Russillo Book Club: 'Led Zeppelin: The Biography' by Bob Spitz. Plus, Life Advice.

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🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Russillo is joined by journalist and author Bob Spitz to discuss his biography of Led Zeppelin (0:36). Then, Ryen answers some listener-submitted Life Advice questions (39:51). Host: Ryen Russillo Guest: Bob Spitz Producers: Kyle Crichton and Steve Ceruti Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's recillo book club episode is Bob Spitz, the author of the latest Led Zeppelin
0:15.3	book.
0:16.3	It just came out.
0:17.3	Fans of Led Zeppelin will love it.
0:18.3	Fans of Led Zeppelin will also be super bummed out with the band.
0:22.0	So there's a lot to cover here.
0:23.0	Spitz also did the Beatles book, book on Ronald Reagan, Julia Child.
0:26.2	So he's terrific.
0:27.2	He also toured and managed with Bruce Springsteen.
0:30.4	So this guy has been around music for decades and we'll talk with him and then finish the
0:34.4	lecture.
0:35.4	Let's upload as the book.
0:37.2	Bob Spitz is the author and the legendary journalist joins us now.
0:41.4	A lot of different ways we can go with this, but I really want to start with the bookstarts.
0:45.9	And now I have a further understanding of what Led Zeppelin was from the initial creation
0:50.6	and that this really was Jimmy Page's thing.
0:53.1	You know, this guitarist, this virtualoso, he had this vision.
0:56.4	He had this thing in his head.
0:57.4	These sounds, a studio musician, super accomplished at a very young age, but who was Jimmy Page kind
1:03.6	of at this stage of trying to figure out who he wanted to be and what he wanted to create?
1:07.2	Well, Jimmy had been in the studio for so long.
1:09.7	I mean, he hadn't really worked with a band for a couple of years and had been just a
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