On This Day 07 December

1997 07 December On This Day Page & Plant at Café de Paris, London
Audio: Ramble On

• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Manchester, England at Hard Rock Concert Hall
• 1984 Jimmy Page The Firm - Middlesbrough,North Yorkshire,England at Middlesbrough Town Hall
• 1991 Jimmy Page with Long John Baldry - Vancouver, Canada 
• 1993 Jimmy Page inducted into Hollywood RockWalk of Fame.
• 1997 Page & Plant - London at Café de Paris, Benefit for Children's Goal & War Child

1991

On This day Jimmy Page joined Long John Baldry in Vancouver for a 30 minute jam, Got My Mojo Working.   In 1961 Alexis Korner and Cyril Davies formed Blues Incorporated in London, with an ever-changing band membership.  John Baldry was a singer for the band with Jimmy Page occasionally sitting in.   Baldry moved to Canada in the 1970s.  He died in Vancouver in 2005. 

1993

Jimmy Page was inducted into the Hollywood RockWalk of Fame at Guitar Center in Hollywood, putting his handprints in a block for the walk.  The event was attended by Peter Frampton, Dweezil Zappa and Eddie Van Halen among others.

1993  Jimmy Page and Eddie Van Halen (Robert Knight/Getty photo)

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♪  Ramble On (Page & Plant, London at Café de Paris 1997) YouTube
♪  Over the Hills and Far Away (Page & Plant, London at Café de Paris 1997) YouTube



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On This Day 06 December

1991 06 December On This Day Jimmy Page at Little Mountain Studios
Audio:  Feeling Hot (Soundcloud)

• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Chatenay-Malabry, Paris at L'Ecole Centrale Chatenay-Malabry
• 1983 Jimmy Page ARMS Charity Concert - Inglewood, CA at The Forum (day 2)

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♪  Feeling Hot (Coverdale-Page) YouTube

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On This Day 05 December

1984 05 December On This Day Jimmy Page with The Firm at Hamburg

• 1983 Jimmy Page ARMS Charity Concert - Inglewood, CA at The Forum 
• 1984 Jimmy Page The Firm - Hamburg, Germany at Audiomax

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On This Day 04 December

Led Zeppelin.  The end of an era of greatness but never the end of the Magick.

1980 04 December On This Day Led Zeppelin disbanded 

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Lima, OH at Springbrook Gardens Teen Club
• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Glasgow Scotland at Green's Playhouse (day 2)
• 1980 Led Zeppelin disbanded
• 1984 Jimmy Page The Firm - Ludwigshafen, Germany at Pfalzbau

1980

To "disband" is to break up an organized group; to cause the break up and end the functioning of an organized group. The word is even more apt when applied to a musical group - a band.

Disbanding is not the same as saying the members of the group can't keep going on individually.  They can "reband", they can soar on their own, they just can never go back to what they were.

The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not "get over" the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to.

~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross & David Kessler, On Grief and Grieving

1984

“The main aim is to play some rock ‘n’ roll and have some fun.”

~ Jimmy Page

1984 Jimmy Page The Firm - Ludwigshafen, Germany at Pfalzbau

1984 Jimmy Page The Firm - Ludwigshafen, Germany at Pfalzbau

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♪   Full set (Led Zeppelin, Glasgow 1972) YouTube

♪  All the King's Horses (The Firm, 1986) YouTube
Note that Paul Rodgers was married to Machiko Shimizu when this song was written

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On This Day 03 December

Remembering Michael Lee.

1972 03 December On This Day Led Zeppelin at Green's Playhouse, Glasgow

• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Glasgow, Scotland at Green's Playhouse
• 1973 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper - London, England at Royal Albert Hall  
• 1983 Jimmy Page ARMS Charity Concert Tour - Daly City, CA at  Cow Palace
• 1984 Jimmy Page The Firm - Frankfurt, Germany at Kongresshalle
• 1998 Page & Plant - Frankfurt, Germany at Festhalle Frankfurt 

1972 Led Zeppelin at Greens Playhouse, souvenir book

1972 Led Zeppelin at Greens Playhouse, souvenir book

1972 Led Zeppelin at Greens Playhouse, souvenir book

1972 Led Zeppelin at Greens Playhouse, souvenir book

1972 Led Zeppelin at Greens Playhouse, souvenir book

1973
Jimmy Page joined Roy Harper on stage at Royal Albert Hall for a guest appearance, playing Male Chauvinist Pig Blues.  According to Dave Lewis, the concert was professionally taped but never released. If anyone has this performance of the song with Jimmy Page playing, please share!

1983
Last date of ARMS gig at Cow Palace

1983 Jimmy Page ARMS at Cow Palace (Larry Hulst/Getty Images)

1983 Jimmy Page ARMS at Cow Palace (Philip Anderson photo)

1984 Jimmy Page with The Firm, Frankfurt

2008
Jimmy Page attended the Darlington, England funeral of drummer Michael Lee, who had died from an epileptic seizure at 39 years old.

2008 Jimmy Page at drummer Michael Lee's funeral

2012
Read Dave Lewis' text of a Steve Sauer report on the Late Show with Dave Letterman appearance of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones and Robert Plant.

2012  Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Dave Letterman 

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♫ David Letterman Show interview (YouTube

On This Day 02 December

If you were at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors, whose hand would you want to shake first: the President's or Jimmy Page's?

2012 02 December  Led Zeppelin Kennedy Center Honours (published 2020)

1965 02 December On This Day Jimmy Page started using his Danelectro in the studio

• 1965 Jimmy Page with Donovan – Sunshine Superman
• 1966 The Yardbirds - Barea, OH at Baldwin Wallace College
• 1971 Led Zeppelin - Bournemouth, England at Starkers Royal Arcade Ballrooms
• 1971 Black Dog/Misty Mountain Hop single released (US)
• 1983 Jimmy Page ARMS Charity Concert Tour - Daly City, CA at Cow Palace (day 2) 
• 1998 Page & Plant - Oberhausen, Germany at Oberhausen Arena
• 2012 Led Zeppelin, Kennedy Center Honors, Washington DC 

1966 02 December On This Day Jimmy Page & Donovan record Sunshine Superman

1961 Danelectro

1965 Jimmy Page in studio session

2002 Jimmy Page, Nicko McBrain & Michelle Collins at Jimmy Page's Xmas fundraiser for ABC/Task Brazil 

2012 John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page at Kennedy Center Honors

2012 Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant at Kennedy Center Honors

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♪  Sunshine Superman (Donovan feat. Jimmy Page, 1966) YouTube
♪  1971 Black Dog (Led Zeppelin, Basic Track With Guitar Overdubs 2014 remaster) YouTube
♪  Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp (Led Zeppelin, Bournemouth 1972) YouTube
♪  City Sirens (Jimmy Page, ARMS US Tour, Cow Palace 02 Dec. 1983) YouTube
♪  Bird on a Wing (Jimmy Page, ARMS US Tour, Cow Palace 02 Dec. 1983) YouTube
♪  Good Night Irene (Jimmy Page, ARMS US Tour, Cow Palace 02 Dec. 1983) YouTube
♫  President Obama's tribute to Led Zeppelin - The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors 2012
♫  Led Zeppelin - The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors 2012

On This Day 01 December

I have a very live wish. I've surely wished it 2 million times. You know what it is.

2011 01 December On This Day Death Wish II soundtrack collectors edition released
(2011 post)

• 1972 Led Zeppelin - Newcastle Upon Tyne, England at Newcastle City Hall
• 1983 Jimmy Page - ARMS Charity Concert Tour,  Daly City, CA at Cow Palace 
• 1984 Jimmy Page with The Firm - Lund, Sweden at Olympen
• 1998 Page & Plant - Gent, Belgium at Gent Exhibition Hall 

1972 01 December Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Newcastle

1983 
This was the first of three nights for the ARMS US Tour at the Cow Palace.  The ARMS US Tour setlist was heavily weighed towards Jimmy Page's music.

1. Prelude
2. Who's To Blame
3. City Sirens
4. Boogie Mama
5. Bird On A Wing (a.k.a. Midnight Moonlight)
6. Stairway To Heaven
7. Layla
8. With A Little Help From My Friends
9. Goodnight Irene 

1983 Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers, ARMS at Cow Palace

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♪  Prelude (Jimmy Page, Death Wish II 1982) YouTube
♪  Who's To Blame (Jimmy Page, Death Wish II 1982) YouTube
♪  Closer (Jimmy Page with The Firm, Lund Sweden 1984) YouTube
♪  Full set (Page & Plant, Gent 1998) YouTube