Led Zeppelin/Addendum

Additional miscellaneous information on Led Zeppelin.

Personnel
The line-up of Led Zeppelin remained stable throughout the 1968-1980 period. In addition, a number of key personnel comprised the work behind the band's success:

Manager

 * Peter Grant - also invariably referred to as "the fifth member" due to importance he had in directing the group's affairs.

Tour manager

 * Richard Cole - an experienced tour manager, especially in the United States, from his previous work with The Yardbirds although he was eventually sacked before the Knebworth Festival in 1979 due to his heroin addiction and erratic behaviour.
 * Phil Carlo - Bad Company's road manager who eventually replaced Richard Cole.

Road crew

 * Clive Coulson - stage.
 * Kenny Pickett - stage.
 * Henry Smith - stage.
 * Sandy McGregor - stage.
 * Joe Jammer - guitars.
 * Raymond Thomas - guitars.
 * Tim Marten - guitars (1980).
 * Brian Condliffe - bass and keyboards.
 * Andy Ledbetter - bass and keyboards (1980).
 * Mick Hinton - drums and percussion.
 * Benji Le Fevre - vocal technician.
 * Ian Knight - lighting.

For their US tours in 1972-75, and then every concert from their 1975 tour onwards Led Zeppelin employed Dallas-based light and sound company Showco:


 * Donny Kretzchmar - Showco monitoring mixer.
 * Rusty Brutche - Showco sound engineer.
 * Kirby Wyatt - Showco lighting engineer.
 * Allen Branton - Showco engineer.
 * Joe Crowley - Showco engineer.

Administrative

 * Bill Harry - publicist (1969-70).
 * BP Fallon - publicist (1973-74).
 * Danny Goldberg - US publicist (1973-75).
 * Rick Hobbs - Jimmy Page's personal assistant.
 * Rex King - John Bonham's personal assistant.
 * Brian Gallivan - US tour assistant (1977)
 * Dave Northover - US tour assistant (1977)
 * Dennis Sheehan - US tour assistant (1977)
 * Dave Moulder - Europe tour assistant (1980)

Legal

 * Steve Weiss - New York attorney.
 * Joan Hudson Associates - London representative.