![]() Since it took three years from the original Honeydrippers conception until Volume One was released, I didn't mind a gap of a few years between songs for Volume Two. However, I wondered if there might be some stray tracks that could, if not create a whole album, at least be a second EP. ![]() But so far, it hasn't materialized, and I'm guessing at this point it never will. Soon after the EP's success, Plant said in interviews that he planned to record a full Honeydrippers album. The "group" made one TV appearance, as musical guest on "Saturday Night Live" with Brian Setzer on guitar. And perhaps to Plant's surprise, The Honeydrippers, Volume One was a hit – bigger, in fact, than his previous two solo albums had been. The band lineup was completely different than the one that had performed at unpublicized gigs in 1981, and included Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Nile Rodgers among others. Then in 1984, Plant surprised a lot of people when he released a Honeydrippers EP. ![]() But during the following two years he released all-new music with two albums and a tour. Some may have wondered at the time whether this was going to be his new direction. Fronting a band called The Honeydrippers, Plant performed several R&B and early rock and roll numbers in front of small audiences at unbilled shows. In early 1981, Robert Plant made his first public return to the stage after the breakup of Led Zeppelin. ![]()
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