Product Details

• Actors: Robert Plant & The Band Of Joy
• Directors: Jojo Pennebaker
• Format: Blu-ray, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Universal
• DVD Release Date: July 10, 2012
• Run Time: 77 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0085HWZDK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,820 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

A rare snowy day in Nashville, Tennessee set the stage for an even rarer event an intimate concert by rock icon Robert Plant at the War Memorial Auditorium. Performing with his new, Grammy-nominated group aptly titled the Band of Joy (which includes fellow luminaries Buddy Miller and Patty Griffin), Plant played both Led Zeppelin classics and new songs that continue to have an impact on the music scene today.

DVD Details:

DVD of intimate concert recorded at Nashville War Memorial on February 9, 2011 (including 5 songs not shown in TV broadcast)

Six performances of legendary Led Zeppelin songs

Bonus Footage:
Inside the Den featuring inside scenes from the Nashville War Memorial

Night in Pictures, a slideshow of imagery capturing the evening

Collectable handwritten print from Robert Plant.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 36 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Pleasure! July 3, 2012

By Jeffrey Strawman

Format:DVD

If you did not have the pleasure of seeing Robert Plant & The Band Of Joy in concert, this release is something that you'll want to see. Filmed live on February 9, 2011 at Nashville, Tennessee's War Memorial Auditorium, this concert captures a hot performance on what was a snowy, cold night.

Lead singer Robert Plant brings his 40+ years of singing experience and his new-found love for American music, plus his old repertoire, singer/guitarist Patty Griffin brings her gospel/soul/country-style vocals plus some excellent acoustic guitar rhythm, Buddy Miller brings his arsenal of string instruments, including, acoustic guitars, Wandre electric and a Teo 12-string. He's an excellent picker that lends itself to the Americana roots style of playing, but I feel that he's got a mean streak of rock inside him, which shines while he's playing. Multi-instrumentalist Darrell Scott is a real delight. He plays acoustic, electric, mandola, pedal steel and banjo, plus he's got a hell of a great voice. So full of soul. It's not what you would expect upon first seeing him. Bassist Byron House was brought in by Buddy Miller and does not disappoint. He plays both upright bass and electric four-string both with ease and adds some very tasty bass lines. Percussionist Marco Giovino fills in the blanks and adds so much, but doesn't make an attempt to take center stage.

The set list for Live From the Artists Den: Robert Plant & the Band of Joy is pretty standard for the tour, offering up some new songs, some old songs and everything in between.

Set list:

1. Black Dog
2. Angel Dance
3. Houses of the Holy
4. House of Cards
5. Cindy, I'll Marry You Someday
6. Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
7. Somewhere Trouble Don't Go
8. Tangerine
9.... A Satisfied Mind
10. Move Up
11. Down to the Sea
12. Ramble On
13. Gallows Pole
14. In the Mood
15. Rock and Roll
16. I Bid You Goodnight

Long gone is the golden god, flowing lion's mane, cock rock. What you will see in this release is not Led Zeppelin or anything close. It is bits and pieces of Americana, roots, country, soul and gospel goodness. Robert said in an included interview that he now prefers the intimacy of playing at smaller auditoriums and ballrooms. The music that they play requires it. This release captures the live experience so well, with full-stage shots as well as close-up views, it's as if you could have been in the audience that night.

Robert Plant has moved on to the Sensational Space Shifters, returning to a more international edge that Plant is known for, but for the brief amount of existance that the Band Of Joy performed, this release captures that time perfectly.

Live From the Artists Den: Robert Plant & the Band of Joy will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on July 10 and worldwide on July 9 through Universal Music Group International at all the online retailers, as well as your usual retail stores. I highly recommend that you reserve yourself a copy now.

Jeff Strawman
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Mesmerizing July 21, 2012

By J. Barclay

Format:DVD

I bought this on a whim... I have the CD and liked it. I've been a long time Patty Griffin fan. What I had forgotten is that BUDDY MILLER was prt of this band. And then add to the mix the stellar Darrell Scott playing his butt off of every instrument with the backing of Byron House on bass and Marco Giovino on drums and you a mix of well... PURE JOY! When I put it on, I thought I'd listen to a few cuts in the background as I did some work... Well that didn't happen. I was MESMERIZED! This is a such a good disc, yes there are a few interview bits thrown in as one reviewer says, however they honestly don't bother me. Robert appears to be genuinely joyful about being on the stage with the players he's chosen. His respect for their talent is obvious in that he showcases them in a number of places even giving them the stage for their own songs. Highly recommended for lovers of music. It does not matter if you like Zeppelin or not, these are NOT your parents Zeppelin songs... these swing AND rock. So glad I bought this and will enjoy it over and over. I sure hope this band puts out another cd. Robert?

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps An Even Better Show Than BBC's Live At Electric Proms July 9, 2012

By John Werner VINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD

If you are in any way like-minded to my thinking you'd say Robert Plant began an excellent "Americana Roots" influenced musical journey with Raising Sand which quite unexpectedly ramped up to a more emotively charged height with Band of Joy. In fact, I was so personally drawn to this group's music that I eagerly looked forward to their next album and tour. Well, that is not to be, apparently...But, by leaving us with an excellent concert on DVD and Blu-Ray, Plant has left us with a searing document of just how fantastic this band was. I stress this is not just Plant with a backing band, it is a real band in the truest sense as this concert unequivocally proves.

I was a bit slow to get on board as I found myself, after the initial honeymoon phase, not reaching for the Raising Sand CD very often. Then I watched the BBC's Live at Electric Proms with Robert Plant and Band of Joy. Wow! Immediately this concert became a long-term favorite right up with the likes of such stellar concert DVDs at "Concert for George", "The Last Waltz", and my boot of Brian Wilson (& his band The Wondermints) at Glastonbury Festival. I had to get the CD, which while not as quite as powerful as seeing the band live is wonderful and remains one I am drawn to. This is a case where a live concert is even better than the CD which the tour supports.

The BBC show isn't, AFAIK, available as a DVD. You can find it to burn to DVD if you know the usual places to look for this kind of stuff. That really doesn't matter very much, however, because if I had to pick one: this one is the winner by a bit more than a nose, IMHO. While they are both similar they have some important differences.... The BBC show has a finale with a full choir, but pushing this concert over the top is the middle stretch where Miller, Scott, and Griffin unique talents are showcased to a point that is brilliant. That plus Plant and company's Zep reworkings, added in this part, drive it over the top. It is uniformly excellent in all categories. Keep in mind that I am saying this before the DVD or BD is out because my recording of it from the PBS broadcast is superlative and the even better sound, and likely even crisper (if that is possible) video of an official release will assuredly raise the bar - I look forward to delivery of the Blu-Ray from Amazon!

For me the knock-out unexpected centerpiece is fairly left-field. I am referring to Darrell's rendition, of all things, an old Porter Wagoner song: "A Satisfied Mind". This warrants another "Wow"! Plant is selfless in allowing this group to contribute individually as well as collectively. As mentioned Miller, Scott, and Griffin literally "tear-it-up" as they each take centerstage. Not to forget the killer rhythym section of Byron House on bass and Marco Giovino on percussion. Just listen to the fuzzed out electric bass (like on Move Up) as well as the articulate acoustic bass playing of House, it really is amazing. Giovino's understanding of how to create texture is unsurpased as he's both fleet feeted with a lot of finesse as well as very heavy (Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down)...Brilliant percussive work!

Well, to me any way, this is Robert Plant's real "second coming" and this DVD is all one should need to observe that. This is one concert I truly have no complaints other than I wish it was even longer! Read more ›

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Led Zep lead joins Nashville's finest musicians (and his soon to be future wife) for a great "Americana" concert acknowledging b August 1, 2012

By Steven I. Ramm TOP 100 REVIEWER

Format:DVD

Before I begin my review, I want state up front that I did not come to this highly entertaining DVD from the point of a Led Zeppelin or Robert Plant fan, as many of the previous reviewers her have. In fact I don't even own one Led Zep album.

I first saw (and heard) Plant performing with Alison Krauss at the Americana Music Awards in Nashville, on the eve of their embarking on the "Raising Sand" CD and tour. It was Krauss, and the incomparable guitarist/singer/producer Buddy Miller - the music director for that evening- that brought me to see Plant. I wasn't sure what to expect (and neither was the audience at the Awards Show) but we were all drawn in.

After the Raising Sand project, Plant decided he like the "Americana" mode and used Miller to put together the Band of Joy. Nashville music stalwarts Byron House (bass) and Darrell Scott (multi-instrumentalist, but also a songwriter with a string of CDs to his credit) were brought in. Singer-songwriter Patty Griffin joined the group and subsequently married Plant in the last month. And there there was Miller holding it all together like glue.

This "concert" was staged in Nashville specifically for the Live at The Artists Den television series and - as others have pointed out - it differs some from the national tour by the group. It runs 77 minutes (to fit TV schedules) so those who saw the tour will find songs missing.

As for performance, I thought the band was in fine form and everyone got their own spotlight (not just the rock icon whose name is three times the size of the band's on the DVD cover. They work as a team with each member supporting the other.

There are a few interview segments included and then a longer (nearly 30-minute) interview with Plant as a bonus....

I'll leave it to my fellow reviewers to provide more details but just say that this is an interesting crossover concept where a British rocker gets to "Americana" and Nashville's best musicians get to rock out too!

I've never seen any of the other "Live From The Artists Den" shows but, after seeing this DVD I'm looking forward to watching more.

I hope you found this review both informative and helpful.

Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic" Read more ›