Robert Plant Nearly Mauled By Duane Allman

Robert Plant dodged a bullet in the form of the late Duane Allman during Led Zeppelin's first American tour. In a new revelation, drummer Butch Trucks says that when the Allman Brothers Band shared a bill with Zeppelin, Duane took strong exception to Plant's "ballet"-like stage routine and attire.

"Robert Plant starts running all over the stage with his velvet pants on, and we were all looking at each other, like 'What the f--- is this?'" Trucks told Relix magazine. "It was as much about the ballet and the costumes as about the music, if not more so."

"Duane got up and said, 'I'm either going to go up there and kick the f--- out of that guy or we're leaving.' And we all got up and left," Trucks explained. "It just infuriated Duane. He was so let down by one of his gods."

We're pretty sure Dennis Rodman has those velvet pants now.