Monday, July 20, 2015

On This Day 20 July

1966 20 July The Yardbirds Stourbridge, England at Town Hall
♪ Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (Yardbirds) Soundcloud

2010 20 July On This Day Jimmy Page interview for Guitar Aficionado Magazine

  • 1966 The Yardbirds-Stourbridge, England at Town Hall
  • 1967 The Yardbirds - Denver, CO at Lakeside Amusement Park
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Warrensville Heights, OH at MusiCarnival
  • 1973 Led Zeppelin - Boston, MA at Boston Garden
  • 1977 Led Zeppelin - Tempe, AZ at A.S.U. Activities Center Arena
  • 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Dublin,Ireland at The Point Theatre
  • 2010 Guitar Afficionado Magazine interview with Brad Tolinski

1969 Led Zeppelin, Warrensville Heights (Cleveland) at MusiCarnival (Photo K Katzan)
1968:
Jimmy Page and Peter Grant checked out Robert Plant performing with a band called Hobstweedle (a.k.a. Obs-tweedle) at a teachers training college near Birmingham.  Chris Dreja was with Page and Grant.

1973:
The Boston Garden was one of the venues for Led Zeppelin's North American Tour after the release of Houses of the Holy. The crowd was rowdy and Plant's voice was strained. He tried to quiet things down several times but nothing helped so several songs were cut from the setlist and there were no encores.

1977:
"Shambolic" is a word I learned from Jimmy Page, and it is a word that applies to the Tempe show, which also had several songs cut from the setlist.

1977 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin, Tempe, AZ

♪  Full show (Led Zeppelin, Cleveland 1969) YouTube
♪  Over The Hills and Far Away (Led Zeppelin, Boston Garden 1973) YouTube
♪ Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (Led Zeppelin, Tempe 1977) YouTube


♫  Jimmy Page interview in Guitar Aficionado Magazine by Brad Tolinski

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Sunday, July 19, 2015

On This Day 19 July

Bring it...
1998 19 July On This Day Page & Plant at Jones Beach

  • 1967 The Yardbirds-Colorado Springs, CO at Colorado Springs City Auditorium
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Chicago, IL at Kinetic Playgound
  • 1970 Led Zeppelin - Berlin, Germany at Deutschlandhalle
  • 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Dublin, Ireland at The Point Theatre
  • 1998 Page & Plant - Wantagh, NY at Jones Beach Amphitheatre

1998 Ray Gun Magazine interview (L-R: unknown, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Dave Grohl)

1998:
"Michael's ...got a contemporary vision on how to present the drums in a non-hard-rock fashion. The way that he approaches the drums in the studio is different to on stage. Where I'm convinced he's building a small shed."
~ Robert Plant interview by Dave Grohl for Ray Gun Magazine
Michael Lee (1969-2008) was an English drummer who some thought might work out for a reincarnation of Led Zeppelin.  A tall man, Lee used large drum sizes like John Bonham did, and had an aggressive and dynamic drumming style. He once hit himself on his own head with a drumstick during a drum solo at the end of Rock and Roll.

Lee started out with the British band, Little Angels, toured with The Cult and a later version of Thin Lizzy. He drummed for Robert Plant starting with the 1993 album Fate of Nations.  When Page and Plant began their collaboration Lee was hired on to record and tour, and received writing credits on Walking into Clarksdale.

Lee stayed with Jimmy Page for a few additional projects, including Net Aid in October 1999 when Domino was performed for the first time.

Lee died on 24 November 2008 from an epileptic seizure.




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Saturday, July 18, 2015

On This Day 18 July

IN PERSON!
1970 18 July On This Day Led Zeppelin in Frankfurt
♪ Frankfurt Special (SoundCloud)
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - Chicago, IL at Kinetic Playground 
  • 1970 Led Zeppelin - Frankfurt, Germany at Festhalle Frankfurt 
  • 1973 Led Zeppelin - Vancouver, British Columbia at Pacific Coliseum 
  • 1998 Page & Plant - East Rutherford, NJ at Continental Airlines Arena
1970 Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin Frankfurt

1970 review of Led Zeppelin at Frankfurt

1970 Led Zeppelin in Frankfurt

1985 Guitar Pulp Magazine - John Paul Jones, Les Paul, Jimmy Page


♪  No Quarter part 1 (Led Zeppelin Vancouver 1973) YouTube
♪  No Quarter part 2 (Led Zeppelin Vancouver 1973) YouTube
♪  Over The Hills and Far Away (Led Zeppelin Vancouver 1973) YouTube
♪  Since I've Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin Vancouver 1973) YouTube



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Friday, July 17, 2015

On This Day 17 July

Technical difficulties
1977 17 July On This Day Led Zeppelin at Seattle Kingdome
♪  Theremin Solo (Led Zeppelin at the Seattle Kingdome 1977) YouTube

  • 1966 The Yardbirds - Dunbar, Scotland at Victoria Ballroom
  • 1970 Led Zeppelin - Essen, Germany at Grugahalle
  • 1973 Led Zeppelin - Seattle, WA at Seattle Center Coliseum
  • 1977 Led Zeppelin - Seattle, WA at The Kingdome


1977 Led Zeppelin at Seattle Kingdome

1977 Led Zeppelin at Seattle Kingdome
1973:
Robert Plant starts the show by asking for people to cool it with the firecrackers.

1977:
Four years later to the day, Plant is still asking for people to cool it with the firecrackers.  There was also monitor difficulties during the acoustic set, Jimmy Page broke a string, and paramedics were hauling people off for treatment.

2015:
I had technical difficulties of my own, so no additional comments or music On This Day.  Sorry!


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Thursday, July 16, 2015

On This Day 16 July

It's been a long time since he rock and rolled...
1984 16 July On This Day Jimmy Page at Alexis Korner Tribute, Pistoia
♪  Bring It On Home To Me (SoundCloud)

  • 1966 The Yardbirds - Ayr, Scotland at Ayr Ice Rink 
  • 1970 Led Zeppelin - Koln, Germany at Koln Sporthalle 
  • 1984 Jimmy Page - Pistoia, Italy at Pistoia Blues Festival, Alexis Korner Blues Tribute 
  • 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Poole, England at Poole Arts Center 
  • 1998 Page & Plant -  New York, NY at Madison Square Garden 

1984:
Jimmy Page performed at the second Alexis Korner tribute concert.  Read more about Alexis Korner.
1984 Jimmy Page at Pistoria Blues Festival

1998 Jimmy Page at MSG (image capture from video posted by aprl20)




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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Hell's Guitarist

Mage Music Hell's Guitarist 2015 Lif Strand jimmypagemusic.blogspot.com
Hell's Guitarist 2015 Lif Strand
I created the image above with the help of Google's Deep Dream, based on the image below that was posted here at Mage Music two years ago.  The post was called Inner Wolf.

Mage Music: His Inner Wolf 2013 Lif Strand jimmypagemusic.blogspot.com
His Inner Wolf 2013 Lif Strand



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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.

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