"The music is important and it needs protecting."

In March 1971, Led Zeppelin?the biggest band on the planet?walked away from American stadiums to play an intimate, legendary "Back to the Clubs" tour of Britain. Tickets were capped at 1968 prices: sixty pence a head. Standing in the wings was Terry Doyle, a twenty-one-year-old accidental roadie from Gateshead with a spare guitar lead in his pocket and a front-row seat to rock history.

Carry That Weight is Terry's raw, authentic diary of those five unforgettable weeks. Compiled by Davey Marsh, this extraordinary firsthand account captures the sweat, the ringing ears, the heavy Marshall cabinets, and the exact moment four hundred people in a packed rowing club held their breath as Jimmy Page struck the opening chords of a brand-new song: "Stairway to Heaven."

An unvarnished, deeply moving look behind the curtain of rock's most legendary tour.