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Dave Lewis was born on September 5, 1956 and is 69 years old now.
Birthday: September 5, 1956
How Old - Age: 69
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Dave Lewis - Biography
Dave Lewis first heard the music of Led Zeppelin in 1969 at the age of 13. The effect has been a lasting one.He is acknowledged and respected throughout the world as a leading chronicler of the group and its individual members.Dave was lucky enough to attend 15 Led Zeppelin concerts – at Wembley Empire Pool in 1971, Alexandra Palace 1972, five shows at Earls Court 1975, the two Knebworth dates in 1979, five times on their final Over Europe tour in 1980 and the O2 reunion in 2007. He has attended various Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones gigs and has witnessed Robert Plant perform live on over 115 occasions.Nobody has written more about Led Zeppelin than Dave Lewis...ABOUT THE TBL MAGAZINE,WEBSITE AND BOOKS:The Tight But Loose magazine:Dave founded the Led Zeppelin magazine Tight But Loose in 1978Published as a three issue subscription , It reaches out to Led Zeppelin fans in over 30 countries spanning the UK, America, Canada, Mexico, Ecuador , Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia , Israel, Turkey, Russia, Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Finland, Norway, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Portugal, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, China, Hong Kong and Japan.Established in 1978 and edited by world renowned Zep chronicler Dave Lewis, each issue is a 32 page compendium of essential Zep reading. Combining the latest Zep related Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones John Bonham and Jason Bonham news with rare retrospective views, all guaranteed to take you back to their music with fresh perspective.Dave is the author of the following Led Zeppelin books:Led Zeppelin The Final Acclaim (Babylon Books 1983)Led Zeppelin A Celebration (Omnibus Press 1991)Led Zeppelin in Their Own Words –with Paul Kendall (Omnibus Press 1993)The Complete Guide To the Music of Led Zeppelin (Omnibus Press 1994 )Led Zeppelin -Talking -with Paul Kendall -update of In Their Own Words book (Omnibus Press)Led Zeppelin The Concert File -with Simon Pallett (Omnibus Press 1997)Led Zeppelin A Celebration – revised compact edition (Omnibus Press 2003)Led Zeppelin Celebration 2 -The Tight But Loose Files (Omnibus Press 2003)Led Zeppelin The Concert File-with Simon Pallett revised compact edition (Omnibus Press 2005)Led Zeppelin Then As It Was – At Knebworth 1979 (Tight But Loose Publishing 2009)Led Zeppelin Feather In The Wind – Over Europe 1980 (Tight But Loose Publishing)Led Zeppelin From a Whisper To A Scream -The Complete Guide To The Music of Led Zeppelin (Omnibus Press 2012)Led Zeppelin Then As It Was – At Knebworth 1979 (Revised edition Tight But Loose Publishing 2013)Led Zeppelin Five Glorious Nights – Led Zeppelin at Earls Court May 1975 – A Photographic Record (Rufus Stone Limited Editions 2015)Note – many of the above are now out of print however the last four are readily available via the TBL website.He has also supplied text contributions for the following books:Led Zeppelin Making And Breaking Records – Ross Clark (Kingsmead 1992)Robert Plant Through The Mirror –Mike Randolph (Randoph/Tracks 1994)Led Zeppelin Portraits –Neal Preston (Vision Publishing 2002)All Pens Blazing – Neil Daniels (Authors Online 2009)Get The Led Out – Denny Somach – (Sterling 2012)Dave has contributed the Forewords to the following books:Live Dreams –Larry Ratner (Margaux Publishing 1995)Led Zeppelin And Philosophy – Scott Calef (Open Court 2009)The Chris Welch book The Peter Grant The Man Who Led Zeppelin (Omnibus Press 2001) employed the text of the extensive interview Dave conducted with Peter Grant in 1993.Dave was also a main consultant on Mick Wall’s book When Giants Walked The Earth (Orion 2008) and was interviewed by Barney Hoskyn for his Trampled Underfoot – The Power and Excess of Led Zeppelin book (Faber & Faber 2012) and Martin Power’s No Quarter – The Three Lives of Jimmy Page (Omnibus press 2016)Dave’s entry in Celebration Day The Led Zeppelin Encyclopedia by Malcolm Dome and Jerry Ewing (Cherry Red 2010) reads:‘’Dave Lewis is the premier Zeppelin archivist and chronicler and editor of the long running and hugely respected Zeppelin magazine Tight But Loose’’Reviewing Dave’s A Celebration book in The Rough Guide To Led Zeppelin (Penguin 2007) Nigel Williamson said:‘’Editor of the Zeppelin magazine Tight But Loose, Dave Lewis’s enthusiasm and knowledge is legendary and his A celebration is a must have compendium of fact and analysis. Profiles, album by album, chronology, discography and much more besides are all here, lovingly assembled by the music’s number one fan. With so much of what is written about Led Zeppelin indulging in cheap sensationalism, the band are lucky to have such an assiduous, dedicated and constructive chronicler.Respect.’’ THE MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTIONS:Dave’s first printed Led Zeppelin written work was featured in a four week Led Zeppelin Ten Years Gone special series edited by Geoff Barton for Sounds music paper in September 1978.Since 1980 Dave has written over thirty features on Led Zeppelin and Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones for Record Collector magazine. These features include the first ever accurate log of Led Zeppelin’s BBC sessions, re- appraisals of the Led Zeppelin I, Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV, Houses Of The Holy ,Physical Graffiti and Presence albums, Knebworth 1979, a Led Zeppelin Memorabilia Collectors guide, the Top 100 Led Zeppelin Rarities listing, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page career retrospectives and two interviews with John Paul Jones.He also contributed to Led Zeppelin features in Mojo ,Q, Classic Rock, Goldmine,Music Collector and The Sunday Times.RECORD COLLECTOR:Aside from Zeppelin, Dave has also written major features for Record Collector on Nick Drake’s Five Leaves Left album (2009), The Who Live At Leeds (2010) and Who’s Next album(2011) Rod Stewart’s Never A Dull Moment (2012), The Rolling Stones Goats Head Soup, Paul McCartney & Wings Band On The Run (both 2013), The Yardbirds with Jimmy Page and a feature on Rock Singes 1968 -1972 (both 2016)CLASSIC ROCK WEBSITE:In the summer of 2016, Dave contributed a series of top ten listings for the Classic Rock website -artists featured included Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, The Faces, The Who and Crosby Stills Nash & Young.Here are links to read the above:
