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The Honeydrippers

The Honeydrippers was a British rock band of the 1980s. Former Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant formed the group in 1981 to satisfy his long-time goal in having a rock band with a heavy R&B basis. In addition to Plant, the band was comprised of fellow former Led Zeppelin member guitarist Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck (a former Yardbirds member like Page) and other friends and well-known studio musicians. It released only one EP on November 12, 1984, titled The Honeydrippers: Volume One.

The Honeydrippers had a Top-Ten hit with a remake of the Phil Phillips' tune "Sea of Love" and another Top-30 Hit with "Rockin' at Midnight". With the EP's success, Plant stated that a full album would be recorded, but it never was. The band appeared on Saturday Night Live on December 15, 1984, performing "Rockin' at Midnight" and "Santa Claus is Back in Town." The band featured Brian Setzer on guitar and Paul Shaffer on piano.

On December 23, 2006, Robert Plant performed a charity show at Kidderminster Town Hall under the title The Return of the Honeydrippers to raise money for his neighbor Jackie Jennings, who was undergoing treatment for a brain tumor.^[1]

After Plant's appearance at the 2006 Montreux Jazz Festival to honor Ahmet Ertegün, the two discussed a new Honeydrippers album for 2007.^{[citation needed]} After Ertegün's death, Plant has said that this is now unlikely.

Members

• Robert Plant - vocals
• Jimmy Page - guitars
• Jeff Beck - guitars
• Robbie Blunt - guitar
• Brian Setzer - guitar
• Andy Sylvester - guitar
• Jim Hickman - bass
• Kevin O'Neil - drums
• Ricky Cool - harmonica
• Keith Evans - saxophone
• Paul Shaffer - keyboard
• Nile Rodgers

References

External links

• The Honeydrippers at Allmusic

Note

This band is not the Honey Drippers, an American R&B band from the 1960s and 1970s responsible for the song “Impeach the President.”