Just a story I found funny.
Read about this years ago in some Zep book, Hammer of the Gods maybe...
Can't remember the exact details but goes something like this...
Zep pulls up in a tour bus at some arena to do a gig, wanna say in the south and Memphis rings a bell and sometime in the early 70's, as soon as they pull up two wiseguys jump on the bus to shakedown the band. Something like" You guys can't play unless we get paid first"
The bands manager, Peter Grant,a very big guy jumps up: " You want Wot mate?!?! Grant procedes to start pushing the wiseguys outta the bus using his very ample belly while cussing 'em out.They left and Zep played ( a very awesome show ).
Were they actually mobsters or just some half assed wiseguys I don't know but that's the story.
Ron
