JASON BONHAM Performs LED ZEPPELIN's 'Going To California' On Toronto's Q107; Video Posted

May 17, 2011, 13 years ago

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In the video footage below, JASON BONHAM and his band join radio host/rock vocalist KIM MITCHELL (e-MAX WEBSTER) and perform the LED ZEPPELIN classic 'Going To California' live at Q107 studios in Toronto, ON:

Jason Bonham made a guest appearance on Friday night's (May 13th) edition of George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (formerly The Hour). You can watch the show at this location.

Billboard.com recenlty issued the following report from Gary Graff:

He's in a band (BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION) and also plays with PAUL RODGERS. But Jason Bonham says he'll always make time for JASON BONHAM'S LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE show.

"If you'd have asked me that about a year go, I'd have said it was going to be a one-time deal," the son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham tells Billboard.com. He starts a second JBLZE tour today (May 4th) in Wallingford, Conn., after a well-reviewed first run of the multi-media tribute show last fall. "The stories that people have shared with me over the last 12 months and onward since the first round inspired me. When people say, 'Oh, can you try this one in the show next time? Can you do this?'... I spoke to my mom, and she said, 'Listen, you're representing the family here, and I appreciate you doing it.' She came out to see the show and said, 'You know, I was a little skeptical at first, but the show is so wonderfully put together and it's very special.' She said, 'Please continue this for me as long as you feel comfortable doing it.' "

Bonham does, however, add that "we will only do it while people want to experience it. The last thing I want to do is tarnish something so beautiful that is held so highly in my thoughts. So it's one of those things; I always say come and see it, because it might not be here next time."

Bonham says he's added some new songs for the JBLZE's second go-round, including 'Achilles' Last Stand', 'The Rain Song' and 'In The Light', the latter of which Led Zeppelin never performed live. During 'When The Levee Breaks', meanwhile, he'll play with his father, who's represented on the video screens, just as he does in 'Moby Dick'.

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ESPN has unveiled the opening video for the NBA Playoffs on ESPN and ABC, featuring a cover of Led Zeppelin's 'Black Dog' by Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience, featuring Nicole Scherzinger of the PUSSYCAT DOLLS.

Check it out on YouTube below:


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