Dread

Adrian Sticks Stickland posted something on his Facebook page recently and it immediately took me back to my early days of university.

One of the shows that i went to in my early days at U of G was Dread Zeppelin. I can't recall how we heard about it, but a bunch of us ended up going out to Peter Clark Hall. I knew that we were going to see a Led Zeppelin cover band (awesome) that did the tunes with Reggae stylings (great). Until the singer came out on stage, i had no idea that he was an Elvis impersonator. Think about it. Here's a video they made for their version of Heartbreaker.



The video likely doesn't convey the sense of mayhem, musicianship & pure silliness that was part of that night way back when. I remember laughing my head off and thinking how clever the whole thing was. They really pulled it off live. I can imagine someone thinking to combine any of the 2 out of 3 elements that made the concept, but all 3?

My point is that if ANYONE in music should have got filthy rich beyond their wildest dreams. Everyone loves Elvis (OK, maybe not some of the artists he ripped off). Everyone loves Led Zeppelin (see Elvis comment). But Reggae? EVERYONE lived with someone who had a Bob Marley poster on the wall in their residence room or apartment, and he was the king of Reggae. So Dread Zeppelin had it 3 ways! They should have been loaded.

I kid though. Mostly. I like Elvis. I like Zeppelin. I like Reggae. Those cats should have been millionaires.