Peter's Live Zep-Out Rocks Long Island

They call it "ZEP OUT" aka "ZEP FEST" -- America's Longest Running Commemorative Led Zeppelin Party.


Born in 1988 at the U of M Ann Arbor, Zep Out started as an after hours listening party, then mutated into a chronic annual event -- an 8 1/2-hour party where the goal is to graduate from Zep I at 7 pm, all the way to the final track of Coda at 3:30 am.

ZEPPELIN ONE
ZEPPELIN TWO
ZEPPELIN THREE
FOUR
HOUSES
PHYSICAL, SIDES 1-4
PRESENCE
IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR
CODA


It all started from one simple fact: if you were in the class of 1980 or later, you were fucked. No Zeppelin at the Garden. No Zeppelin at the Forum.

But you still had THE ALBUMS, played in a row on Saturday night near April 1st where you could MIND MELD with the entire decade of the 1970s in one huge, fat album-rock get-down. And only one band hit the Zoso exactly right.

Zep Fest started in Ann Arbor, riding the coat tails of the Diag's Annual Hash Bash, then moved to New York City.

Zep Out -- not an idea whose time had come, an idea whose time REFUSED TO GO AWAY.

Then this year, thanks to co-creator Peter Witkow and his blushing baby mama Cindy, the Zep Fest went live.

For his birthday party at a Port Washington bar and casino, Peter (aka "Prime") commissioned a band of Long Island pros to create a 2 hour Zep Out of songs representing the entire Zep catalogue. The band featured Bob and Norm from classic rock outfit Powderfinger.

The music and the party were a total home run. Excellent musicians, excellent show. Guests hailed from as far as England and L.A.

ZEP FEST LIVE AT "H ON THE HARBOR"
May 31, 2008

First Set)
Good Times Bad Times
Dazed & Confused
Whole Lotta Love
Heartbreaker/Livin/Lovin Maid
Moby Dick
Immigrant Song
Bron Y Aur Stomp
Black Dog
Rock & Roll

Second Set)
Misty Mountain Hop
When the Levy Breaks
The Ocean
No Quarter
Houses of the Holy
Wanton Song
Kashmir
Fool in the Rain

For everyone who saw it, there's only one thing to say:
ZEP OUT FOREVER