Zeppelin combines Fishing and Sex

Here is another tale not as spooky, but a bit more rock and roll. This took place at the Edgewater, a hotel in Seattle. There was a Seattle pop festival that took place around the end of July in 69’, so most likely this is when it took place. The hotel was positioned near a body of water so that people staying there could fish right from their balconies. So as the ‘legend’ goes John Bonham of Zeppelin was fishing with Richard Cole the tour manager for mud sharks. They were continuously interrupted by some excited groupies. One red-headed groupie in particular mentioned that she enjoyed being tied-up. So she was lassoed onto the bed post and Bonzo came up with the idea to infuse two of his loves, fishing and women, into one experience. He grabbed a red snapper that had previously been caught and began to sexually engage it (just the head) into the female’s private parts. Some speculate that it was Richard Cole and not Bonzo who did the female fishing, but we all know how adroit Bonzo was so I would like to believe it was him. As some versions of the story contain a mudshark and not a snapper, the ‘mudshark’ was immortalized in song by Frank Zappa during a Filmore East gig in 1971.
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