DESCRIPTION:
Chris Blackwell Interview from Robert Plant Interviewed by Jason Saulnier April 4, 2010

Chris Blackwell talks about how he landed the Robert Plant gig as a drummer.
The recording process for the Robert Plant 1988 release Now and Zen album.
Early influences and early albums that Chris Blackwell discovered.
How the 2 world tours with Robert Plant went along in the early 1990′s.
Chris Blackwell describes the backstage area for Robert Plant.
Talking about unreleased Robert Plant material.
Songwriting with Robert Plant the way it worked.
The life of a touring artist flying versus driving.
Playing with Jimmy Page.
Robert Plant always singing through a Shure SM 58.
No soundchecks with Robert Plant in the tours from 1990′s.
Chris tells a story about the sound man would setup the sound system with a song Sledgehammer from Peter Gabriel's cd.

Chris had the best time drumming on two world tours with ex Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant with whom he recorded several albums; Now & Zen, Manic Nirvana, Knebworth Live, Fate Of Nations, 2003's Sixty Six to Timbuktu and the 2006 boxed set entitled Nine Lives. From these Platinum selling albums came many World-wide hits co-written by Chris, including Tie Dye On The Highway, Watching you, and a Grammy-nomination for Calling To You.