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John Bonham: Over The Hills And Far Away…

Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 21 June 1975

GOSSIP IN THE village was running riot. John up at the farm was going to buy The Chequers. The American in the bar of another pub a few miles distant was adamant. So was the landlord, and a few grizzled farmers, as they downed pints of the finest beer known to men of science and agriculture.

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