This is going to surprise every rock fan in the universe, but the worst(least professional) show I ever attended was LED ZEPPELIN at the Tarrant County Convention Center in FT Worth Texas on May 22nd 1977. It was originally scheduled for 2/27/1977, but was postponed till May. The band just didn't seem to want to be there. The show started almost an hour late(No backup band), and the sound mix was awful. The TCCC was not known for good acoustics to begin with, but this was really bad. During the song "In my time of dying" Jimmy Page accidentally unplugged his Les Paul and the band had to restart the song. The late John Bonham fell off his drum stool during his drum solo in "Moby Dick". Robert Plant's voice was under the weather and really raspy, and he had a case of the giggles at times. John Paul Jones seemed to be the only band member trying to put on a good show. To the credit of the audience I didn't hear anyone BOO or Catcall, but it would have been justified. Many years later i read an interview with Plant and Page where it was revealed that the band had a serious Heroin problem at that time. Man, it really showed in this concert, but at least I can say I saw them during the "Song remains the same" tour. The playlist was exactly the same as the album and movie.
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