Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
One of the questions I'm asked most often is, "What is your favorite song to play?" Up until recently, I've always stumbled for an answer. There aren't any songs that I don't enjoy playing, and I always based my response on what songs the crowd usually respond to well; there's nothing like watching the entire audience bouncing up and down to "The Ocean" or "Rock And Roll." However, I finally realized that there are two that stand out as personal favorites, and I think the reason they don't come to mind is because we don't get to play them as often as we would like. "No Quarter" and "In My Time Of Dying" are easily my two favorite songs to play.
As it pertains to "No Quarter," I think the jam on this song rivals anything thing else Led Zeppelin has garnered accolade for. I've always been particularly fond of the 1977 versions, and specifically, the few times JPJ busted out The No.2 March from The Nutcracker. As a result, I try and fuse every element I possibly can from the studio version, the 1973 versions, a little 1975, a lot of 1977, and other bits from '79 and '80. A little bit of me slips in there, as well, which is maybe why I enjoy it so much. I absolutely love getting to jam, and there is so much to dig into with the way Anthony plays this song that I don't ever want it to stop. It's the same reason I love playing "In My Time Of Dying." When you get to the jam, you can just absolutely let loose with reckless abandon. It's not true or specific to any one era of Zeppelin, but this is one instance where I don't care. I absolutely love jamming on this song!
In the time we have off, I've enjoyed finding clips that people have uploaded from this particular show. This footage is taken from our friend and video-guru, Scott Wardlow, as well as Carlos Salazar with angle two. Topping it off is our very own Swan Montgomery doing a live feed while the rest of us are jamming. It was a fun project to fuse these three angles together to see what it looked like from around the venue. This ended up being one of our last performances before the pandemic shuttered live events. Secretly, I'm loving the time at home with my wife and kids, but it's nice to stay up a little later than I should and revisit stuff like this! :)
One of the questions I'm asked most often is, "What is your favorite song to play?" Up until recently, I've always stumbled for an answer. There aren't any songs that I don't enjoy playing, and I always based my response on what songs the crowd usually respond to well; there's nothing like watching the entire audience bouncing up and down to "The Ocean" or "Rock And Roll." However, I finally realized that there are two that stand out as personal favorites, and I think the reason they don't come to mind is because we don't get to play them as often as we would like. "No Quarter" and "In My Time Of Dying" are easily my two favorite songs to play.
As it pertains to "No Quarter," I think the jam on this song rivals anything thing else Led Zeppelin has garnered accolade for. I've always been particularly fond of the 1977 versions, and specifically, the few times JPJ busted out The No.2 March from The Nutcracker. As a result, I try and fuse every element I possibly can from the studio version, the 1973 versions, a little 1975, a lot of 1977, and other bits from '79 and '80. A little bit of me slips in there, as well, which is maybe why I enjoy it so much. I absolutely love getting to jam, and there is so much to dig into with the way Anthony plays this song that I don't ever want it to stop. It's the same reason I love playing "In My Time Of Dying." When you get to the jam, you can just absolutely let loose with reckless abandon. It's not true or specific to any one era of Zeppelin, but this is one instance where I don't care. I absolutely love jamming on this song!
In the time we have off, I've enjoyed finding clips that people have uploaded from this particular show. This footage is taken from our friend and video-guru, Scott Wardlow, as well as Carlos Salazar with angle two. Topping it off is our very own Swan Montgomery doing a live feed while the rest of us are jamming. It was a fun project to fuse these three angles together to see what it looked like from around the venue. This ended up being one of our last performances before the pandemic shuttered live events. Secretly, I'm loving the time at home with my wife and kids, but it's nice to stay up a little later than I should and revisit stuff like this! :)
