We Have a Winner

Congratulations Ned Gubbi of Medford, NJ, you have won the 8x10 alternate cover for Neal Preston's Sound and Fury, signed by Preston.

Here's an admittedly awful video of choosing the winner during the taping of the podcast last night.

Congratulation Ned.

And don't forget to buy Neal Preston's Sound and Fury, only at iTunes.

Crowd-funding Zeppelin Campaign

Photographer Jorgen Angel, who took pictures of Led Zeppelin's first ever show at the Gladsaxe Teen Club in Copanhagen, has set up a campaign to fund a plaque to commemorate Zeppelin's first ever show.

Angel and a committee, that include Jerry Ritz, whom I met at the 2007 O2 arena Zeppelin show, are endeavouring to raise funds from Zeppelin fans around the world. If you donate $100 you can get a t-short based on a Jorgen Angel photo (he shot the band many times through the years.

The goal is to unveil the plaque on September 7th, the 45-year anniversary of the show.

For more information, including PayPal links, go to Zeppelin Debut.

Contest Over

Thanks to all who entered. Winner will be announced by tomorrow morning.

Be sure to buy Neal Preston's Sound and Fury:

Neal Preston's Sound and Fury

While today is the last chance to enter to win an alternate cover of Neal Preston's Sound and Fury by emailing me at rambleon@briangardiner.ca with the subject heading Ramble On Radio Blog Contest (go here for more information).

Meanwhile, don't forget to buy the e-book (available only for iPad). It is a sensational book that I have returned to again and again since I first bought it and reviewed it here. Click on the link below to buy for only $9.99:

http://smarturl.it/soundandfury

Below is a number of pictures from Sound and Fury, please enjoy, and don't forget to enter to win the alternate cover and buy the book.

Don't Forget to Enter to Win

Update 36 hours left to enter - contest closes Sunday at 6PM

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Ramble On Radio has unique 8X10 alternate version of the cover to Neal Preston’s iBook, Sound and Fury, signed by the author, to give away.

Preston’s book is, as I called it on my own review, “a coffee table book on steroids.” If you own an iPad, I would consider this iBook a must have at only $9.99.

To win the above 8X10, send an email to rambleon@briangardiner.ca with the subject header Ramble On Radio Blog Contest (clicking the link provided will install that header). In the body of your email I need your full address, including phone number. This contest is open to residents of North America only.

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You can also enter by listening to Podcast Episode #30, and supplying an email with the appropriate header.

You can enter on Facebook by joining the group Ramble on Radio and entering from there.

You can enter by joining the Ramble On Radio Google+ Community and entering from there.

And, follow Ramble On Radio at @rambleonblog on twitter for a chance to retweet and win.

Contest closes June 7th, and a winner will be chosen live on Ramble On Radio Episode 31.

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Heart and Jason Bonham: Choirs Needed

In an interview with Premier Guitar, Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson talks about her band, the recent Kennedy Center Honors, in which the band played Stairway to Heaven for members of Led Zeppelin, and the upcoming tour with Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience:

We’re very excited about it and are getting choirs from each town we visit so that we can do “Stairway to Heaven” in a way similar to how we did it at the Kennedy Center. 

Wilson also says Bonham approached the other members of Led Zeppelin to get their blessing for the project.

John Paul Jones Speaks

John Paul Jones attended the English National Opera's premier performance of Philip Glass' new opera The Perfect American. Jones gave a quick interview at the premier, offering a few small tidbits:  Jones is halfway through the first act in the writing of his opera based on August Strindberg's Ghost Sonata. And he's too bust for a 2014 Led Zeppelin reunion that Robert Plant hinted he might be prepared to do.

Here's the interview from RCN TV.