Robert Plant says bands who keep collectively for “20, 30 or 50 years” are “hanging onto a life raft”.The 73-year-old singer rose to fame because the frontman of Led Zeppelin, forming the rock group together with guitarist Jimmy Web page, bassist John Paul Jones and late drummer John Bonham in 1968.After conquering the globe, the ‘Complete Lotta Love’ rockers cut up in 1980 within the wake of Bonham’s loss of life, reuniting for a couple of concert events in 1985, 1998, 1995 and 2007.Plant by no means wished to remain within the group decade after decade like different acts corresponding to The Rolling Stones have as a result of he has at all times yearned for brand new musical challenges and by no means wished to look “sadly decrepit” on stage rehashing the glories of his youth.And that is what he has loved about working with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss.In an interview with MOJO journal, he stated: “The benefit of Alison and I is that we’re a few kindred spirits.
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“Most musicians type a band, then they keep within the band till it is over – 20 years, 30 years, 50 years, no matter it’s, and it begins to look sadly decrepit. It is like individuals hanging onto a life raft, or staying in a cushty place.”With us two, there’s nothing written in blood. We have been able to do one thing new, and we knew how good it was earlier than, so we are able to simply be part of up once more and see the place we go. We have got nothing to lose.”Plant and Krauss have reunited for a second album, with ‘Elevate The Roof’ – which comes 14 years after their first collaboration ‘Elevating Sand’ which gained 5 Grammys – being launched on November 19.The ‘Stairway To Heaven’ singer believes he and Alison, 50, work so nicely collectively as a result of they arrive from utterly completely different musical backgrounds and worlds.He stated: “After I spent that first 12 months or so with Alison, I used to be so amazed by America. I believed I would obtained America down, however right here was this entire world of nation music I would not encountered. That is the wonderful thing about me and Alison – we’re ably supported by a world of lovely music that one among different of us would not know an excessive amount of about.”
