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We had plans (and tickets) to see Zeppelin at the Superdome for their July 1977 concert in New Orleans.
The group had already made it to New Orleans in preparation for that show when Robert Plant received the news that his 5 year old son Karac had died. Their previous show in Oakland turned out to be their final live concert in the U.S. That '77 tour was truly the height of their popularity. It was also Led Zeppelin's biggest ever tour, with tickets selling at an incredible rate of 72,000 a day!
I had a cousin who managed to sneak onto the hotel floor where the band was staying and even managed to get a photo of him and Robert Plant together in the hallway. Plant looked a little wasted but had a wry smile as if to say that fans do that kind of thing all the time. Of course I was green with envy and angry with myself for not taking my cousin up on his offer to take me along with him that afternoon.
However I was also crushed at the news about the death of Plant's son and the feeling that I had missed the chance to be part of that music experience. When John Bonham died in September 1980, it was the end of an era for me with the realization that I had missed out on one of the biggest bucket list items in my life. Later on December 8th at the Dakota Apartments in New York City, 1980 officially became the year that 'the music died' for me. It made me realize why Don McLean wrote his iconic American Pie.
So yeah, you know where I would want to be and who I would want to see.
I camped out at sears the night before tickets went on sale. I made sure i was one of the first in line for tickets. I was able to get a
refund after the tragic news, but damn man that was my chance to see history