Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night, I can see paradise by the dashboard light

Friday 4 June - Sorry but I'm a bit behind with my gig write-ups and they may be a tad on the short side, but hey, I only started doing this to keep tabs on which bands we'd seen. Unfortunately my system fell over on this occasion because I forgot to check if we'd seen Graf Zeppelin before. We had. They were fantastic last time and just as good this time too. Playing in the Roman Bath, so free music, and hailing from Doncaster, GF are; Richard Oxby on vocals, Raith Wilson on guitar, Daz Chandler on bass, and Jon Booth on drums. They don't look like Led Zep, but they do exactly what it says on the tin, they play like Led Zep. They're flippin' brilliant.

Friday 11 June - and Bad Dog are playing in the Roman Bath tonight. I checked this blog. We hadn't seen them before. Except that we had, but I forgot to blog it. Bugger! Anyway, Bad Dog are a femme-fronted four piece rock covers band formed by Steph and Andy who formerly played as part of Steve Steinman's major theatre shows The Meatloaf Story, Meatloaf Trilogy and Vampires Rock. Together with Ben and Mike, Bad Dog put on an excellent rock show covering artists such as; Queen, Tina Turner, T-Rex, Thin Lizzy, Bad Company, AC/DC, Status Quo , Kings of Leon, The Kinks, The Beatles, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Blondie, and of course, Led Zeppelin. Very theatrical, but very, very good indeed.

Little drops of rain whisper of the pain, tears of loves lost in the days gone by

Friday 31 July - Oh god how I love serendipity. There wasn't a lot going on, musically, in York tonight, so we bowled along to The Roman Bath to see Graf Zeppelin. Guess what they play? Well, we weren't disappointed, absolutely not. Yes, they do Led Zep covers. Yes, we've heard Led Zep tribute bands before, and frankly, the last time Whole Lotta Led played was not good. But these guys are awesome.

GF are: Richard Oxby on vocals, Raith Wilson on guitar, Daz Chandler on bass, and Jon Booth on drums. They don't look like Led Zep, but this isn't a looky-likey contest. In fact Richard looks more like Boris Johnson on steroids, but when he opens his mouth...

They sound like Led Zep. Richard sounds like Robert Plant. He has the vocal range and he can hold note. The other guys play like Led Zep. Raith even abuses his guitar with a violin bow and Jon does that drum solo from Moby Dick. They do all your Led Zep favourites, including the ones you'd forgotten. From Black Dog, to Kashmir, it's all there. They even did Thank You as their encore, a song that genuinely brings moisture to my eyes.

Very, very, highly recommended.