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Lez Zeppelin's Hartford Homecoming

Connecticut Public Radio | By Ray Hardman
Published November 2, 2012 at 11:13 AM EDT
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Lez Zeppelin has toured the world, and has been lauded by critics for their faithful interpretation of Led Zeppelin, and their energetic live shows. Lez Zeppelin plays tonight at Up or on the Rocks in Downtown Hartford. The founder and guitarist for Lez Zepplin, Steph Paynes says playing in Hartford is a homecoming of sorts.

"Hartford was our honing ground," said Paynes. "We played Sully's and we played the Hungry Tiger."

Payne addressed the appeal of Lez Zeppelin to female listeners who she says, "they hadn't liked Led Zeppelin so much before but seeing women do it, opens their mind to it."

In the interview, Paynes talks about the sexuality of Led Zeppelin and Lez Zeppelin and what song they used to avoid performing.
Ray Hardman
Ray Hardman is Connecticut Public’s Arts and Culture Reporter. He is the host of CPTV’s Emmy-nominated original series Where Art Thou? Listeners to Connecticut Public Radio may know Ray as the local voice of Morning Edition, and later of All Things Considered.
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