When I saw them in Greensboro NC in 1977 it was Bonham's birthday.
The show was delayed due to him arriving to town late - on a private flight.
The rest of the band was on site , on time.
Evidently the previous night was a night off and he chose to celebrate .... too much and too long.
When he arrived and they hit the stage , the sold out coliseum sang Happy Birthday Bonzo in harmony.
Never heard anything else like that before or after. It was wild.
I was a 13 yr old 7th grader.
He was really moved and really pumped by that.
Then they kicked it wide open until after 1am
More to the story , but the end result was the Gboro Coliseum banned Led Zeppelin from ever appearing there again.
Although that turned out to be their last tour anyway.
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