On this day 04 November

 Cool surprise at last night's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony!

2010 03 November On This Day, Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page launch party, London

• 1967 The Yardbirds - Pittsburgh, PA at Syria Mosque - Homecoming Weekend Concert
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Kitchener,Ontario,Canada at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
• 1976 Led Zeppelin - European premiere of The Song Remains The Same,  London, England at Warner West End Theatre
• 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Syracuse, NY at Onondaga War Memorial
• 2014 Jimmy Page, promotion appearances for remasters, New York City
• 2023  Jimmy Page plays Link Wray's Rumble at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (03 November)

1976 04 November, The Song Remains The Same movie premiere, London

1976 Led Zeppelin at London premiere of TSRTS

2010 Jimmy Page, launch party for autobiography

2014 Jimmy Page photographed at Bowery Hotel, NY (Jesse Ditmar/Redux Photo)

2023

Last night Jimmy Page stole the show at the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony! JP inducted Link Wray via video and got a nice applause from an audience that mostly weren't sure who Link Wray was and that also didn't know JP was standing in the dark on the stage holding his doubleneck.

When Jimmy Page began to play, a guy in the audience "Doubleneck!! Doubleneck!!"  The audience came to its feet at the first notes and stood through the whole song. 

As they should.

Elton John blew Jimmy a kiss. 

Jimmy Page covers Link Wray's Rumble, 03 November 2023

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♪  Jimmy Page Outrider Tour (Syracuse NY at Onondaga War Memorial, 04 November 1988) 
♪  Rumble (Jimmy Page at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 03 November 2023)

On this day 15 July

 Twang that thang!

2010 15 July On This Day Jimmy Page and Duane Eddy interview at BBC Studios
♪ Bye Bye Blues (Duane Eddy) SoundCloud
♪ Rebel Rouser (Duane Eddy) YouTube

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Cowdenbreath, Scotland at Cowenbreath Palais de Danse & Perth Scotland at Perth City Hall
• 1967 The Yardbirds - Lorain, OH at The Big Moose
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Buffalo, NY at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
• 1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour - St. Austell, England at Cornwall Coliseum
• 2010  BBC2 interview of Jimmy Page by Duane Eddy 

Jimmy Page (left foreground) 1967

1967:

The bill at The Big Moose Showcase included Sam the Sham and the Farrows; Tommy James and the Shondells; and then the Yardbirds. The venue was a small roller rink - such venues not uncommon back then.  The audience stood on the floor and there was no stage for the bands.  Jimmy Page, the Yardbirds -- up close and personal.

1973:

If only the people with firecrackers in the audience knew what we think of them now for messing up a Led Zeppelin show. The band seemed to get off to a slow start, but Robert Plant got into it with Heartbreaker and Jimmy Page picked up on the energy and took off. The Buffalo Evening News claimed "Led Zeppelin Kneads Crowd to Silly Putty". 

1973 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Buffalo (Photo Al Ligammari)

1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour at St. Austell, England

2010:
On this day Jimmy Page was interviewed by Duane Eddy for August 2010 broadcasts of two episodes memorializing the life of Les Paul, who had died the year before. Duane Eddy also interviewed BB King, Joe Perry, Jeff Beck, Albert Lee, Nile Rodgers and others. Portions of what may be the last full-length interview of Les Paul were also broadcast.

Duane Eddy (born in New York in 1938) was an interesting choice to perform the interviews. An American rock guitarist, Eddy developed a characteristic twangy sound created by playing melody on his bass strings. Early on he experimented with the echo chamber effect, actually recording in a 2,000 gallon water tank for Movin' n' Groovin because the Phoenix Recording studio didn't have an echo chamber. Eddy's musical genre was instrumental rock, which emphasizes musical instruments with little to no singing. Instrumental rock was most popular from mid-1950s to mid-1960s). Duane Eddy's twang and echo chamber, Link Wray's power chord, the focus on guitar: It would be safe to say that Jimmy Page paid attention.

Duane Eddy sold 12 million records by 1963 and more than 100 million over his career. He was the first rock guitarist to have a signature model guitar by Guild Guitars in 1960.  Gretsch and Gibson have also produced Duane Eddy signature model guitars. Guitar Player Magazine bestowed the first ever "Legend Award" on Les Paul, and in 2004 Duane Eddy received the second.

♪  Movin' n' Groovin' (Duane Eddy 1958) 

♪  Rebel Rouser (Duane Eddy 1958, featured in Forrest Gump)

♪  Rumble (Link Wray 1958, shown in a clip from It Might Get Loud) 
♪  Led Zeppelin (Buffalo NY, 15 July 1973)
♪ Page & Plant - Unledded Tour (St. Austell, England at Cornwall Coliseum, 15 July 1995)

On This Day 15 July

2010 15 July On This Day Jimmy Page and Duane Eddy interview at BBC Studios
♪ Bye Bye Blues (Duane Eddy) SoundCloud
♪ Rebel Rouser (Duane Eddy) YouTube

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Cowdenbreath, Scotland at Cowenbreath Palais de Danse & Perth Scotland at Perth City Hall
• 1967 The Yardbirds - Lorain, OH at The Big Moose
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Buffalo, NY at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
• 1995 Page & Plant - Unledded Tour - St. Austell, England at Cornwall Coliseum
• 2010  BBC2 interview of Jimmy Page by Duane Eddy 

1967:

The bill at The Big Moose Showcase included Sam the Sham and the Farrows; Tommy James and the Shondells; and then the Yardbirds. The venue was a small roller rink - such venues not uncommon back then.  The audience stood on the floor and there was no stage for the bands.  Jimmy Page, the Yardbirds -- up close and personal.

1973:

If only the people with firecrackers in the audience knew what we think of them now for messing up a Led Zeppelin show. The band seemed to get off to a slow start, but Robert Plant got into it with Heartbreaker and Jimmy Page picked up on the energy and took off. The Buffalo Evening News claimed "Led Zeppelin Kneads Crowd to Silly Putty". 

1973 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin at Buffalo (Photo Al Ligammari)

1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour at St. Austell, England

2010:
On this day Jimmy Page was interviewed by Duane Eddy for August 2010 broadcasts of two episodes memorializing the life of Les Paul, who had died the year before. Duane Eddy also interviewed BB King, Joe Perry, Jeff Beck, Albert Lee, Nile Rodgers and others. Portions of what may be the last full-length interview of Les Paul were also broadcast.

Duane Eddy (born in New York in 1938) was an interesting choice to perform the interviews. An American rock guitarist, Eddy developed a characteristic twangy sound created by playing melody on his bass strings. Early on he experimented with the echo chamber effect, actually recording in a 2,000 gallon water tank for Movin' n' Groovin because the Phoenix Recording studio didn't have an echo chamber. Eddy's musical genre was instrumental rock, which emphasizes musical instruments with little to no singing. Instrumental rock was most popular from mid-1950s to mid-1960s). Duane Eddy's twang and echo chamber, Link Wray's power chord, the focus on guitar: It would be safe to say that Jimmy Page paid attention.

Duane Eddy sold 12 million records by 1963 and more than 100 million over his career. He was the first rock guitarist to have a signature model guitar by Guild Guitars in 1960.  Gretsch and Gibson have also produced Duane Eddy signature model guitars. Guitar Player Magazine bestowed the first ever "Legend Award" on Les Paul, and in 2004 Duane Eddy received the second.

♪  Movin' n' Groovin' (Duane Eddy 1958) YouTube

♪  Rebel Rouser (Duane Eddy 1958, featured in Forrest Gump) YouTube

♪  Rumble (Link Wray 1958, shown in a clip from It Might Get Loud) YouTube
♪  Full show (Led Zeppelin, Buffalo 1973) YouTube

[edited 15 July 2020]