“New Years Eve 1968/1969” Grateful Dead/Quicksilver Messenger Service/It’s a Beautiful Day/Santana & Brotherhood Of Light, December 31, 1968 - Winterland (San Francisco, CA) Art By Lee Conklin.



06 JUL 1969
I played with Led Zeppelin at the Newport Jazz Festival, RI
On this day in 1969, Led Zeppelin played the iconic Newport Jazz Festival slot after Buddy Rich and his big band. The festival site was becoming overcrowded and the radio stations started to announce that we weren’t going to appear to try and cut the numbers of people that were travelling to the site. Such was the popularity of the group that we had hijacked such a prestigious jazz festival.







