PHOTOS BY PAULA MULLER
Lead singer Paul Sinclair and guitarist Paul Hammond perform with Get The Led Out at Lynn Auditorium.
By LEAH DEARBORN
LYNN – Led Zeppelin cover band Get The Led Out filled the Lynn Auditorium with fans of the English rock band’s iconic hits.
The Friday night performance started off with “Immigrant Song” before moving into “Good Times Bad Times.”
“Right now, the year is 1970, the album ‘Zeppelin III,’” announced lead singer Paul Sinclair.
Paula MullerGet the Led Out performs at Lynn Auditorium.
On softer notes, Sinclair’s vocals maintained their own unique sound that became nearly indistinguishable from the voice of Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant during louder, more aggressive tracks.
Standout moments in the performance included GTLO’s rendition of “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” and “Ramble On,” which highlighted Sinclair’s vocal skills.
The band switched to an acoustic set after “Nobody’s Fault But Mine,” a song covered by Led Zeppelin themselves, originally by blues singer Blind Willy Johnson.
The tone of the show shifted to a more subdued atmosphere during the acoustic set, with the members of GTLO taking a seat to focus on some of the more technically complex songs in the Led Zeppelin repertoire, such as “Going to California.”
Singer Diana DeSantis also hit the stage during the acoustic set to back up a memorable version of “The Battle of Evermore.”
Lead guitarist Paul Hammond channeled Jimmy Page with his mastery of a wide range of stringed instruments, such as a double-necked guitar and a mandolin.
The show concluded with a performance of one of Led Zeppelin’s most well-known and beloved songs, “Whole Lotta Love.”
GTLO is composed of six members as opposed to the four that made up the original Led Zeppelin.
On their website, the band said GTLO isn’t an impersonator act; while they play the songs in Led Zeppelin’s repertoire, looking and sounding exactly like the rock stars isn’t the group’s main focus.
They describe themselves on the website as “a group of musicians who were fans first, striving to do justice to one of the greatest bands in rock history.”
The original Led Zeppelin was banned from playing in Boston after fans rioted while trying to buy tickets at Boston Garden, according to a Newsday article from 1975.