On this day 22 December

 Mortals have trembled... and mortals will tremble again.

22 December On This Day published 2020
Artist's impression video

Confused about the winter solstice and why some of us celebrate the solstice on one day and others the next? This crazy planet of ours is tilted!  It's all good, though, and what it means is that we can celebrate it two days in a row if we want to.

2009 22 December On This Day It Might Get Loud DVD released in USA

• 1972 Led Zeppelin - London at Alexandra Palace
• 1993 Jimmy Page Coverdale-Page Tour - Nagoya Japan at Nagoya Gym
• 2009 Jimmy Page - It Might Get Loud DVD Released in USA 

2009

As with any major event in one's life, there are always things that stand out. For me, it was me feeling so impatient with Jack White's and The Edge's scenes in It Might Get Loud. Yeah, yeah, they're great. Now let's see Jimmy Page. Because to me, it's a movie about him.

I suppose there are Jack White and The Edge fans who think the movie's about them. Bwahahaha! No way!

2009 22 December On This Day text
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2009 Jimmy Page plays air guitar in It Might Get Loud

2009 Jimmy Page in his equipment storage room in It Might Get Loud

May get loud again

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♪ Led Zeppelin (London at Alexandra Palace, 22 December 1972)

♪  Coverdale-Page (Nagoya Japan at Nagoya Gym, 22 December 1993)

♪  It Might Get Loud movie
♪  Movie trailer (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube
♪  Whole Lotta Love (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube
♪  Embryo No. 1 (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube
♪  Domino a.k.a. Embryo No. 2 (Jimmy Page, Net Aid at East Rutherford 1999) YouTube
♪  Embryo No. 2 a.k.a. Domino (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube
♪  Embryo No. 3  (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube

On this day 01 August

Building a legend

1969 Santa Barbara

1979 02 August On This Day Led Zeppelin stage setup at Knebworth

• 1967 Yardbirds - Vancouver, British Columbia  at Pacific National Exhibition Grounds
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Santa Barbara, CA at Earl Warren Showgrounds
• 1979 Led Zeppelin - Knebworth stage construction

1969

The band hadn't performed a full year's worth of shows yet, but Led Zeppelin already headlined the show with another English band, Jethro Tull (Aqualung), and the California band, Fraternity of Man (Don't Bogart That Joint)

1979

Building a stage set for a band like Led Zeppelin was a HUGE endeavor. 

1979 Knebworth amp stacks (Photo John Harrison, stage crew)

(Photo John Harrison, stage crew)

This is Rock, August 2008 (Ross Halfin photo)

Guitar Aficionado Magazine, August 2009 (Ross Halfin photo)

Guitar Aficionado Magazine, August 2009 (Ross Halfin photo)

On This Day 23 January

When "The Tea Party" meant something different than it does today

1969 23 January & 1996 23 January On This Day

• 1967 The Yardbirds - Sydney, Australia at Sydney Stadium (day 2, 2 sets)
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Boston, MA. at Boston Tea Party (day 1 of 4)
• 1996 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour at Vina del Mar,Chile at Estadio Sausalito
• 2008 Jimmy Page with Jack White & The Edge - Burbank,CA at Warner Brothers Studio to record “The Summit” scenes for It Might Get Loud 

1969: 

Today was the first of four shows at the Boston Tea Party.  This set was only 40 minutes because of equipment problems.  The On This Day photo (above) is from Led Zeppelin's return to the Boston Tea Party in May, not from the January shows.

1969 January Led Zeppelin Boston Tea Party

1969 January Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin Boston Tea Party

2008:
"There's always that point when it might happen to you, when you're too old to pick the guitar up. And we're just trying to keep that day far, far away, and out of sight."
~ Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud

Thankfully Jimmy Page has not at that point yet.

2013 Rolling Stone Germany article "The Last Magician" (Ross Halfin photo)

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♪  It Might Get Loud Premiere (Black Tree TV coverage, 2009) YouTube
♪  Full set (Page & Plant, Chile 1996) YouTube

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube

On This Day 22 December

Mortals have trembled... and mortals will tremble again.

22 December On This Day published 2020
Artist's impression video

2009 22 December On This Day It Might Get Loud DVD released in USA

• 1972 Led Zeppelin - London at Alexandra Palace
• 1993 Jimmy Page Coverdale-Page Tour - Nagaya, Japan at Nagaya Gym
• 2009 Jimmy Page - It Might Get Loud DVD Released in USA 

2009

As with any major event in one's life, there are always things that stand out. For me, it was impatience with Jack White's and The Edge's scenes in It Might Get Loud. Fine, fine, now let's see Jimmy Page. Because to me, it's a movie about him.

I suppose there are Jack White and The Edge fans who think the movie's about them. Bwahahaha! No way!

2009 22 December On This Day text
(click on image to enlarge)

2009 Jimmy Page plays air guitar in It Might Get Loud

2009 Jimmy Page in his equipment storage room in It Might Get Loud

May get loud again

♪

♪  Movie trailer (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube
♪  Whole Lotta Love (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube
♪  Embryo No. 1 (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube
♪  Domino a.k.a. Embryo No. 2 (Jimmy Page, Net Aid at East Rutherford 1999) YouTube
♪  Embryo No. 2 a.k.a. Domino (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube
♪  Embryo No. 3  (Jimmy Page, It Might Get Loud 2009) YouTube

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube

On This Day 19 May

Page and Plant in Pensicola on this day in 1998 and a few days' break in 1975 for Led Zeppelin before the next three Earls Court shows.

1998 19 May On This Day Page & Plant - Pensacola, Florida at Pensacola Civic Center

There were two days of soundchecks and rehearsals at the venue prior to opening night in Pensicola.  The year-long tour took Page & Plant back and forth across the Atlantic several times.

• 1967 Yardbirds - Elizabethville, Paris, France at L'Hermitage
• 1968 Yardbirds - Santa Barbara, California at Francisco Torres
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Fort Worth,TX US/ Tarrant County Convention Center
• 1977 Led Zeppelin - Baton Rouge, LA US/LSU Assembly Center
• 1986 The Firm (Mean Business Tour)- Houston, Texas at The Summit
• 1995 Page & Plant (Unledded North American Tour) - Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA. 
• 1998 19 May On This Day Page & Plant (North American Tour) - Pensacola, Florida at Pensacola Civic Center 
• 2011 Jimmy Page at Ivor Novello Awards where Paul Rogers receives award for songwriting 

1986 The Firm (Mean Business Tour)- Houston, Texas at The Summit

1998 Jimmy Page & Robert Plant promo photo for US Tour.  Mick Hutson photo

  

2011 19 May Jimmy Page, Cynthia Rodgers, Paul Rodgers - Ivor Novello Songwriting Award

2011 May Les Inrocks Magazine

2014 Jimmy Page and Jack White backstage of the Jimmy Fallon Show (episode aired May 21) - Photo Ross Halfin