Get the Led Out performs about 125 shows a year, Hammond said, covering the United States from the Northeast to the Southwest, California to Florida. The band first played the Palace in 2010, filling about 900 of the theater's 1,400 seats and becoming an instant crowd-pleaser, according to Teresa Baughman, the venue's director of operations and programming.Īfter returning in 2013, the band sold out a 2014 appearance and since has booked double dates every time it plays Greensburg. Every time you revisit it, you hear something new," he said. "Revisiting of the catalog also keeps it fresh. The set list changes from night to night. That constant striving for excellence helps." "There's all kind of nuances that we constantly strive to replicate live. How can you be, especially when you're essentially replicating somebody's improvisations from start to finish?" Hammond said. "We're constantly refining what we do because we feel like, as close as we can get to perfect, it's never perfect. After 20 years, it's still a fresh experience every night. Get the Led Out mines the entire Led Zeppelin catalog, playing faithful renditions of both the hits and the deep cuts. Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple, The Yardbirds, all the good stuff was still around when I was growing up." "At that time, Led Zeppelin was still a band. I learned theory, sight-reading and jazz, but my teacher was cool and said I should learn to play the music of the day, which is what I wanted to learn," he said. "Around 12, I started taking serious lessons. Hammond first picked up a guitar when he was 8, learning blues licks from his musician father. The more he heard Led Zeppelin, though, the more he came to like it.
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