while ago, two of them were here to change my dressings..... so, there really is no escaping them !! They - or someone like them - will come at least three times per week, for the next few weeks (or months) to see how the wound is doing.

Tho' I can't see it - being on my back - I can tell them how it's
doing !! It bloody well hurts & I'm getting pretty fed up with the
pain !! That's how it's doing !! Oh well - I'm happy to be home - so, bugger the pain !! Nevermind.....

Back to reality... and the family of the clan.

At the moment, only J & myself are actually at home. The ladies of the household have gone out shopping, or something similar - I'm not really sure what... they left, just as the nurses got here - so, that wasn't too bad really. I'm not 100% sure when to expect them home.... time will tell on that one, I guess.

As for the music of the moment.... I've been playing one of the Allman Brothers concerts, that came a day or two, before I went into hospital.... as such, due to lack of time, I've not heard them before !! This one is from July 12th 2005 and has been a good listen... especially as it has some "early" run thru's of stuff from the 'Hittin' The Note' Cd !!

Back to yesterday... I was playing a "new" Led Zeppelin bootleg. Again, it came while I was in hospital - so, yesterday was the first time I got to listen to it !! Here's the track listing:

CD 1

1) Rock & Roll
2) Sick Again
3) Over The Hills & Far Away
4) In My Time Of Dying
5) The Song Remains The Same
6) The Rain Song
7) Kashmir

CD 2

1) No Quarter
2) Trampled Underfoot
3) Moby Dick

CD 3

1) Dazed & Confused
2) Stairway To Heaven

CD 4

1) Whole Lotta Love
2) Black Dog
3) Communication Breakdown

It's a really good soundboard recording - but, I'm not exactly sure why it's put onto 4 discs ?! 'Dazed & Confused' clocks in at over 40 minutes - so, maybe there simply wasn't enough room to put everything onto the third disc..... I'll have to do some timings & check it out, at some point !!

'Communication Breakdown' has a good jam session - with Ron Wood joining the band on stage.... plus, as a bit of fun (I guess) Plant sings a line or two from 'Roll Over Beethoven' while they are sorting out the guitars & stuff..... a good boot to have in the collection !!

As always - don't buy bootlegs..... !!

Ok - my plans for today.... none at all really !! I'm actually going back up to bed I think..... as good as the nurses are - they have left me in a small bit of pain... so, I will go & sleep that off, for an hour or 3 !!

Thanks for logging in.... until next time...

Bye Bye