Gene:

You were so lucky to be able to see LED ZEPPELIN at the height of their power --- totally awesome, to be sure.

They are my favorite blues band, and have been since the release of their second album.

I was bummed when Bonzo died, as rock music lost a legend and a fun guy to be around, from all the reports I've heard.

One of my girlfriends before I met Paula, a nice lady named Vera --- her mom was one of the original GTO girls. She was a major Robert Plant fanatic besides. When Plant was touring his 1987 NOW AND ZEN disc, I caught the show with Vera and her mom up in Toronto.

She introduced me to Robert backstage, and I quickly paid my respects and thanked him for making my teenage years bearable.

The next year, when Jimmy Page released OUTRIDER, I got on the radio on ROCKLINE and got to ask Jimmy a question.

Obviously, they are a major force in the music world, and I am grateful for just the chance to say THANK YOU to them for all that great music.

When Page and Plant toured with the orchestra in 1993, I took Paula to witness the bombast of the Hammer of the Gods. She hasn't been the same since.

I am enjoying the new CD's and DVD's --- one highlight is the reworked arrangement on WHOLE LOTTA LOVE at Knebworth '79.

Still smiling . . .

Kent Daniel Bentkowski Buffalo, New York USA