The date.........June 26th 1972 The location..........Long Beach Arena The situation........three quarters of an hour ago Jimmy Page played the opening notes to Black Dog, 45 minutes on and he still hasn't reached the bridge in to the 1st verse, an anxious huddle stands in the wings. Robert Plant "What are we going to do man?" Stage manager - Colonel Sanders "What has he been doing, he looks kind of wired?" John Paul Jones "The usual, three bags of mushrooms, some meth, spliffs and three Lucies" Colonel S "Is that all?" JPJ "Er, no, he's been licking toads" All "NO!!!!!" (there is a pause) "Ribbit" (there is another pause, this time with nervous tics) Plant "For Gods sake do something" "Shoot the fucker" Colonel S "Who said that" "It's me, Roger Waters, just shoot the fucker, I'd shoot him, I'd have shot fucking Barrett but nancy boy Gilmour stopped me, he played one note for two and a half fucking hours and they wouldn't let me cap him, go on, just shoot the fucker." John Bonham interjects "Me want hit things, umgowa" Plant "We can't just shoot him" Waters "Why the fuck not?" Plant "I know I'll get one of the groupies to shout really loud in his ear and startle him" JPJ "Shout what though?" Plant "Anything.............FISH!" ...........and that's how it happened folks, the groupie was scarred for life and never could visit Harry Ramsdens again.