"In 1973 Zeppelin played an outdoor gig – in daylight, no less – in San Francisco. There were a dozen white doves in two cages sitting behind the amps that were going to be released into the sky to fly away at the end of “Stairway to Heaven”. I was shooting from Jonesy’s side of the stage when I noticed that one particular dove apparently didn’t get the memo. The bird flew low and slow over the crowd and right back to the stage. Robert saw him, stuck his hand out, and the bird landed right on it. Robert may have looked like this sort of thing happened every day, but I wouldn’t want to try to calculate the odds on that one.” Neal

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The Story behind the Picture – Original by Neal Preston