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Monday, November 13, 2023

On this day 13 November

 It will get louder.

1964 13 November On This Day Jimmy Page & Jackie DeShannon
  • 1966 The Yardbirds - Baltimore, MD at Baltimore Civic Center - Dick Clark Caravan of Stars tour
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Dundee, Scotland at Caird Hall
  • 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - New York,  at The Ritz (day 2)
  • 1998 Page & Plant - Vienna, Austria at Weiner Stadthalle
  • 2014 Jimmy Page book event, Los Angeles at Sunset Marquis 

1971




2014

2014 Kirk Hammett, Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, Jimmy Page, Joe Perry, at Jimmy Page's book event (Ross Halfin photo)







2014 Jimmy Page book event, Chris Cornell, Matt Cameron, Jimmy Page (Ross Halfin photo)






Jimmy Page with Jimmy Page (Ross Halfin photo)



♪  Don't Turn Your Back on Me (Jackie DeShannon feat. Jimmy Page guitar 1964) 
♪  Led Zeppelin (Dundee Scotland at Caird Hall, 13 November 1971) 
♪  Jimmy Page Outrider (New York at the Ritz Ballroom - day 2, 13 November 1988)
♪  Page & Plant (Vienna, Austria at Weiner Stadthalle, 13 November 1998)



Sunday, November 12, 2023

On this day 12 November

 I get a thrill in the sea of his music

1988 12 November On This Day Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - New York at The Ritz Ballroom
2013 12 November On This Day Jimmy Page attends Scarlett Sabat's poetry reading, London
Purchase and listen to Catalyst, produced by Jimmy Page


  • 1966 The Yardbirds - Akron, OH at Akron Civic Center & Athens, OH at Ohio University 
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Newcastle at Mecca Ballroom
  • 1984 Robert Plant release, The Honeydrippers Volume One feat. Jimmy Page on Sea of Love and I Get a Thrill 
  • 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - New York at The Ritz Ballroom
  • 1998 Page & Plant - Zagreb, Croatia at Dom Sportova
  • 2007 Led Zeppelin - Mothership released
  • 2014 Jimmy Page interview by Chris Cornell, Los Angeles 
1971:
Originally scheduled for Sunderland, England at Locarno Ballroom, the venue was changed to Newcastle-On-Tyne at the Mecca Ballroom.

1984:

Dave Lewis talks about Sea of Love in his book, Led Zeppelin: A Celebration (Omnibus Press, 1991), "The solo which graces this Fifties do-wop cover is a lovely string-bending affair..."  


1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - New York at The Ritz Ballroom (Neal Preston photo)







2014:
Jimmy Page was interviewed in LA by Chris Cornell on this day.  According to Ross Halfin, it was less stuffy than the Jeff Koons New York interview.  Chris was funny and his choice of photos was from a more musician-like perspective.  

Gavin Edwards' Rolling Stone article, 13 favorite moments in the interview.

Saturday, November 11, 2023

On this day 11 November

 ...a different smile like that of one who knows.

1966 11 November On This Day The Yardbirds on Milton Berle scheduled, actually aired 02 December

  • 1966 The Yardbirds – Indianapolis at Indiana Fairgrounds Coliseum
  • 1967 The Yardbirds - Vancouver, Canada at PNE Garden Auditorium
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Newcastle upon Tyne, England at Newcastle City Hall 
  • 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Portland, ME at Cumberland Civic Center
  • 1994 Page & Plant - Later with Jools Holland scheduled on BBC
  • 1997 Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions released
  • 1997 The Girl I Love / Whole Lotta Love single released
  • 2014 Jimmy Page book event, Los Angeles at Barnes and Noble 
  • 2015 Led Zeppelin - Classic Rock Reissue of the Year award

1966:
The filming that took place in October was scheduled to be aired on the Milton Berle Show on this day actually was telecast on 02 December.


1969/1997:
The Girl I Love was recorded in 1969 but was released on the BBC sessions and as a single in 1997.  Compare to Moby Dick.

1971 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin - Newcastle upon Tyne, England at Newcastle City Hall
2014:
Terry Reid, the vocalist who turned down the Led Zeppelin offer, came to Jimmy Page's book event in Los Angeles. How different things would have turned out. Not necessarily better, just different.
2014 Jimmy Page & Terry Reid at book event, Los Angeles (Ross Halfin photo)


2015:
Photos & video from the Classic Rock Awards.  Jimmy Page accepted the Reissue of the Year award for Led Zeppelin.



2016
Classic Rock Awards Tokyo











♪  Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (Yardbirds - lipsynched - for Milton Berle Show 1966) 
♪  The Girl I Love (Led Zeppelin, BBC Sessions)  
♪  Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin How the West Was Won 1972) 
♪  Led Zeppelin (Newcastle at Newcastle City Hall, 11 November 1971) 
♪  Jimmy Page Outrider (Portland ME at Cumberland Civic Center, 11 November 1988)


Saturday, November 4, 2023

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




♪  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)

Friday, November 3, 2023

On this day 03 November

 He's never wasting my time

1988 03 November On This Day Jimmy Page Outrider, New Haven CT
♪ Wasting My Time (SoundCloud)

  • 1966 The Yardbirds Dick Clark Caravan of Stars tour - Decatur, AL at Decatur High School 
  • 1967 The Yardbirds - New York, NY at Village Theatre
  • 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - New Haven, CT at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum
  • 1998 Page & Plant - Manchester, England at Manchester Evening News Arena
  • 2014 Jimmy Page interviewed by Jeff Koons


1988 Jimmy Page/Outrider New Haven CT (background image from website)

2014
Jimmy Page was interviewed by Jeff Koons in New York for 92Y. In the Q&A, JP discussed his official photographic autobiography, the recent re-mastered releases of Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the HolyWhen Koons offered to produce any artwork to go along with Page's anticipated solo tour and album next year, Page enthusiastically shook his hand, closing the deal. I'd like to know what Koons thinks about that deal now.





2016
Jimmy Page helped promote the return of Flaming June by Frederic Leighton (1830-1895) to Britain, gone since the 1960s. 



Flaming June by Sir Frederic Leighton, painted in 1895

See Wikipedia for the painting's history



2023
Mage Music: Woman At Work
I've got a writing project I'm doing this month. You may have heard of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), a challenge to write 50,000 words of a novel in one month (roughly 150 pages, or half of a publishable book).  I've been doing it for a few years now (first attempt was in 2008).  I always think I'm too busy to do it each year, but I do. I'll be doing it this year, too, even though I can't start until the 6th because I'm out of town.

Wish me luck! Buy the book when it comes out next spring! It's a sequel, so you might want to read the first book in the series, DARK GREEN.  Or maybe an unrelated novel before that, Evolution Device, a story of music and magic inspired partly by the writing I've done here over the years, and partly by the life and career of my favorite guitarist. 



♪  Jimmy Page Outrider Tour (New Haven, CT at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 03 November 1988)
♪  Page & Plant (Manchester, England at Manchester Evening News Arena, 03 November 1998) 
♫  Jimmy Page interviewed by Jeff Koons 2014

Friday, October 27, 2023

On this day 26 October

 Never out of time when it comes to Jimmy Page's music

1987 26 October On This Day Jimmy Page recorded Blues Anthem with Chris Farlowe

  • 1968 Led Zeppelin - Bristol, England at Bristol Boxing Club 
  • 1987 Jimmy Page with Chris Farlowe, Blues Anthem for Outrider recorded
  • 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - East Rutherford, NJ at Brendan Byrne Arena
  • 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - New York, NY at Madison Square Garden (day 1)
1966:
Mick Jagger and Keith Richard wrote Chris Farlowe's biggest hit, Out of Time.  Jagger produced it as well as sang backup vocals, with Jimmy Page on guitar.  

"Funnily enough I didn’t like the song at first. I saw myself as an r’n’b and blues singer, and it seemed too “pop” to me. But Mick said, wait until you hear it with a full orchestra behind it. And he was right – it’s a great song. I’ve still got photographs of the recording session.’
~ Chris Farlowe, The Merceysider Magazine interview 2014

The orchestra was okay. Kind of overdone, if you ask me. But Jimmy Page - he was the secret weapon. More would have been better.


Jimmy Page's Gibson Cromwell acoustic guitar used to record Out of Time (1966)

Jimmy Page with Gibson Cromwell acoustic guitar
1968:
There isn't much info about this Led Zeppelin appearance, but Mick Farren (1943-2013) of The Deviants talked about the show.

"We supported Led Zeppelin at one of their first gigs at the local Bristol boxing club and the audience hated us and despised them. Somebody threw a beer glass at the stage and Sid Bishop, our guitarist, unfortunately threw it back and cut somebody's head open. When Led Zeppelin came on, they got through number and a half until the fire extinguishers, buckets, bricks and everything was being thrown at them.

"All these farmboys with brown suits and haircuts who had come into town looking to get laid marched in. Page and Plant were cracking up in the dressing room after we'd come off, saying how terrible we were. But they had gotten the same treatment because by now it had gotten way out of hand. We had to huddle inside the van while the kids bounced up and down on it and we didn't escape until 2 in the morning when it was safe to go home."

1988:
Chris Farlowe sang on three tracks from Jimmy Page's Death Wish II soundtrack (1982), as well as HummingbirdPrison Blues and Blues Anthem on Outrider.

1995:
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant's American tour was sponsored by Miller Genuine Draft (Miller Brewing Company), a portion of the proceeds from the sponsored tour to benefit the Second Harvest National Food Bank Network. It's not clear to me whether every venue in 1995 was covered or only the first leg of the tour. Part of the deal was the Miller Genuine Draft Led Zeppelin Memorabilia truck that was supposed to show up at each venue, and 50 "Miller Genuine Draft Page/Plant guitars" were to be autographed and donated to the cause.  The brewing company guaranteed a minimum $100,000 for Second Harvest.

1995 Robert Plant & Jimmy Page, Madison Square Garden




♪  Out Of Time (Jimmy Page, Chris Farlowe 1966) YouTube
♪  Jimmy Page Outrider (East Rutherford NJ at Brendan Byrne Arena, 26 October 1988) 


Wednesday, October 25, 2023

On this day 25 October

 Good old Surrey U

1968 25 October On This Day Led Zeppelin at Surrey University

  • 1966 The Yardbirds - Los Angeles, CA at ABC TV Center, taping for The Milton Berle Show
  • 1968 Led Zeppelin - London, England at University of Surrey, Great Hall
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Boston, MA at Boston Garden
  • 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Rochester, NY at Rochester Community War Memorial 
1968:
Although the poster used as the background for today's On This Day post is for The New Yardbirds, in fact Led Zeppelin performed as Led Zeppelin for the first time. The poster, authenticated and auctioned off in 2003, apparently was printed in advance of the gig and prior to when Peter Grant and Jimmy Page decided to switch the name of the band to Led Zeppelin, sometime in mid-October.

Dave Lewis quotes Jimmy Page telling Chris Welch (Melody Maker), "It's refreshing to know that today you can go out and form a group to play the music you like and people will listen. It's what musicians have wanted for twenty years."

Surrey University is also where, on 20 June 2008, Jimmy Page was awarded the honorary degree of Doctorate of the University of Surrey, in recognition of his services to the music industry. 

By the way, if you don't have a copy of  Dave Lewis' book, you really should get one. It's an incredible resource. I keep mine on my desk where I can reach for it whenever I need it.


1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour, Rochester NY (Jason Bonham drums) (photo by smagin)


2013 Jimmy Page visits Arctic Monkeys backstage at Earls Court (Ross Halfin photo)




♪  Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (Yardbirds - lip synched - for Milton Berle Show 1966) 
♪  Jimmy Page  Outrider tour(Rochester NY at Rochester Community War Memorial, 25 October 1988)