Jason Bonham salutes Led Zeppelin at the Peace Concert Hall: Upstate Beat

Jason Bonham’s “Led Zeppelin Evening,” which hits Peace Concert Hall in Greenville on June 3, gives you an opportunity to do several things at once.

You can marvel at the strength and power of Jason Bonham, the son of legendary Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. No one’s ever hit harder than John, but Jason comes pretty damn close. He’s a beast behind the kit on roaring versions of “Whole Lotta Love,” “You Shook Me,” “Kashmir” and more.

But real music geeks will get a thrill out of Jason’s emphasis on the 1976 album “Presence,” probably the band’s most underrated release, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

Which means fiery takes on lesser-known Zep epics like the 10-minute plus “Achilles Last Stand,” which opens “Presence.” It’s a song so complex that Jason has been trying not to play it for a while.

“The ‘Led Zeppelin Evening’ show is a 14-year project,” Bonham said in our interview, “and I’ve been avoiding it for 14 years. But we put it in this show, and once I was unafraid of it, it was so much fun to play.”

And on this edition of the tour, Bonham is diving into other complex “Presence” tracks like the sinister “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” the grinding, snake-hipped rocker “For Your Life” and the loose-limbed funk tune “Hots On For Nowhere.”

But the coolest part of the “Led Zeppelin Evening” show might just be the stories.

Tagging along with his dad, Jason actually saw Zeppelin recording “Presence” in the studio. Singer Robert Plant had been seriously injured in a car accident before recording had begun, so Bonham saw the mighty Robert Plant hobbled but howling.

“I remember falling asleep in the studio and then waking up and looking through the glass to see Robert in his wheelchair singing,” he said.

That’s what you’ll be seeing if you’re in the audience for the show. An evening of towering rock epics and a tribute to a band, and a man, who let the music do the talking.

“My Dad was confident, but shy in a certain way,” Bonham says. “He was very quiet unless he’d had a couple of drinks. He was a carpenter when he was very young, so when the band wasn’t working, he was building homes.”

I’ve loved Led Zeppelin since I was 15 and I didn’t know that. This show isn’t just a powerful musical experience; it’s a peek into music history.