
Headley Grange may not be as enchanting as Bron-yr-Aur, but the place had some character: It was a huge, old, dusty mansion with no electricity but great acoustics. Plant corroborated the story in his testimony. Page told a different story under oath: When he was called to the stand in 2016 as part of a plagiarism trial over this song, he said that he wrote the music on his own and first played it for his bandmates at Headley Grange in Liphook Road, Headley, Hampshire, where they recorded it using a mobile studio owned by The Rolling Stones. Page sometimes told a story of the pair sitting by a fire at the cabin as they composed it, a tale that gives the song a mystical origin story, as there could have been spirits at play within those walls.

Page and Plant explained that they started working on it at a 250-year-old Welsh cottage called Bron-yr-Aur, where they wrote the songs for Led Zeppelin III. In October 1970, after about 18 months of near constant touring, the song took shape. By April, he was telling journalists that their new song might be 15-minutes long, and described it as something that would "build towards a climax" with John Bonham's drums not coming in for some time. Jimmy Page would work on the song in an 8-track studio he had installed in his boathouse, trying out different sections on guitar. Will Tyler be able to find an ally who can keep him out of trouble? Or will he crash and burn at the hands of sinisterĭanger lurks in every port and his time at sea is a fight for survival.Led Zeppelin started planning "Stairway" in early 1970 when they decided to create a new, epic song to replace " Dazed And Confused" as the centerpiece of their concerts. Letters coming to and leaving the ship hold key evidenceĪgainst Tyler, proof he must keep out of the Captain's hands at all costs. Or his commanding officer out to lock him up for an illicit affair. What he doesn't count on is a psychotic shipmate trying to kill him. Stereotypical sailor and look for a girl in every port. In and out of port in a few days is the perfect way to avoid responsibility. Leaving the pressures of the real world behind and slip into a cocoon of escapism.

After a drunken bet goes wrong, Tyler Chambers boards his US Navy frigate and looks forward to


Sailors sail the world and that's exactly what happens when Tyler leaves Hawaii and travels to the Philippines, Korea, Singapore, Kenya, andĪustralia. There's plenty of time spent at sea with crazy shipmates and wild times await him ashore-and a Captain who's out to get him.Įxotic ports, alluring women, and experiencing adventures on the other side of the world sounds ideal. Oceans of Trouble is a stand alone suspense novelĪnd the second book in Tyler's Trouble Trilogy
