{"id":52407,"date":"2025-11-21T14:54:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/21\/watch-robert-plant-perform-gallows-pole-on-nprs-tiny-desk\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T14:54:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:54:34","slug":"watch-robert-plant-perform-gallows-pole-on-nprs-tiny-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/21\/watch-robert-plant-perform-gallows-pole-on-nprs-tiny-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Robert Plant Perform &#8216;Gallows Pole&#8217; on NPR&#8217;s &#8216;Tiny Desk&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/robert-plant\/\">Robert Plant<\/a> and his current band, Saving Grace, appeared on NPR&#8217;s <em>Tiny Desk<\/em> show last month. Now, fans can watch his full five-song set, which included a version of <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/led-zeppelin\/\">Led Zeppelin<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Gallows Pole.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also performed four songs from Saving Grace&#8217;s recently released <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/saving-grace-robert-plant\/\">self-titled album<\/a>: &#8220;Gospel Plough,&#8221; &#8220;Higher Rock,&#8221; &#8220;Everybody&#8217;s Song&#8221; and &#8220;It&#8217;s a Beautiful Day Today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Plant, Saving Grace consists of Suzi Dian (vocals, accordion), Matt Worley (guitar, banjo, cuatro, background vocals), Tony Kelsey (guitar), Barney Morse-Brown (cello) and Oli Jefferson (drums).<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/robert-plant-albums-ranked\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\">Ranking Every Robert Plant Solo Album<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch their full performance below, with &#8220;Gallows Pole&#8221; coming in around the 23 minute mark. Before playing the song, which appeared on 1970&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/led-zeppelin-iii\/\"><em>Led Zeppelin III<\/em><\/a>, Plant took a moment to acknowledge where he first heard of the traditional tune: via the American blues singer Lead Belly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His memory has lived on in all of the music that I&#8217;ve ever been near and been touched by,&#8221; Plant said.<\/p>\n<h3>Are Robert Plant and Saving Grace Touring?<\/h3>\n<p>Plant and Saving Grace are just about to finish a leg of U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertplant.com\/#tour\" target=\"_blank\">concerts<\/a>, with the final date scheduled for Nov. 23 in Valley Center, California. After that, they&#8217;ll head back to their native U.K. for a run of shows that will last until Dec. 23.<\/p>\n<p>Plant has said that he has more Saving Grace music stowed away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s not finished. There&#8217;s loads more,&#8221; he explained to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/robert-plant-saving-grace-interviewhttps:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/robert-plant-saving-grace-interview\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Classic Rock<\/em><\/a> last month. &#8220;If I open the trunk of my car, all these songs fall out. Songs recorded, songs not recorded. It&#8217;s a trove. When you sing, you sing. You don&#8217;t say: &#8216;Fuck it, I&#8217;ll stop now.&#8217; You carry on singing. If you&#8217;re not on the gravy train, you just open the door when you feel like it and out you go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">See Where Robert Plant&#8217;s Releases Land in All of Led Zeppelin&#8217;s Solo Albums Ranked<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>There have been vanity projects, weird detours and huge disappointments \u2013 but also some of the best LPs of the succeeding eras.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Nick DeRiso<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=160&#038;gver=9&#038;bid=295&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DmxuuNIMSzp6MHphJEoAGlLFQ3qmwQguzkGZl&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/robert-plant-gallows-pole-npr-tiny-desk\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Plant and his current band, Saving Grace, appeared on NPR&#8217;s Tiny Desk show last month. 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