Showing posts with label B.B. King. Show all posts
Showing posts with label B.B. King. Show all posts

Friday, July 21, 2023

On this day 21 July

Jimmy Page, a man of many talents and interests

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)




♪ Led Zeppelin (New York NY at Central Park Schaefer Music Festival, 21 July 1969) 
♪ Led Zeppelin (Providence RI at Providence Civic Center, 21 July 1973) 

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

On This Day 24 May

No more perfect choice to award the late, great B.B. King with the Polar Music Prize than Jimmy Page.

2004 24 May On This Day Jimmy Page presents B.B. King with Polar Music Prize

2004 Polar Music Prize guest list and seating.
  • 1968 Yardbirds - San Francisco, California @ Fillmore Auditorium (day 2)
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Chicago,IL US at Kinetic Playground (day 2)
  • 1975 Led Zeppelin - London UK at Earls Court Arena (day 4)
  • 2004 24 May On This Day Jimmy Page presents B.B. King with Polar Music Prize
Polar Music Prize press release for 2004 ceremony

This was day four of five for Led Zeppelin at Earls Court in 1975.  Dave Lewis says in his book, Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, "Jimmy performed one of his best ever solos on Stairway to Heaven, building slowly before taking off on a seemingly never-ending spiral of virtuosity."


1975 Plant & Page of Led Zeppelin at Earls Court Exhibition Centre London - Urban Image photo
1975 Earls Court 

1975 Jimmy Page at Earls Court Exhibition Centre London - Urban Image photo



♪ Rock Me Baby (B.B. King) YouTube
♪ Rock Me Baby (Jimmy Page with Bad Company, Schaefer Music Festival NYC 1974) YouTube
♪ Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin - Earls Court 24 May 1975) YouTube
♪ Lux Aeterna (György Ligeti) YouTube
♫  Jimmy Page presenting Polar Music award to BB King

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube
♪ Page & Plant playlist at YouTube

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

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



Sunday, May 24, 2015

On This Day 24 May

No more perfect choice to award the late, great B.B. King with the Polar Music Prize than Jimmy Page.

2004 24 May On This Day Jimmy Page presents B.B. King with Polar Music Prize

2004 Polar Music Prize guest list and seating.
  • 1968 Yardbirds - San Francisco, California @ Fillmore Auditorium (day 2)
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Chicago,IL US at Kinetic Playground (day 2)
  • 1975 Led Zeppelin - London UK at Earls Court Arena (day 4)
  • 2004 24 May On This Day Jimmy Page presents B.B. King with Polar Music Prize
Polar Music Prize press release for 2004 ceremony

This was day four of five for Led Zeppelin at Earls Court in 1975.  Dave Lewis says in his book, Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, "Jimmy performed one of his best ever solos on Stairway to Heaven, building slowly before taking off on a seemingly never-ending spiral of virtuosity."

♪ Rock Me Baby (B.B. King) YouTube
♪ Rock Me Baby (Jimmy Page with Bad Company, Schaefer Music Festival NYC 1974) YouTube
♪ Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin - Earls Court 24 May 1975) YouTube
♪ Lux Aeterna (György Ligeti) YouTube


1975 Plant & Page of Led Zeppelin at Earls Court Exhibition Centre London - Urban Image photo

1975 Jimmy Page at Earls Court Exhibition Centre London - Urban Image photo