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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

On This Day 02 September

Jimmy Page's On This Day for 2020

Well, maybe not on THIS day...

1970 02 September On This Day Jimmy Page records Baby Who's Driving Your Car with John Williams vocals
(Note that Led Zeppelin is well documented to have been performing in Oakland On This Day)
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1970 Jimmy Page with John Williams record Baby Who's Driving Your Car (incorrect date)
1970 Led Zeppelin - Oakland,CA/Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
2008 Led Zeppelin - GQ Outstanding Achievement Award winners

1970:
John Williams was a vocalist and bass player for the rhythm and blues group, The Authentics. Also in that band was John's younger brother, Bernie, who had briefly been with Neil Christian & The Crusaders. (Jimmy Page had been in Neil Christian's band in 1960).

In 1965, Page worked with Andrew Loog Oldham as a talent scout & producer for Immediate Records. John Williams was signed to Immediate shortly thereafter. Probably Williams recorded The Maureeny Wishfull Album featuring Jimmy Page (guitar & sitar) and Big Jim Sullivan (guitar) sometime between 1965 and 1967, although the album was released in 1968.

The sixth Led Zeppelin US Tour was from the beginning of August 1970 through the middle of September 1970, so whenever Baby Who's Driving Your Car actually was recorded, it wasn't at Jimmy's house in England on this day in 1970. Interestingly enough even though John Williams was more of a folk singer his voice and presentation works well with the intensity of this song. But then we know who was driving that car, don't we.

1970 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin Oakland

2008 Jimmy Page at GQ Men of the Year Awards at the Royal Opera House on September 2, 2008 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

2014 Jimmy Page (Ross Halfin photo)

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♪ Baby Who's Driving Your Car (Jimmy Page feat. John Williams vocals, 1970) YouTube
♪ The Maureeny Wishfull Album (John Williams, feat. Jimmy Page guitar & sitar 1968) YouTube
♪ Led Zeppelin (Oakland 02 September 1970) YouTube
♪ Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin, Oakland 1970) YouTube
♪ Bring It On Home (Led Zeppelin, Oakland 1970) YouTube
♪ Bron-Yr-Aur (Led Zeppelin, Oakland 1970) YouTube

[edited 09/02/20]

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

On This Day 01 September

I can't believe it...

1974 01 September On This Day Jimmy Page with Bad Company, encore at Austin Pop Festival

1966 The Yardbirds - Stockton,CA at Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium
1970 Led Zeppelin - Seattle,WA at Seattle Center Coliseum
1971 Led Zeppelin - Hollywood,FL at Hollywood Sportatorium
1974 Jimmy Page with Bad Company - Austin,TX at Austin Pop Festival

1974 Jimmy Page with Bad Company, encore at Austin Pop Festival

1974 Jimmy Page with Bad Company, Lisa Robinson review

1974 Peter Grant & Jimmy Page, backstage with Bad Company at Austin Pop Festival

I can't believe I didn't come across anything to create a playlist for this day, but I confess I was in a rush and didn't look hard, either at my own music stash or online. Sorry!

Monday, August 31, 2015

On This Day 31 August

"A substantial bill of performing artists..."

1969 31 August On This Day Led Zeppelin at Texas International Pop Festival
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♪ Audio: Janis Joplin (Soundcloud)

1966 The Yardbirds - Pismo Beach, CA at Rose Garden Ballroom
1969 Led Zeppelin - Lewisville, TX at Dallas International Motor Speedway
1970 Led Zeppelin - Milwaukee, WI at Milwaukee Arena
1971 Led Zeppelin - Orlando, FL at Orlando Sports Stadium

“The tours took a lot ... well, did it take a lot out of me? I don’t know whether it did. It gave as much to me as it took out. It was like being on a permanent adrenalin drip, do you know what I mean? [Playing live was] to be right on the edge of the moment.”
~ The Times 2010 (possibly the London Times, 22 August 2010)

1969 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Texas International Pop Festival (Carl Dunn photo)

1969 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Texas International Pop Festival (Jay Dickman photo)

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♪ 16mm footage (Led Zeppelin, Texas International Pop Festival 1969) YouTube

♪ Full set (Led Zeppelin, Texas International Pop Festival 1969) YouTube

♪ Bring It On Home (Led Zeppelin, Milwaukee 1970) YouTube

♪ Immigrant Song ((Led Zeppelin, Milwaukee 1970) YouTube

♪ Full set (Led Zeppelin, Orlando 1971) YouTube

Sunday, August 30, 2015

On This Day 30 August

British cowboy playin' rock blues. Yup. Works for me.

1969 30 August On This Day Led Zeppelin at Flushing Meadow NY
♪ Worried Blues (Buddy Guy) Soundcloud

1966 The Yardbirds - San Jose, CA
1969 Led Zeppelin - Flushing Meadows, NY

1969 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Flushing Meadow NY

I put this Japanese promo poster for Coverdale-Page here because I've been listening to Coverdale-Page a lot lately.

1993 Japanese Coverdale-Page promo

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♪ Worried Blues (Buddy Guy, Folk Festival of the Blues, 1994) YouTube
♪ Jennings Farm Blues/Rough Mix (Led Zeppelin, Remaster) YouTube
♪ Travelling Riverside Blues (Led Zeppelin) YouTube
♪ Absolution Blues (Coverdale-Page) YouTube

Saturday, August 29, 2015

Thank you, readers!

50,000 Mage Music viewers!

♪ Thank You (Led Zeppelin, LA Forum 1970) YouTube

♪ Thank You (Page & Plant, Unledded) YouTube

♪ Thank You (Led Zeppelin II Remaster, companion disc) YouTube

On This Day 29 August

You still got it, man!

~ Dave Bartholomew to Fats Domino

1971 29 August Led Zeppelin - New Orleans, LA at New Orleans Municipal Auditorium
♪ Come Back Baby (Snooks Eaglin) Soundcloud

1969 Led Zeppelin - Flushing Meadows, NY at Singer Bowl Music Festival (day 1)
1970 Led Zeppelin - Winnipeg, Canada at Winnipeg Stadium
1971 Led Zeppelin - New Orleans, LA at New Orleans Municipal Auditorium

1970:

A Youthbeat reader poll was used to help decide which acts to invite to the first (and only) Man-Pop (Manitoba Music Museum) Festival. Led Zeppelin had twice as many votes as the second place band, Three Dog Night, and more than three times as many votes as the Rolling Stones.

"If 1967 was San Francisco's fabled Summer of Love, Manitoba's own version of hippie peace, love and music took place in 1970.

"Manitoba's Summer of Love concluded on Aug. 29 with ManPop 70, a provincially funded rock festival headlined by Led Zeppelin and Iron Butterfly. This time, the rain returned with a vengeance. What began as an outdoor concert for some 14,000 at the football stadium finished up more than 15 hours later inside the old Arena. It was one of the most memorable shows ever to grace a Winnipeg venue, with Zeppelin taking the makeshift stage well past midnight."
~ Winnipeg Free Press, John Einarson 2013

1970 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Man-Pop Festival, Winnipeg

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♪ Ain't Got No Home (Clarence Frogman Henry 1956) YouTube

♪ Medly (Dave Bartholomew & Fats Domino) YouTube

♪ I'm Proud of What I Am (Frankie Ford) YouTube

♪ A Right Place At The Wrong Time (Dr. John & Johnny Winter 1983) YouTube

♪ Tipitina (Professor Longhair & The Metres) YouTube

♪ Documentary recording (Jelly Roll Morton The Mardi Gras Indians 1938) YouTube

♪ Bird On A Wire (The Neville Brothers) YouTube

♪ Don't You Just Know It (Hughey Piano Smith) YouTube

♪ Come Back Baby (Snooks Eaglin 1994) YouTube

Friday, August 28, 2015

On This Day 28 August

Where's Jimmy?

1964 28 August On This Day Jimmy Page Session Man (Brenda Lee, PJ Proby, Lulu)
♪ Is It True (Brenda Lee, feat. Jimmy Page guitar 1964) Soundcloud

1966 The Yardbirds - San Diego, CA at San Diego Convention Hall
1970 Led Zeppelin - Detroit, MI at Olympia Stadium
1971 Led Zeppelin - St. Louis, MO at St. Louis Arena (no info available)
1985 Jimmy Page, Jason Bonham, Chris Squire & Mick Thompson jam with Opus at Ibiza Sun Power Festival
1998 Page & Plant - Reading, Berkshire, England at Reading Festival

1985:

There seems to be some confusion about what Jimmy Page was doing on this day in 1985. The website reports his having performed at the Sun Power Festival in Ibiza with Chris Squire, Jason Bonham and Mick Thompson, however Jason Bonham has said that it was 1986 when he was with Jimmy Page in Ibiza. On the other hand, the band, Virginia Wolf (Jason Bonham, drums) apparently recorded their eponymous first album in Ibiza the summer of 1985.

Note the sign behind Jimmy Page and Jason Bonham in the photo below. Opus is an Austrian band that was formed in 1973 and is still active today. The are best known for their single, Live is Life, released in 1984. The song was a European hit in the summer of 1985 and the band's fan page mentions performing in Ibiza around then. The Opus news clipping does confirm the Jimmy Page connection, the location (Ibiza) and puts it in late August. Perhaps someone can check through the page the clipping was from [PDF] and let us know if there is anything more specific about this show there.