On This day 21 July

1961 21 July On This Day Jimmy Page accompanies Royston Ellis

• 1961 Jimmy Page guitar fusion with poet Royston Ellis at The Mermaid Festival
• 1966 The Yardbirds - Worthing, England at Worthing Assembly Rooms 
• 1967 The Yardbirds - Santa Rosa, CA at Santa Rosa Fairgrounds 
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - New York NY at Central Park Schaefer Music Festival
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Providence, RI at Providence Civic Center
• 2011 Jimmy Page presents MOJO Maverick Award to Donovan

1961:

Royston Ellis was born in England in 1941 and now lives in Sri Lanka.  He is a novelist, travel writer and beat poet. As a young man seeking a name for himself he performed his poetry on stage and TV to backing by a number of Liverpool musicians, including Jimmy Page and by John Lennon's skiffle band (Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Stuart Sutcliff - no drummer at that point).  Ellis has published over 60 books; in 2013 he published a retrospective book of poetry, Gone Man Squared, with a forward by Jimmy Page. 

1969:
The Schaefer Music Festival was a recurring music festival held in summer between 1968 and 1976 at the Wollman Skating Rink in New York City's Central Park. The series was sponsored by F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company, brewer of Schaefer Beer.  It began as a one day event but quickly expanded to an annual summer-long exposition.  B.B. King and Led Zeppelin performed two shows on July 21, 1969.

1969 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Schaeffer Music Festival, Central Park NY

1969 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Schaeffer Music Festival, Central Park NY (N Fields photo)

2011:
MOJO awards are voted for by readers of the monthly MOJO Magazine and MOJO's website as well as by music critics.  The awards celebrate the musical achievements of the last 12 months as well as career-long accomplishments.  Donovan was presented with the 2011 MOJO Maverick Award from Jimmy Page.

In 2004 Jimmy Page received the MOJO Maestro Award and in 2010 he was inducted into the MOJO Hall of Fame.

2011 Roy Harper, Jimmy Page and Donovan at MOJO Honors, London (Ross Halfin photo)

♪  You Shook Me (Led Zeppelin, Central Park/Schaefer Music Festival 1969) YouTube
♪  Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin, Central Park/Schaefer Music Festival 1969) YouTube
♪  Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin, Providence 1973) YouTube
♪  The Rain Song (Led Zeppelin, Providence 1973) YouTube

On This Day 20 July

1966 20 July The Yardbirds Stourbridge, England at Town Hall
♪ Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (Yardbirds) Soundcloud

2010 20 July On This Day Jimmy Page interview for Guitar Aficionado Magazine

• 1966 The Yardbirds-Stourbridge, England at Town Hall
• 1967 The Yardbirds - Denver, CO at Lakeside Amusement Park
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Warrensville Heights, OH at MusiCarnival
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Boston, MA at Boston Garden
• 1977 Led Zeppelin - Tempe, AZ at A.S.U. Activities Center Arena
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Dublin,Ireland at The Point Theatre
• 2010 Guitar Afficionado Magazine interview with Brad Tolinski

1969 Led Zeppelin, Warrensville Heights (Cleveland) at MusiCarnival (Photo K Katzan)

1968:

Jimmy Page and Peter Grant checked out Robert Plant performing with a band called Hobstweedle (a.k.a. Obs-tweedle) at a teachers training college near Birmingham.  Chris Dreja was with Page and Grant.

1973:
The Boston Garden was one of the venues for Led Zeppelin's North American Tour after the release of Houses of the Holy. The crowd was rowdy and Plant's voice was strained. He tried to quiet things down several times but nothing helped so several songs were cut from the setlist and there were no encores.

1977:
"Shambolic" is a word I learned from Jimmy Page, and it is a word that applies to the Tempe show, which also had several songs cut from the setlist.

1977 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin, Tempe, AZ

♪  Full show (Led Zeppelin, Cleveland 1969) YouTube
♪  Over The Hills and Far Away (Led Zeppelin, Boston Garden 1973) YouTube
♪ Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (Led Zeppelin, Tempe 1977) YouTube

♫  Jimmy Page interview in Guitar Aficionado Magazine by Brad Tolinski

On This Day 19 July

Bring it...

1998 19 July On This Day Page & Plant at Jones Beach

• 1967 The Yardbirds-Colorado Springs, CO at Colorado Springs City Auditorium
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Chicago, IL at Kinetic Playgound
• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Berlin, Germany at Deutschlandhalle
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Dublin, Ireland at The Point Theatre
• 1998 Page & Plant - Wantagh, NY at Jones Beach Amphitheatre

1998 Ray Gun Magazine interview (L-R: unknown, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Dave Grohl)

1998:

"Michael's ...got a contemporary vision on how to present the drums in a non-hard-rock fashion. The way that he approaches the drums in the studio is different to on stage. Where I'm convinced he's building a small shed."
~ Robert Plant interview by Dave Grohl for Ray Gun Magazine

Michael Lee (1969-2008) was an English drummer who some thought might work out for a reincarnation of Led Zeppelin.  A tall man, Lee used large drum sizes like John Bonham did, and had an aggressive and dynamic drumming style. He once hit himself on his own head with a drumstick during a drum solo at the end of Rock and Roll.

Lee started out with the British band, Little Angels, toured with The Cult and a later version of Thin Lizzy. He drummed for Robert Plant starting with the 1993 album Fate of Nations.  When Page and Plant began their collaboration Lee was hired on to record and tour, and received writing credits on Walking into Clarksdale.

Lee stayed with Jimmy Page for a few additional projects, including Net Aid in October 1999 when Domino was performed for the first time.

Lee died on 24 November 2008 from an epileptic seizure.

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

♪  Bring It On Home/Ramble On (Page & Plant, Dublin 1995) YouTube

♪  Domino (Jimmy Page, Net Aid 1999) YouTube

♫  Chris Welsh footage of Led Zeppelin in  Berlin, 19 July 1970 YouTube

♫  Dave Grohl interview of Page & Plant for Ray Gun Magazine 1998 

On This Day 18 July

IN PERSON!

1970 18 July On This Day Led Zeppelin in Frankfurt
♪ Frankfurt Special (SoundCloud)

• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Chicago, IL at Kinetic Playground 
• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Frankfurt, Germany at Festhalle Frankfurt 
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Vancouver, British Columbia at Pacific Coliseum 
• 1998 Page & Plant - East Rutherford, NJ at Continental Airlines Arena

1970 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin Frankfurt

1970 review of Led Zeppelin at Frankfurt

1970 Led Zeppelin in Frankfurt

1985 Guitar Pulp Magazine - John Paul Jones, Les Paul, Jimmy Page

♪  No Quarter part 1 (Led Zeppelin Vancouver 1973) YouTube
♪  No Quarter part 2 (Led Zeppelin Vancouver 1973) YouTube
♪  Over The Hills and Far Away (Led Zeppelin Vancouver 1973) YouTube
♪  Since I've Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin Vancouver 1973) YouTube

On This Day 17 July

Technical difficulties

1977 17 July On This Day Led Zeppelin at Seattle Kingdome
♪  Theremin Solo (Led Zeppelin at the Seattle Kingdome 1977) YouTube

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Dunbar, Scotland at Victoria Ballroom
• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Essen, Germany at Grugahalle
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Seattle, WA at Seattle Center Coliseum
• 1977 Led Zeppelin - Seattle, WA at The Kingdome

1977 Led Zeppelin at Seattle Kingdome

1977 Led Zeppelin at Seattle Kingdome

1973:
Robert Plant starts the show by asking for people to cool it with the firecrackers.

1977:
Four years later to the day, Plant is still asking for people to cool it with the firecrackers.  There was also monitor difficulties during the acoustic set, Jimmy Page broke a string, and paramedics were hauling people off for treatment.

2015:
I had technical difficulties of my own, so no additional comments or music On This Day.  Sorry!

On This Day 16 July

It's been a long time since he rock and rolled...

1984 16 July On This Day Jimmy Page at Alexis Korner Tribute, Pistoia
♪  Bring It On Home To Me (SoundCloud)

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Ayr, Scotland at Ayr Ice Rink 
• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Koln, Germany at Koln Sporthalle 
• 1984 Jimmy Page - Pistoia, Italy at Pistoia Blues Festival, Alexis Korner Blues Tribute 
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Poole, England at Poole Arts Center 
• 1998 Page & Plant -  New York, NY at Madison Square Garden 

1984:
Jimmy Page performed at the second Alexis Korner tribute concert.  Read more about Alexis Korner.

1984 Jimmy Page at Pistoria Blues Festival

1998 Jimmy Page at MSG (image capture from video posted by aprl20)

♪  Nobody's Fault But Mine (Page & Plant, Unledded 1994) YouTubeMine 

♪  Yallah (Page & Plant, Unledded 1994) YouTube

♪  City Don't Cry (Page & Plant, Unledded 1994) YouTube

♪  Rock and Roll (Page & Plant, MSG 1998) YouTube

♪  Most High (Page & Plant, MSG 1998) YouTube

♪  CODA unboxing with music clips (Led Zeppelin remaster) YouTube

Hell's Guitarist

Hell's Guitarist 2015 Lif Strand

I created the image above with the help of Google's Deep Dream, based on the image below that was posted here at Mage Music two years ago.  The post was called Inner Wolf.

His Inner Wolf 2013 Lif Strand