MAGE MUSIC: On This Day 23 August

Sunday, August 23, 2015

On This Day 23 August

All in a day's work

1966 23 August On This Day The Yardbirds - Avalon, CA at Catalina Casino Ballroom

1966 The Yardbirds - Avalon, CA at Catalina Casino Ballroom
1969 Led Zeppelin - Dania, Fl at Pirates' World
1970 Led Zeppelin – San Antonio, TX at HemisFair Arena
1971 Led Zeppelin - Fort Worth, TX at Tarrant County Convention Center
1994 Page & Plant – London, England at London Television Centre for band rehearsals with cameras in studio
1998 Page & Plant - Cologne, Germany- Bizarre Festival
2008 Jimmy Page with Leona Lewis - Beijing, China National Stadium, Olympic rehearsal

Jimmy Page's experience as a session man made him ready and able to perform under all kinds of circumstances: using borrowed equipment, dodging firecrackers, playing on a rotating stage or one that was being demolished by fans or while standing on a rising industrial scissors lift. Somehow I doubt he gave much thought to these sorts of things when he first laid hands on a guitar.