Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Zoso (Zeppelin tribute band), Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH - 11/14/2008

I'm a little late getting to this one. I have an odd love of all tribute bands, even those that are a tibute to bands that I don't necessarily love. From the B Street Band to the Sweet and Tender Hooligans, count me in. Of all the tribute bands out there, though, I have seen none as many times as I've seen Zoso, the most totally awesome hammer-of-the-gods Zeppelin-istas you'll ever come across. It is jaw-dropping how they rock the Zepplin sound. And how can one really hate the Zeppelin sound? It's awesome - end of story.

What I really like is that they play a pretty varied setlist with some oddball song choices every show. They rocked a killer "No Quarter," for instance, threw in a gorgeous "Going to California" along with some later period tunes and even opened with one of my personal faves from Zeppelin III, "Celebration Day."

It was fun, that's all I'm sayin' ...

Partial setlist ...

Celebration Day
can't remember
What Is and What Should Never Be
Tangerine
Heartbreaker
can't remember
can't remember
Black Dog
Immigrant Song
can't remember
Misty Mountain Hop
Since I've Been Loving You
10 Years Gone
Bron-y-Aur Stomp
Going to California
The Song Remains the Same
No Quarter
Over the Hills and Far Away

Stairway (why do they have to end with Stairway?)

1 comment:

Aaron Briggs said...

so when are we starting that R.E.M. cover band?