Carmen Plant
Carmen Jane is the eldest children and the only daughter of Led Zeppelin's frontman Robert Plant and his wife Maureen Plant. She was born in Birmingham, England and is of Romani descent from her father's side and Indian descent from her mother's. She has two younger brothers, Karac Plant and Logan Romero Plant, and a younger half brother from her father's side, Jesse Lee Plant aka Jordan Plant.
The 1972 Led Zeppelin song, "The Ocean," actually references Carmen Jane Plant in one of the lyrics: "'I'm singin' all my songs to the girl who won my heart/She's only three years old but it's a real fine way to start".
During the 1970s, she attended the Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School in Stourbridge, West Midlands.
In an interview for the People magazine (December 20 1976) Robert explains: "Carmen used to think she had two fathers-the one whose singing she heard through the speakers and the one on whose knee she was sitting. They (Carmen and Karac) love it when I come back to tell them tales."
On October 2007 Robert Plant admitted he regrets staying on tour throughout the 1970's because he feels his daughter grew up without knowing who he was. Robert claimed he once mistook him for a burglar after he came home from a particularly long tour: "What I recall for the first two years is my daughter not really knowing who I was and getting rather agitated when I came back off tour, as she thought I'd come to rob the house."
She was also a passenger in Robert and Maureen Plant's car involved in a road accident on the Greek island of Rhodes on 4 August 1975. The Plant family were seriously injured when their hired Austin Mini skidded off the road and collided with a tree. In the back-seat, Carmen suffered a broken wrist, cuts and bruises. In 1977, Carmen also became ill with the same stomach enteritis which took the life of her younger brother Karac Plant.
On 21 November 1989, Led Zeppelin reformed with Jason Bonham on drums, for Carmen's 21st birthday party at Hen & Chickens public house in Oldbury, West Midlands. They performed 'Trampled Under Foot', 'Misty Mountain Hop', and 'Rock and Roll', with Chris Blackwell and Phil Johnstone in support. The Nashville Teens and Jimmy Page's daughter Scarlet Page, were also in attendance.
Carmen Plant got married to Jimmy Page and Robert Plant's bass player Charlie Jones, at St. Peter's Church, on 18 May 1991. Their wedding reception was held in a series of marquees at Robert's farm at Kidderminster. Roy Harper's song 'Evening Star' was written for Carmen for the occasion. Carmen and Charlie Jones have three children, their eldest a daughter named Sunny Plant-Jones. The family lives in Bath, Somerset.
Plant works as a professional dancer and teaches belly-dancing and ethnic dancing. She was tutored in belly-dancing by Serena Ramzy, wife of Hossam Ramzy who performed in Page & Plant's No Quarter Middle Eastern orchestra. Carmen Plant has appeared at the Rivermead Womad Music Festival, Glastonbury Festival, and with the Babylon Arabic Ensemble.
Carmen continues to carry on the family's musical legacy through Middle Eastern-inspired performing arts. In a 2018 article about her dance production 'The Serpent Slayer', Carmen Jane Plant acknowledges her fortunate upbringing.
"I come from a musical family, obviously through my dad, my husband, and my children as well. Thanks to my dad, I grew up listening to an alternative and eclectic range from a young age and that really provided the inspiration for me to get involved with all kinds of music. It's all that I've known really, so it's great that I can put this all in to practice."
The 1972 Led Zeppelin song, "The Ocean," actually references Carmen Jane Plant in one of the lyrics: "'I'm singin' all my songs to the girl who won my heart/She's only three years old but it's a real fine way to start".
During the 1970s, she attended the Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School in Stourbridge, West Midlands.
In an interview for the People magazine (December 20 1976) Robert explains: "Carmen used to think she had two fathers-the one whose singing she heard through the speakers and the one on whose knee she was sitting. They (Carmen and Karac) love it when I come back to tell them tales."
On October 2007 Robert Plant admitted he regrets staying on tour throughout the 1970's because he feels his daughter grew up without knowing who he was. Robert claimed he once mistook him for a burglar after he came home from a particularly long tour: "What I recall for the first two years is my daughter not really knowing who I was and getting rather agitated when I came back off tour, as she thought I'd come to rob the house."
She was also a passenger in Robert and Maureen Plant's car involved in a road accident on the Greek island of Rhodes on 4 August 1975. The Plant family were seriously injured when their hired Austin Mini skidded off the road and collided with a tree. In the back-seat, Carmen suffered a broken wrist, cuts and bruises. In 1977, Carmen also became ill with the same stomach enteritis which took the life of her younger brother Karac Plant.
On 21 November 1989, Led Zeppelin reformed with Jason Bonham on drums, for Carmen's 21st birthday party at Hen & Chickens public house in Oldbury, West Midlands. They performed 'Trampled Under Foot', 'Misty Mountain Hop', and 'Rock and Roll', with Chris Blackwell and Phil Johnstone in support. The Nashville Teens and Jimmy Page's daughter Scarlet Page, were also in attendance.
Carmen Plant got married to Jimmy Page and Robert Plant's bass player Charlie Jones, at St. Peter's Church, on 18 May 1991. Their wedding reception was held in a series of marquees at Robert's farm at Kidderminster. Roy Harper's song 'Evening Star' was written for Carmen for the occasion. Carmen and Charlie Jones have three children, their eldest a daughter named Sunny Plant-Jones. The family lives in Bath, Somerset.
Plant works as a professional dancer and teaches belly-dancing and ethnic dancing. She was tutored in belly-dancing by Serena Ramzy, wife of Hossam Ramzy who performed in Page & Plant's No Quarter Middle Eastern orchestra. Carmen Plant has appeared at the Rivermead Womad Music Festival, Glastonbury Festival, and with the Babylon Arabic Ensemble.
Carmen continues to carry on the family's musical legacy through Middle Eastern-inspired performing arts. In a 2018 article about her dance production 'The Serpent Slayer', Carmen Jane Plant acknowledges her fortunate upbringing.
"I come from a musical family, obviously through my dad, my husband, and my children as well. Thanks to my dad, I grew up listening to an alternative and eclectic range from a young age and that really provided the inspiration for me to get involved with all kinds of music. It's all that I've known really, so it's great that I can put this all in to practice."
