by Jerry Watson
— Guest Photojournalist —
There are Led Zeppelin tribute bands and then there is Get The Led Out, a Philadelphia-based group of six world-class musicians who re-create the depth and glory of all those great songs just as heard on the albums. When you hear three guitars on the songs, there are three guitarists on stage.
They took the stage at The Stiefel Theater in Salina, KS Oct. 16th amidst the rolling smoke for the fifth time in six years. Opening with the first song from the first album “Good Times Bad Times”, the band launched into a set featuring 20 note for note songs from the Led Zeppelin catalog. Phil D’Agostino’s bass playing shined during the song and throughout the night. They are able to cull from nearly 90 Led Zeppelin studio songs and change the setlist up every time they perform.
They then went into another song from the first album, the psychedelic “How Many More Times”, which featured long-time guitarist Paul Hammond and newcomer Eddie Kurek bringing out the violin bows.
The band rolled through “Dancing Days”, deep cut “Sick Again”, “Your Time Is Gonna Come”, “Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You”, “Ramble On” and “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” featuring Paul Sinclair’s spot-on vocals along with Paul Hammond and Jimmy Marchiano (and sometimes Eddie Kurek!) trading lead guitar duties.
The lights went out and all six members reconvened in chairs for the 3 song acoustic set featuring fan-favorite “Going To California”, surprise cut “Tangerine” and “The Rain Song”.
After a short intermission, the second half of the show opened with a spotlight on multi-instrumentalist Eddie Kurek on the keyboards now and the eerie strains of “In The Light” from the album Physical Graffiti. Then it was drummer Adam Ferraioli’s time to be ‘in the light’ with “Moby Dick”.
Fan favorites “Thank You”, “What Is And What Will Never Be”, “When The Levee Breaks” and “Kashmir” closed out the set before they hit the stage for the 3 song encore featuring “Misty Mountain Hop”, “Stairway To Heaven” and “Whole Lotta Love.”
If you want to hear Led Zeppelin songs live, this band is the way to go.
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