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Richard Cole
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Writing & NarrativeWho is Richard Cole in the Agency editorial?
Richard Cole was the tour manager of the rock band Led Zeppelin and the author of the memoir Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored. Issue.14 names him once, in the author's prose, as the author of that book, which it gives as the source of what Robert Plant said about writing the lyrics of Stairway to Heaven.
In short
Richard Cole was the tour manager of the rock band Led Zeppelin and the author of the memoir Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored. In the Agency editorial he appears in a single sentence of Issue.14, the edition about music. In the passage on Led Zeppelin, the author writes that, in an interview for the book by Richard Cole, Robert Plant reported that he was inspired by the natural beauty around him and by the mythology of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings when he wrote the lyrics. The edition names Cole only as the author of the book and does not say who he was.
Key facts
- Who was Richard Cole?
- The tour manager of the rock band Led Zeppelin, who later wrote the memoir Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored.
- Where does the Agency editorial name Richard Cole?
- In Issue.14, in one sentence of the passage on Led Zeppelin, as the author of the book Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored.
- What does Issue.14 say about him?
- Only that the book is by him. The sentence is about Robert Plant, who, according to the edition, told in an interview for that book what inspired the lyrics of Stairway to Heaven.
Who was Richard Cole?
Richard Cole was the tour manager of the English rock band Led Zeppelin. He later published the memoir Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored, about his years with the band. The edition does not describe him; the identification rests on the title of the book it cites. No dates or other card facts are given for him here.
How does Richard Cole appear in Issue.14?
Issue.14 is about music, and one of its passages tells how Stairway to Heaven was written. After saying that Robert Plant wrote the lyrics in a single afternoon in 1970, the author adds that, in an interview for the book Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored by Richard Cole, Plant reported that he was inspired by the natural beauty around him and by the mythology of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Cole is named only there, as the author of the book.
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