Led Zeppelin: The Biography - Bob Spitz The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates interview series. I'm Paul Vogelzang and we have a really fantastic show today with one of my favorites, returning guest Bob Spitz, telling us all about his new revealing Led Zeppelin biography! Yes, it's THAT Bob Spitz, the NYT best-selling author of THE BEATLES: THE BIOGRAPHY comes the definitive biography of LED ZEP. Bob Spitz will be presenting at Smithsonian Associates, Wednesday January 19, 2022, and the title of his upcoming presentation is A Whole Lotta (Crazy) Love: The Led Zeppelin Story You can find more details on our website, NotOld-Better.com or the Smithsonian Associates website, both of which are in our show notes today, but we have Bob Spitz right now, and we're talking about one of my favorite bands, Led Zeppelin! It has been 50 years since Led Zeppelin's legendary rock hit "Stairway to Heaven" was released. The story of how virtuosic London sophisticates Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones came together with Midlands wild men Robert Plant and John Bonham to form the legendary rock band Led Zeppelin is one for the rock-history books. New York Times bestselling biographer Bob Spitz draws on his own book, Led Zeppelin: The Biography, to tell the band's definitive story. It was one of the most successful (and certainly one of the most notorious) bands of all time, selling more than 300 million albums worldwide. From the opening notes of their first album in 1969, Led Zeppelin was something different: a collision of grand artistic ambition and brute force, of English folk music and African American blues. Bob Spitz will pull back the curtain today with us on Led Zeppelin's creative process, from dress rehearsals to creative breakthroughs. For his book, he conducted more than 150 interviews with friends, colleagues, executives, and even groupies who shared detailed inside accounts of Zeppelin's exploits, from who really stole the money at the Drake Hotel robbery, to th Talk About Better™ The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.