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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.

1985 Jimmy Page, Jason Bonham, Ibiza

1985 Jimmy Page, Ibiza

1985 Opus news clipping

1998, Page & Plant, Reading Festival

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Sunday, July 19, 2015

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.




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Sunday, June 28, 2015

On This Day 28 June


1969 and 1970 28 June On This Day - Led Zeppelin at Bath Festivals
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Bath, England at Bath Pavilion Recreation Ground
  • 1970 Led Zeppelin - Shepton Mallet, England at Royal Bath & West Showground
  • 1972 Led Zeppelin - Tucson, AZ at Tucson Community Theatre
  • 1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour - Stockholm Sweden at Maritime Museum
  • 2000 Jimmy Page - The Black Crowes - Pittsburgh, PA at  Star Lake Amphitheatre
1969:
The Bath Festival of Blues was held at the Bath Pavilion Recreational Ground in Bath, Somerset, England, on 28 June 1969. The headline act was Fleetwood Mac. The festival was produced by Wendy and Freddy Bannister, London club show promoters. All 30,000 tickets were sold out in the first week. Led Zeppelin had only played their first show nine months before, and this was the band's biggest UK audience to date. As we know, things would be drastically different very quickly.
Bath got its name from the hot springs that were shrines in prehistoric times and later developed by the Romans and others into public baths. Bath is said to have been where King Arthur's defeated the Anglo-Saxons.

1970:
The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was held at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England on 27–29 June 1970. Led Zeppelin was the headline act. This location, about 20 mi (32 km) south of Bath, allowed for a much larger crowd. The logistics were not so great - some of the bands' equipment trucks couldn't get to the site due to the country lanes being blocked by cars. Donovan showed up on the stage on Sunday morning, providing an unscheduled 2½ hour performance because the scheduled band wasn't there yet.

Peter Grant had arranged for Led Zeppelin to hit the stage as the sun was setting. They played to an audience estimated at 200,000 for three hours and performed five encores. The show is considered one of the most important performances of their career.

Plastic bags and raincoats were de rigueur in the audience. A bearded Jimmy Page wore a rain hat and his long overcoat during the show.
"ANOTHER ENCORE – at 10:50pm Zeppelin had won. They had made all the hang-ups worthwhile and given the crowd a night to remember – whatever else happened."
~ MelodyMaker, July 1970

1970 Bath Festival (Photo Terry Farebrother)

1970 28 June Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Bath Festival (Photo Michael Putland)

1972 28 June Led Zeppelin at Tucson (Photo D. Ford)
2000:
The venue for this show has changed names over the years.  Originally it was the Star Lake Amphitheater and it was called the Post-Gazette Pavilion when the Page/Black Crowes show took place.  It is currently named the First Niagara Pavilion.  Burgettstown is a suburb of Pittsburgh.

2000 28 June Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes at Pittsburgh




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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

On This Day 20 May

1967 On This Day 20 May - Yardbirds - Jouy,France at HEC Business School.
  • 1967 On This Day 20 May  - Yardbirds - Jouy,France at HEC Business School.  Billed with Joe Dassin, Jimmy James, Jean-Luc Ponty and Dexter Gordon.
  • 1984 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper- Norwich, England at Kenley Fayre
  • 1985 The Firm - Edinburgh, Scotland at Playhouse Theatre
  • 1995 Page & Plant (Unledded North American Tour) San Jose, CA at San Jose Arena
  • 1998 Page & Plant (North American Tour) Tampa FL at Tampa Ice Palace
 ♪  Satisfaction Guaranteed (The Firm 1985 20 May) YouTube
♪  Thank You/Bring It On Home (Page & Plant 1995 20 May) YouTube


1967 Yardbirds Paris

1995 Page & Plant (Unledded North American Tour) San Jose, CA at San Jose Arena

2014 Metal XS interview



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