On this day 13 February

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Another day, another award, more glorious music

1972 13 February On This Day Led Zeppelin tourist stopover in Bombay
Jimmy Page's VIDEO (YouTube) 

• 1975 Led Zeppelin - Uniondale, NY at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
• 1992 Jimmy Page with Harry Connick Jr. for encore at James L. Knight Center, Miami
• 1996 Page & Plant Unledded Tour – Tokyo at Nippon Budokan
• 2005 Led Zeppelin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

1975:
An exciting show with some surprises:  an epic, 42 minute length Dazed and Confused, and a bit of theremin between Whole Lotta Love and Black Dog. Ron Wood joined Led Zeppelin for an encore of Communication Breakdown and Robert Plant sang a few lines from Roll Over Beethoven while the guitars got sorted out.

1975 Jimmy Page, Ron Wood, Peter Grant, Uniondale NY
(I always first think Ron is in handcuffs when I see this photo)

1992:
It's uncertain whether Jimmy Page, who was reportedly living on Florida's exclusive Jupiter Island at this time, attended  Harry Connick Jr's gig at the James L. Knight Center in Miami on 13 or 14 February - but it was definitely one of those two days.

"I'd been listening to his music, and I was keen to see what his concert would be like," says Page, 48, who was in Miami working on a new album. "We met before the concert, and Harry said, 'You should come up and play,' and I laughed. But I was sitting in the audience, and he suddenly said, 'We've got a really good friend here.... C'mon, Jimmy, come up and play with us.' I went up, and he put a guitar in my hands and said, 'Go ahead, it's your band.' So I did an improvised blues in B flat. I was so nervous! And he went over to the brass section and started singing these licks and cued them in." Would Page consider an encore? "Oh, yes, but I'll bring my own guitar the next time."
~ Jimmy Page interview

2002:
The Grammy Lifetime Achievement is a Special Merit Award, presented by vote of The Recording Academy's National Trustees to performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording. John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Zoe Bonham and Jason Bonham accepted the award for Led Zeppelin.

2005 John Paul Jones & Jimmy Page at Grammy Awards

2005 John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Zoe Bonham and Jason Bonham
accept Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award from Neil Portnow,
president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

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♪  Led Zeppelin (Uniondale NY at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 13 February 1975) 
♪  Communication Breakdown (Led Zeppelin, with Ron Wood 1975) 

♪  Page & Plant Unledded Tour (Tokyo at Nippon Budokan, 13 February 1996)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1FyxCUM7Ls&list=PLf62FjbXtD1LDupHDsQYI3arCDZ2klemr&index=22&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB
♪  Rain Song (Page & Plant, 13 February 1996, Japan) YouTube
(Just a cute brief clip of a funny moment)

On this day 22 December

 Mortals have trembled... and mortals will tremble again.

22 December On This Day published 2020
Artist's impression video

Confused about the winter solstice and why some of us celebrate the solstice on one day and others the next? This crazy planet of ours is tilted!  It's all good, though, and what it means is that we can celebrate it two days in a row if we want to.

2009 22 December On This Day It Might Get Loud DVD released in USA

• 1972 Led Zeppelin - London at Alexandra Palace
• 1993 Jimmy Page Coverdale-Page Tour - Nagoya Japan at Nagoya Gym
• 2009 Jimmy Page - It Might Get Loud DVD Released in USA 

2009

As with any major event in one's life, there are always things that stand out. For me, it was me feeling so impatient with Jack White's and The Edge's scenes in It Might Get Loud. Yeah, yeah, they're great. Now let's see Jimmy Page. Because to me, it's a movie about him.

I suppose there are Jack White and The Edge fans who think the movie's about them. Bwahahaha! No way!

2009 22 December On This Day text
(click on image to enlarge)

2009 Jimmy Page plays air guitar in It Might Get Loud

2009 Jimmy Page in his equipment storage room in It Might Get Loud

May get loud again

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♪ Led Zeppelin (London at Alexandra Palace, 22 December 1972)

♪  Coverdale-Page (Nagoya Japan at Nagoya Gym, 22 December 1993)

♪  It Might Get Loud movie
♪  Movie trailer (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube
♪  Whole Lotta Love (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube
♪  Embryo No. 1 (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube
♪  Domino a.k.a. Embryo No. 2 (Jimmy Page, Net Aid at East Rutherford 1999) YouTube
♪  Embryo No. 2 a.k.a. Domino (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube
♪  Embryo No. 3  (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube

On this day 11 November

 ...a different smile like that of one who knows.

1966 11 November On This Day The Yardbirds on Milton Berle scheduled, actually aired 02 December

• 1966 The Yardbirds – Indianapolis at Indiana Fairgrounds Coliseum
• 1967 The Yardbirds - Vancouver, Canada at PNE Garden Auditorium
• 1971 Led Zeppelin - Newcastle upon Tyne, England at Newcastle City Hall 
• 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Portland, ME at Cumberland Civic Center
• 1994 Page & Plant - Later with Jools Holland scheduled on BBC
• 1997 Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions released
• 1997 The Girl I Love / Whole Lotta Love single released
• 2014 Jimmy Page book event, Los Angeles at Barnes and Noble 
• 2015 Led Zeppelin - Classic Rock Reissue of the Year award

1966:

The filming that took place in October was scheduled to be aired on the Milton Berle Show on this day actually was telecast on 02 December.

1969/1997:

The Girl I Love was recorded in 1969 but was released on the BBC sessions and as a single in 1997.  Compare to Moby Dick.

1971 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin - Newcastle upon Tyne, England at Newcastle City Hall

2014:
Terry Reid, the vocalist who turned down the Led Zeppelin offer, came to Jimmy Page's book event in Los Angeles. How different things would have turned out. Not necessarily better, just different.

2014 Jimmy Page & Terry Reid at book event, Los Angeles (Ross Halfin photo)

2015:
Photos & video from the Classic Rock Awards.  Jimmy Page accepted the Reissue of the Year award for Led Zeppelin.

2016
Classic Rock Awards Tokyo

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♪  Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (Yardbirds - lipsynched - for Milton Berle Show 1966) 
♪  The Girl I Love (Led Zeppelin, BBC Sessions)  
♪  Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin How the West Was Won 1972) 
♪  Led Zeppelin (Newcastle at Newcastle City Hall, 11 November 1971) 
♪  Jimmy Page Outrider (Portland ME at Cumberland Civic Center, 11 November 1988)

On this day 07 November

 Just add one part Jimmy to any recipe to save the dish

2001 07 November On This Day, Jimmy Page with Durst & Scantlin at MTV Awards, Germany

• 1966 The Yardbirds Dick Clark Caravan of Stars tour - Chanute, KS at Chanute Auditorium 
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - San Francisco, CA at Winterland Ballroom (day 2)
• 1969 Whole Lotta Love/Living Loving Maid released as single
• 2001 Jimmy Page with Fred Durst & Wes Scantlin - MTV Europe Music Awards, Frankfurt, Germany at Festhalle 

2001

Sorry, but even Jimmy Page couldn't repair what the Durst/Scantlin combo inflicted on Thank You.

Jimmy Page, Thank You

2014

07 November 2014

2016

Jimmy Page was in Tokyo with Ross Halfin for the Classic Rock Awards in November 2016. He often visits Lighthouse Records while in Japan, and this visit he discovered a CD of the Coverdale/Page show if 20 December 1993 and hung around watching it. 

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♪  Led Zeppelin (San Francisco CA at Winterland Ballroom, 07 November 1969) 
♪  Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin, Rough Mix With Vocal 1969/2014) 
♪  Thank You (Jimmy Page with Durst & Scanlin, Frankfurt MTV Awards 2001) 

On this day 09 October

 He really is a musical genius, you know.

1999 09 October On This Day Jimmy Page at NetAid

• 1966 The Yardbirds-Southampton, England at Southampton Gaumont Theatre
• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Osaka, Japan at Osaka Festival Hall
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Boise, ID at BSU Pavilion
• 1999 Jimmy Page - East Rutherford, NJ at Giants Stadium - Net Aid

1999:
NetAid was an anti-poverty nonprofit organization to raise awareness of and money for anti-poverty projects. It was created in 1999 as a joint venture between the United Nations Development Programme and Cisco Systems and is now a part of Mercy Corps.

NetAid was launched with concerts that took place at Wembley Stadium in London, Giants Stadium in New Jersey and the Palais des Nations in Geneva.  The concerts were broadcast live on MTV, VH-1, the BBC and other broadcasters to 60 countries, as well as radio broadcasts that would reach 120 countries, making the concerts the widest heard live musical performances in history. The shows were meant to promote NetAid's website, where donations could be accepted. The website got 2.4 million hits, and the $830,000 for NetAid was the largest amount raised online to date.

Jimmy Page performed with Michael Lee, Chris and Rich Robinson (from The Black Crowes), and Guy Pratt as his backup band. He also joined Puff Daddy for the song Come With Me.

The Giants Stadium NetAid show generally got poor reviews - except for Jimmy Page.

"Thank God, then, for Jimmy Page. After reuniting Led Zeppelin to mixed results at Live Aid, Page made up for it here as he ripped into an instrumental of Dazed and Confused that showed no signs of age. Page evoked the golden age of the Guitar Hero and stadium rock -- complete with the scent of many a burning joint. And it only got better when Black Crowes Chris and Rich Robinson came out for a rejuvenated In My Time of Dying and brutal Whole Lotta Love.
~Marian Montgomery NetAid concert review  

Jimmy Page debuted Domino (later to become Embryo No. 2 in It Might Get Loud but not performed in full) at NetAid. Domino was never officially released and this was its only live performance. 

NetAid Setlist
1. Come With Me (with Puff Daddy)
2. Dazed And Confused
3. Domino
4. In My Time Of Dying (with The Black Crowes)
5. Whole Lotta Love (with The Black Crowes)

1999 Jimmy Page NetAid (David Atlas photo)

2012 Jimmy Page at Celebration Day movie premiere in NYC

2014 Jimmy Page in Tokyo for an author book signing (stamping, in this case) Ross Halfin photo 

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♪  Led Zeppelin (Osaka Japan at Osaka Festival Hall, 09 October 1972) 
♪  Page & Plant Unledded Tour (Boise, ID at BSU Pavilion, 09 October 1995) 
♪  Come With Me (Jimmy Page, Puff Daddy, NetAid 1999) 
♪  Jimmy Page - Net Aid (East Rutherford NJ at Giants Stadium, 09 October 1999) 

♪ Domino 

On this day 04 October

 Something to Crowe about

1999 04 October On This Day Jimmy Page tour rehearsals with The Black Crowes 

• 1968 Led Zeppelin - Newcastle, UK at Mayfair Ballroom
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Rotterdam, Netherlands at Circus Theatre
• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Osaka, Japan at Festival Hall
• 1999 Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes rehearsal

1999:

Jimmy Page seemed to be more light-hearted with the Black Crowes than he had been for a long time. He had jammed with the band in 1995 and they'd been his backing band for the July 1999 SCREAM benefit.

"The Crowes are really known for jamming and ad-libbing. And that's what I've been doing ever since I've been playing," Jimmy Page said in a July 2000 interview with Guitar World.

Not the perfect band, perhaps - certainly nothing of the caliber of Led Zeppelin - but with The Black Crowes sometimes Jimmy let himself loose like he hadn't really done since Outrider.

Watching the rehearsal is really cool. The sound from the video below is unbalanced but you can hear the master's guitar loud and clear. Oh, for a mic that picked up what Jimmy was saying, but even so, I just love that rehearsal video.

1999 Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes "In Concert and By Your Side" rehearsal

1999 Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes "In Concert and By Your Side" rehearsal

1999 October tour schedule 

2015 Cover of Beatleg Magazine, Japan

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Music to be added at another time. Sorry

On this day 30 September

 I've got some questions for you, Mr. Page...

On This Day published 2019

1971 30 September On This Day Jimmy Page vacations in Bangkok

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Glasgow, Scotland at Odean Theatre
• 1971 Jimmy Page in Bangkok
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded North American Tour - Denver, CO at Fiddlers Green
• 1998 Page & Plant North American Fall Tour - The Midlands/Houston, TX at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
• 2012 Jimmy Page attends The Muse’s show at The Roundhouse

Jimmy Page at the keyboard
When/ Where?

It's been very cool that Jimmy Page has set up some listening sessions where he's taken questions from the audience, and there are many excellent interviews out there. But the man is still a mystery and there are so many unanswered questions. I figure I could do as good a job as anyone so far at interviewing Jimmy Page.

For one thing, what about the photo above? Piano or keyboards? Jimmy Page can play many instruments and no doubt he can do a decent job tickling the ivories, but what was the story with that photo? Was it a recording session? Was he composing? Demonstrating an idea? Just fooling around?

As far as I can figure out, the above photo was taken during the the early May 1969 sessions with Screaming Lord Sutch at Hollywood's Mystic Studios. John Bonham was there, as well. JP said in a 1970 interview, "...I just went down to have a laugh, playing some old rock and roll, a bit of a send-up. The whole joke sort of reversed itself and became ugly."  

Jimmy Page wasn't the only musician to regret getting involved with Sutch's project. "Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends" was voted the worst album of all time in more than one poll.

Perhaps it is just coincidence that Jimmy Page (and Jeff Beck) appeared on the September 1999 cover of Guitare et Claviers, a French magazine no longer in publication, a magazine not just about guitars but claviers. A clavier is a keyboard instrument, especially one with strings, such as the harpsichord. I haven't read the interview in that issue, but maybe Jimmy Page's piano playing is brought up.

Probably not.

1999

I came across a YouTube video in which Jimmy Page allegedly is playing the guitar and later the piano (at 0:40). It was funny to me that when I read the comments I found two posts by me questioning whether it really was Jimmy Page. I wrote:

"What I want to know is why anyone thinks this actually is Jimmy Page playing piano.  The guitar in the beginning didn't particularly sound like him.  The guitar after the piano doesn't particularly sound like him.  I'm not saying it isn't Jimmy Page, but really - it could be anyone playing, couldn't it?  Who believes anything anyone posts on the internet anymore without some verification."

Actually, I don't think it was Jimmy Page playing anything on that clip. At any rate, it has been determined that the actual piano player was Dave Lawson. The piano piece was released on the 1999 Remaster of Death Wish II Soundtrack, as 'Alternative Jill's Theme' and Lawson was credited.

And that brings me to my point.  Inquiring minds want to know the answers to these questions and so many more. No matter how much diligence used when researching Jimmy Page, the fact is that nobody knows Jimmy like Jimmy Page knows Jimmy. So I'd like to go right to the source.

I know I could do a great job of interviewing him. I've got tons of questions nobody's ever asked before.  And besides, lots of the interviews out there are just plain crap. So just give me a call or email me, Jimmy. We'll set up an appointment to do an interview at your convenience.

Guitars:
There's lots written about Jimmy Page's go-to guitars, but not so much about guitars he hardly touched, much less actually played. I'd be asking JP about them if he was in the mood to answer.

1995 January Guitar Classics Collector's Yearbook

Some guitars never got played at all

Greco Guitars wanted the endorsement of a widely known guitar player and during a press conference on September 30, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan for Led Zeppelin's forthcoming Japanese tour, Jimmy Page was presented with a Greco EG-360S Guitar. Pictures that have surfaced from this press conference show that Jimmy Page and drummer John Bonham were not happy with this presentation. Bonham, in fact, was so displeased with Greco Guitars that he demanded the company's tagline, “Led Zeppelin is my brother”, be blackened out of their advertisement in the official tour programs.

~ excerpt from Five Things You Might Not Know About Jimmy Page's Guitars 

In the past 20 years or so, JP has been ambushed (that's my word for it) by being handed a guitar that's often not in tune and being expected to play on it. For a few years he'd go along with it but we aren't seeing any more of that nowadays, thank goodness. 

OTHER PHOTOS TAKEN ON THIS DAY YEARS AGO

Jimmy Page in his studio 1973

2012 Jimmy Page with The Muse (Ross Halfin photo)

2016

The photo above is of Jimmy Page holding a copy of Riza Magazine (Germany) which features a photo by Terry O'Neill of David Bowie and a canine partner working on an a version of the album cover for Diamond Dogs in London, 1974.

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♫  Jimmy Page home movie (Bangkok 1971) 
♪  Page & Plant Unledded Tour (Denver CO at Fiddler's Green, 30 September 1995) 
♫  Page and Plant Interview (TFI Friday 3 April 1998)