New Travel Book: ‘Led Zeppelin Crashed Here’

Full title: “Led Zeppelin Crashed Here: The Rock and Roll Landmarks of North America”

Author: Chris Epting, author of numerous pop-culture guidebooks, including Elvis Presley Passed Here: Even More Locations of America’s Pop Culture Landmarks

Released: May 1, 2007

Travel genre: Quirky guidebook

Territory covered: North America, including the New York City buildings featured on the cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Physical Graffiti.”

Promo copy: “Pop culture historian Chris Epting takes you on a journey across North America to the exact locations where rock and roll history was made. Epting has compiled nearly 600 rock and roll landmarks, combining historical information with trivia, photos, and backstage lore, all with the enthusiasm of a true rock and roll devotee. No other book delivers such an extensive list of rock and roll landmarks—from beginnings (the site where Elvis got his first guitar), to endings (the hotel where Janis Joplin died), and everything in between.”

Critical verdict, Zagat-style: “[F]uture generations of Americans will be grateful for Epting’s pop peregrinations” (Newsday) and readers will find it “fun to leaf through” even if they “don’t plan on hitting the road any time soon” (AP).

Excerpt: Introduction.

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Find it: Amazon, Powells, publisher.

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