{"product_id":"robert-plant-a-life-isbn-9780062281388","title":"Robert Plant: A Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobert Plant\u003c\/em\u003e by Paul Rees is the definitive biography of Led Zeppelin's legendary frontman. As lead singer for one of the biggest and most influential rock bands of all time—whose song \"Stairway to Heaven\" has been played more times on American radio than any other track—Robert Plant defined what it means to be a rock god.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of his twenty-year career, British music journalist and editor Paul Rees has interviewed such greats as Sir Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Bono, and AC\/DC. Rees now offers a full portrait of Robert Plant for the first time, exploring the forces that shaped him, the ravaging highs and lows of the Zeppelin years—including his relationship with Jimmy Page and John Bonham—and his life as a solo artist today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with more than two dozen photographs, \u003cem\u003eRobert Plant: A LIfe\u003c\/em\u003e is the never-before-told story of a gifted, complicated music icon who changed the face of rock 'n' roll.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eRobert Plant is a living legend. The front man of Led Zeppelin, one of the biggest and most influential rock bands of all time, Plant defined the very notion of what it means to be a rock god.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sheer scale of Led Zeppelin's success is extraordinary. In the United States alone they have sold seventy million records—a figure surpassed only by the Beatles—while \"Stairway to Heaven,\" the band's most famous song, has been played more times on American radio than any other track and is frequently referred to as one of the greatest rock 'n' roll songs ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Robert Plant's legacy stretches far beyond Led Zeppelin. \u003cem\u003eRobert Plant: A Life\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of the forces that shaped Plant: from his boyhood in England's Black Country to the ravaging highs and lows of the Zeppelin years; from his relationship with Jimmy Page and John Bonham to the solo career that today, at the age of sixty-two, has him producing some of the most acclaimed work of his career. Author Paul Rees, former editor of \u003cem\u003eQ\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKerrang!\u003c\/em\u003e, who has in the past interviewed Plant at length, paints a rich, complicated portrait of a man who was only nineteen when he changed the face of rock 'n' roll.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with tenacity, emotion, and the spark of brilliance that befits such an enigmatic front man, \u003cem\u003eRobert Plant: A Life\u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive story of a musical icon.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eRees informs and entertains . . . leav[ing] few stones in Plant’s life unturned. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMOJO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone seeking insight into Robert Plant as a man and musician will find it here. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eQ Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParticularly enlightening on Plant’s formative pre-Zep years in the Midlands, A Life puts the singer’s eclectic career into clear context. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDave Lewis, Tight But Loose magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dey Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889193251045,"sku":"NP9780062281388","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062281388.jpg?v=1730230724","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/robert-plant-a-life-isbn-9780062281388","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}