Rock 'n' Roll

July 21, 1973
Providence, RI US
Civic Center (Providence)


Rock and Roll,
Celebration Day,
(Bring It On Home intro) Black Dog,
Over the Hills and Far Away,
Misty Mountain Hop,
Since I've Been Loving You,
No Quarter,
The Song Remains the Same,
Rain Song,
Dazed and Confused (incl. San Francisco),
Stairway to Heaven,
Moby Dick,
Heartbreaker,
Whole Lotta Love (Incl. Let That Boy Boogie),
The Ocean.

This show is simply hot! The whole band is on and plays incredibly powerful, beautiful music. Robert has recovered most of his range it seems, even letting some unearthly screams out in Dazed And Confused and Since I've Been Loving You. Jimmy is a man possessed and the rhythm section plays as if they were the lead instruments too! Highlights from this wholly excellent show include one of the best No Quarter versions ever, an amazing Dazed and the earth shaking Heartbreaker into Whole Lotta Love. Funny, after No Quarter, Plant is interrupted when a girl in the audience throws her phone number onstage. Amidst making a joke about giving it to the security guards.

Man I'm from Providence RI and I never even knew Led Zeppelin came here. I'm only 21 years old but I do know what good music is. Led Zeppelin is my all time favorite band. Jimmy Page is incredible. The whole band is excellent from Robert Plant's voice.. To Paul Jones sick bass and Dunham's drum skills.. wow amazing.. I wish I could turn back the hands of time and gone to the concert here in Providence.. Man that would always continue to be a dream.. to have gone to one of their concerts.. and hear them live..koo... Long live Led Zeppelin.. Legends of music not just rock!

The July 21, 1973 Led Zeppelin concert at the Providence Civic Center (now the Dunkin Donuts Center) was the second and last time I attended one of their shows. The concert was near the end of their famous "Houses of the Holy" tour that had propelled the band to new heights, both financially and artistically. Their performance this night was certainly different from the one I witnessed a few years earlier in Boston (Sept. 1971). They weren't "up and comers" anymore but established stars. In other words, they had a lot more swagger in their collective attitudes and it translated itself in their performance. The show opened with the band charging on stage and ripping into an energetic version of "Rock and Roll." They followed that with "Black Dog" and "Misty Mountain Hop" and then opted to play most of the songs from their newly released album, "Houses of the Holy." One after the other, all the songs from that album (with the exception of "D'yer M'ker" and "The Crunge") were given their due. "No Quarter", "The Rain Song" and "The Song Remains the Same" were all played pretty much note-for-note perfect. "Over the Hills and Far Away" was given a more perfunctory rendition and the band didn't seem to have much enthusiasm for it. As usual, Robert Plant did all the talking and wondered aloud if the band had ever been in Providence before. They hadn't, although they had previously performed in Newport, Rhode Island during the 1969 Jazz Festival.
A long extended version of "Dazed and Confused" was a highlight of the second half of the show. There was no real intermission either although a few fans took a break during John Bonham's "Moby Dick" drum solo---which was actually quite good. "Whole Lotta Love" included the "Let That Boy Boogie" middle section and gave Jimmy Page a chance to show off his 1950's-style guitar licks. The band returned to the stage for a lively encore rendition of "The Ocean" and then left for good. All in all, it was a solid performance from the band expecially considering they were nearing the end of a lengthy and exhaustive tour. The show clocked in at about two and a half hours, which was typical for the band in those days.



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[amast3rMind69]

now the dunkin donuts center

[pageaholic62]

Sounds like 14.95 Radio Shack recorder next to the mens room in the back. And no I wasn't there!