Showing posts with label Roger Taylor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roger Taylor. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

On this day 14 November

 If I create an award, will he come?

2006 Led Zeppelin inducted into UK Music Hall of Fame
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  • 1966 The Yardbirds - Paintsville, KY at Paintsville High School Gymnasium 
  • 2006 Led Zeppelin – UK Hall of Fame Award (final year of awards)
  • 2013 Led Zeppelin – DVD/Film Classic Rock Award, London at Roundhouse


1988 Jimmy Page/Outrider promo photo (Rex photo)

2006 James Brown at UK Music Hall of Fame

2006 Jimmy Page at UK Music Hall of Fame
2006:
Led Zeppelin was inducted by Roger Taylor of Queen.  The ceremony took place at Alexandra Palace, London, and was broadcast in the UK on 16 and 18 November. It was shown in the USA on 25 November.

2013:
Led Zeppelin received the Classic Rock DVD/Film Award for the Celebration Day movie.
2013 Tommy Iommi, Ross Halfin, Jimmy Page, Alex Lifeson, Classic Rock Awards











♪  The Only One (Jimmy Page, Outrider 1988) YouTube
♫  2006 UK Hall of Fame Induction 
♫  2013 Jimmy Page Classic Rock Award interview


Monday, November 30, 2015

On This Day 30 November

Boys just gotta have fun
1996 30 November On This Day Page & Plant at Channel V Music Awards, Mumbai, India

  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Manchester, England at King's Hall Belle Vue
  • 1972 Led Zeppelin - Newcastle upon Tyne, England at Newcastle City Hall
  • 1984 Jimmy Page with The Firm - Copenhagen, Denmark at Falkoner Theatre
  • 1996 Page & Plant - Channel V Music Awards, Mumbai, India  

1996
I don't generally bother providing the text to the On This Day posts, even when they're cut off, but this one is a hoot and you should read it all. 
"Robert Plant and I had been invited to accept an award from Channel V - India’s premier music channel - and we had won an award for longevity.
"The highlight of the show were to be Los Del Rios, whose 'Macarena' song was a global hit at the time. Unfortunately at the last minute the duo pulled out of the trip as one of them had developed a sore throat; which was quite ironic considering they were going to mime. As it was, the chief dancer and choreographer of their video was to perform the song on her own. I believe this was the first time Channel V was doing this on an international level and now they had a bit of problem. They approached us to do something and of course we didn’t have any instruments and hadn’t rehearsed. It was suggested that we could mime Rock’n’Roll with Roger Taylor from Queen on drums (who was there to accept an award on behalf of Freddie Mercury) and a bass player from Goa.
"We agreed to it and did a quick rehearsal, I felt sorry for Channel V that they’d been let down by the Macarena boys. During the rehearsals the Goan bass player was well behaved but when it came to the show he suddenly developed a dose of Saint Vitus Dance and transformed into Billy Whiz crossed with the Flash. He couldn’t stop moving throughout the song and made it even more of a pantomime than it already was. But hey we did it and it was real good to be part of this special award show which is still being aired today"

1996 14 December Billboard review of Channel V awards

2012 Jimmy Page pushing his own luggage cart at the airport in Washington DC



♪  Full set (Led Zeppelin, Newcastle 1972)
♪  Channel V awards at the Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai, India. YouTube
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On This Day links not provided:  Macarena (Los Del Rios) and Muppets Led Zeppelin performing Rock and Roll.

Sunday, September 6, 2015

John Paul Jones with Foo Fighters, Under Pressure

Here are three videos of John Paul Jones with Roger Taylor and Foo Fighters playing the Queen/Bowie song, Under Pressure on 05 September the Milton Keynes National Bowl.  They formed what Dave Grohl called a "super-duper-group" with John Paul Jones on keyboard, Roger Taylor drums, and Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins vocals.