So i was just dinking around yt, a few days ago I’d listened to a zep tune, so today yt shows me some live footage clips in various cities in various years, i think hmmm could they have it, did some capture the end of that epic day? Type in “Led Zeppelin Tampa Bay Bowl” Boom there it is!
Leave Jax oh dark thirty for Tampa in Rick’s rickety vee dub bug…
Shared route
From Jacksonville, Florida to Tampa, Florida via US-301 S and I-75 S.
3 hr 17 min (199 mi)
3 hr 13 min in current traffic
- Head east on E Union St toward N Ocean St
- Turn left onto N Ocean St
- Use the left 2 lanes to turn left onto E State St
- Slight left onto the I-95 S/US-17 S/FL-228 W ramp to I-10
- Merge onto FL-228 W/I-95 S/US-17 S
- Keep right at the fork to continue on US-17 S
- Take exit 343 toward Starke
- Keep right at the fork, follow signs for Lawtey/Starke
- Merge onto US-301 S
- Turn right onto NW 77th St
- Turn right onto FL-326 W
- Use the right lane to take the I-75 S ramp to Tampa
- Merge onto I-75 S
- Keep right at the fork to stay on I-75 S
- Keep right at the fork to continue on I-275 S, follow signs for Interstate 275 S/Tampa/Saint Petersburg
- Use the right 2 lanes to take exit 45A toward Downtown E
- Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Downtown E/Jefferson St
- Use any lane to turn left onto N Orange Ave
- Continue straight onto Pierce St
- Turn right onto E Zack St
- Arrive at location: Tampa
For the best route in current traffic visit https://goo.gl/maps/5hC2wprUzzy
We arrive at the stadium 6 or 7 or 8 hours later the gates are already open…we end up in just past mid field close to the field in the seats…hours later…
20 year old me gets to see the rock gods themselves rock it out for about 20 minutes, then it rains for about 5 minutes and they cancel the show…
Just random zep pics and the audio
Anywho…just was kinda neat to heat the éxact same noise i trekked a long way to hear all those years ago.