Definitely one of the reasons we came up with as well.
At the time, we thought that's just how it's going to be now. Not a good
thought, but glad to have that disproved at Camden and Hershey.
I really think the breaking news the night before, of cocaine involvement,
had an impact. You could almost see it in the way Pete talked to the crowd.
Kind of like.."don't quite know how to handle this one or how to talk to you
about it. And really I shouldn't have to say a fucking thing....so I
won't." It caused an overall withdrawal on a certain level that perhaps
only seasoned fans could really pick up. It stood out to me because I went
in looking to
have questions answered, obviously, since it was my first show since John's
departure of the building.
Something else that happened is that Plant ran into overtime with his encore
and they most likely had to pay a fine for running past the noise curfew.
Nothing like hurrying through the show to make it seem strained. I might
have thought this was all of it, except that you folks at Camden also
reported that Pete had little to say. I think you're right that he wasn't
sure what to say in general. He seems to be just now coming to terms with
it.
keets
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