From Led Zeppelin to wed counsellin'? Robert Plant reveals job ambition during Twitter Q&A
Rock legend Robert Plant has joked he could have been a marriage counsellor had he not ended up as singer in Led Zeppelin.
The West Bromwich-born star, who is divorced, made the comment when he
for a question and answer session with fans.
Since joining the social networking site on Wednesday and announcing he would answer his favourite questions, he had been bombarded with hundreds of requests.
He has accumulated nearly 39,938 followers on the social network site within two days – but is yet to follow anyone else.
Last night he logged on to provide answers to the tweets he had picked out.
When asked: 'If you didn't join Led Zeppelin, what everyday job would you be doing instead?' the frontman, who got divorced from first wife Maureen in 1983 after 15 years, replied: 'Marriage counsellor'.
Rumours have circulated recently that the 64-year-old has married folk singer Patty Griffin who he has been romantically linked with.
During the tweeting session he also revealed the song he wishes he had written is Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix, and that it is 'unexpected adventures musically, emotionally and geographically' which keep driving him forward.
He also whetted the appetite of fans with tickets for his sold-out show at Wolverhampton's Civic Hall on September 2 by revealing that Trampled Under Foot, from 1975 double album Physical Graffiti, was his favourite Led Zeppelin song to play live on his current tour.
And somewhat surprisingly given he has been part of one of the most successful groups of all time, he said the favourite moment of his career was releasing his first records on the CBS label as a solo performer.
And he harked back to the early days of Led Zeppelin by declaring the Filmore West club in San Francisco – where the group played in 1969 – as his favourite venue. He said: 'Why? A legendary home of the most amazing psychedelic bands from the West Coast.'
On the subject of his current musical interests, he said American indie band Low and rockers Black Angel were his favourite acts.
His advice for up and coming songwriters was: 'Keep mixing it up. Change key regularly. Try different guitar tunings.'
The singer, who has a home near Kidderminster as well as another property in America, said the Festival in the Desert, near Timbuktu in Mali was the favourite the gig he has played.
It seemed the star, who is the vice president of Wolves, enjoyed his time online, as he signed off telling fans 'That was fun.'
