On This Day 07 April

Shut up and listen...

1977 07 April On This Day Led Zeppelin in Chicago

• 1967 The Yardbirds - Stockholm Sweden at Radiohuset
• 1970 Led Zeppelin - Charlotte NC at The Coliseum
• 1977 Led Zeppelin - Chicago at Chicago Stadium (day 2 of 4)
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - East Rutherford NJ at Brendan Byrne Arena (day 2 of 2)

1970 Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin, Charlotte NC

1970:
Totally amazing that the audience could be so bad that Robert Plant would tell them to shut up. Can you imagine these days going to a Led Zeppelin concert and not being 110% focused on the show?

The show must not go on...
1977:
Chicago provided its challenges. This second of four days of shows had a time limit, tough for a band that played long shows. Because the Chicago Black Hawks had to use the arena the next night, the union that worked this arena demanded that the band be done by 11:00 P.M.  The Showco sound system had to be torn down and then after the hockey game, reassembled for Saturday's show. In My Time Of Dying and Trampled Under Foot were dropped from the set that night.

Note that the Stormtrooper outfit was  not worn on this day - in spite of the photo used for today's post on Jimmy Page's website.  The outfit was only worn on the final night in Chicago and then only for part of the show.

1977 Jimmy Page / Led  Zeppelin, Chicago

1995 Jimmy Page & Michael Lee (drums) / Page & Plant, East Rutherford NJ

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♪  Shapes of Things / Heartful of Soul / Mr. Your a Better Man Than I (The Yardbirds, Sweden 1967) YouTube
♪   You Go Your Way I Go Mine / Over Under Sideways Down / Little Game (The Yardbirds, Sweden 1967) YouTube
♪  My Baby (The Yardbirds, Sweden 1967) YouTube
♪  I'm A Man (The Yardbirds, Sweden 1967) YouTube
♪  What Is And What Should Never Be (Led Zeppelin, Charlotte 1970) YouTube
♪ The Song Remains the Same/The Rover/Sick Again (Led Zeppelin, Chicago 07 April 1977) YouTube

♪ Mage Music 1 playlist at YouTube
♪ Mage Music 2 playlist at YouTube
♪ Page & Plant playlist at YouTube

NOTICE: April 11 will be the last daily On This Day post as that will be a full year's worth.  I won't post any more unless Jimmy Page's website offers some new ones. Stay tuned for new posts here on the Mage Music blog about the music and Magick of  JIMMY PAGE and previews of new Mage Music projects!

On This Day 10 July

Like guitar heaven.

2000 10 July On This Day Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes, Wantagh, NY at Jones Beach Amphitheater video

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Hastings, East Sussex, England - Pavilion Ballroom
• 1967 The Yardbirds - Theinville, WI at Teensville
• 1973 Led Zeppelin - Milwaukee, WI at Milwaukee Arena
• 1998 Page & Plant - Philadelphia, PA at Core States Arena
• 2000 Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes - Wantagh, NY at Jones Beach Amphitheater 

 "The Crowes are really known for jamming and ad-libbing. And that's what I've been doing ever since I've been playing. So it's complementary. And I know people respect the fact that there are musicians trying every night to put themselves right on the edge."
~ Jimmy Page, Guitar World July 2000 

The Black Crowes provided a springboard for Jimmy Page's magic, but it wouldn't have come about if Mr. Page hadn't been asked to be music director for the 1999 benefit concert for the charities SCREAM (Supporting Children through Re-Education and Music) and ABC (Action for Brazil's Children) Trust (see previous Mage Music post).   

Jimmy Page was looking for a band to back his guitar for that concert and his buddy, Ross Halfin, suggested The Black Crowes.  Jimmy Page was familiar with the band because he had jammed with them in February of 1995.

The SCREAM performance of 10 songs was successful enough that Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes put together a tour that allowed Page to get back to his hard rock and blues guitar work and leave the Egyptian orchestra behind. 

"When we did 'Ten Years Gone' it was the first time I'd ever heard all the guitar parts from the record played live. It was like being in guitar heaven."
~ Jimmy Page, Guitar World July 2000

July 2000 Guitar World

♪  Celebration Day (Led Zeppelin, Milwaukee 1973) YouTube
♪  Celebration Day (Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes, 10 July 2000) YouTube
♪  Shape of Things  (Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes, 10 July 2000) YouTube
♪  Heartbreaker (Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes, 10 July 2000) YouTube
♪  Whole Lotta Love (Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes, 10 July 2000) YouTube