Former U.K. rock band Reef<\/b> guitarist Kenwyn House<\/b> revealed in an interview that rock legend Robert Plant<\/b> agreed to perform “Stairway to Heaven” at a benefit concert last month after a donor made a six-figure donation to charity.<\/p>\n
The donor’s big contribution motivated Plant to perform the song at the benefit concert organized by Duran Duran<\/b>‘s Andy Taylor<\/b> for The Cancer Platform at Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire.<\/p>\n
“Someone bid a huge amount of money for him to sing this song,” House said. “There is a good circle of karma around it. That raised a six-figure sum for the charity, that one song.”<\/p>\n
House, who performed alongside Plant at the benefit show, told Led Zeppelin News<\/I> that it was great rehearsing the song with the rock legend.<\/p>\n
“It was a combination between uber excitement and terrifying,” said House. “I literally only had four days to learn everything.”<\/p>\n
House continued, “When Robert Plant walked into the room and I had to play ‘Stairway to Heaven’ with him for the first time in a small enclosed environment, that was probably the most pressured professional situation I have ever, ever come across. I’m in a small room with my hero playing the most famous of his songs.”<\/p>\n
(Photo: Mads Perch) <\/p>\n