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Article: EX-LED ZEPPELIN DUO TRADING SOUNDS AGAIN BY BRIAN MCCOLLUM KNIGHT RIDDER.(PREVIEW)

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July 9, 1998
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Led Zeppelin fans know the photo well: Robert Plant is standing at the balcony of a high-rise hotel in L.A., arms outstretched, basking in all the sunlight and riches that 1975 draped upon him.

It's vintage rock imagery. Zeppelin was at the top of his game, and young Plant -- the guy whose voice transformed the way people sang rock 'n' roll -- was a cocky victor looming over his conquest. A golden rock god in Hollywood's gold heaven.

Today the hotel is in Chicago, and Robert Plant -- 21 floors up -- is looking out at the rain. He's been watching World Cup soccer on television, and it's storming in France, too. Plant is 49 now, and he's worried about all ...

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