Chris Blackwell, drummer for frontman of Led Zeppelin Robert Plant.
Chris Blackwell Interview
- Chris talks about how he landed the Robert Plant gig as a drummer.
- The recording process for the Robert Plant 1988 release Now and Zen album.
- Early influences and early albums that Blackwell discovered.
- How the 2 world tours with Robert Plant went along in the early 1990’s.
- Chris describes the backstage area for Robert Plant.
- Talking about unreleased Robert Plant material.
- Songwriting with Robert Plant the way it worked.
- The life of a touring artist flying versus driving.
- Playing with Jimmy Page.
- Robert Plant always singing through a Shure SM 58.
- No soundchecks with Robert Plant in the tours from 1990’s.
- Chris tells a story about the sound man would setup the sound system with a song Sledgehammer from Peter Gabriel’s cd.