Led Zeppelin is one of the greatest rock bands ever. They hardly need an introduction. Anyway, it was Jimmy Page who got John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, and John Bonham together. However, what started as a fulfillment of a contractual obligation to perform in Scandinavia, ended up forming an iconic British rock band. Of course, there’s a lot millions of their fans never knew about them. Honestly, a lot of the rock and roll secrets only came out much later…
Plant Wrote A Song For Joni Mitchell
One of their greatest songs, “Going to California” was initially supposed to be about California earthquakes. However, Robert Plant was infatuated with Joni Mitchell and ended up writing about her. He even told Spin in 2002 that the song “might be a bit embarrassing at times lyrically, but it did sum up a period of my life when I was 22.”
Plant Wrote A Song For Joni Mitchell
Robert Plant Didn’t Let His Wheelchair Stop Him
Tragically, Robert Plant got injured in a terrible car crash in Greece just before they were to record an album in Munich, Germany. Jimmy Page told The Guardian, “Robert was really keen to do the recording, and we all were because there wasn’t anything else that we could do.” Robert Plant remembered trying to navigate in crutches but falling in the studio and Page running from the control room to get him. He claimed, “He was like an Olympic athlete! I’d never seen him move so fast in my life!” So, Plant recorded the 1976 album while in a wheelchair and in awful pain. They ended up recording the album Presence in only 18 days.
Robert Plant Didn’t Let His Wheelchair Stop Him