On This Day 09 November

Life imitates art

1986 09 November On This Day Jimmy Page with Brian May, Bad News, Iron Maiden  - NSPCC Charity Event,  London at Hammersmith Odeon

• 1966 The Yardbirds - Terre Haute, IN at Indiana State University
• 1968 Led Zeppelin - London at The Roundhouse
• 1986 Jimmy Page with Brian May, Bad News, Iron Maiden  - NSPCC Charity Event,  London at Hammersmith Odeon 
• 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Pittsburgh, PA at Syria Mosque
• 1998 Page & Plant - Rennes, France at Le Liberte Arena 

1986:

Bad News was one of the bands that performed at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) charity concert on this day. A spoof heavy metal band created for the British TV series, 

The Comic Strip Presents.... its members were four professional comedians, Adrian Edmonson, Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall and Peter Richardson who performed as: Vim Fuego aka Alan Metcalfe (vocals and lead guitar); Den Dennis (rhythm guitar); Colin Grigson (bass); and Spider Webb (drums).

The actors performed their own music and "Bad News" put out several albums, most of which were co-produced by Brian May. Their first album, Bad News, included a cover of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.

Note: Images in the video below are not from the NSPCC concert although the audio is.

Vim Fuego: I could play "Stairway To Heaven" when I was 12. Jimmy Page didn't actually write it until he was 22. I think that says quite a lot.

1986 Guitar Duel - "Vim Fuego", Brian May, Jimmy Page

1986 Jimmy Page & Brian May with Iron Maiden & Bad News

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♪ Guitar Duel (Jimmy Page, Brian May, Vim Fuego, 1986) YouTube

On This Day 08 November

It's been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.

... But it's coming.  I know it is.

1994 08 November On This Day Page & Plant on Jools Holland

• 1966 The Yardbirds Dick Clark Caravan of Stars tour - Davenport, IA at RKO Orpheum Theatre  
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - San Francisco, CA at Winterland Ballroom (day 3)
• 1971 Led Zeppelin - Untitled (IV) Album released
• 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Largo, MD at Capital Centre
• 1994 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Later with Jools Holland, London, England at Rutland Studios 

1971 Led Zeppelin IV released

1971:

• Black Dog
• Rock And Roll
• The Battle Of Evermore
• Stairway To Heaven
• Misty Mountain Hop
• Four Sticks
• Going To California
• When The Levee Breaks

1994:

• Gallows Pole
• Wonderful One
• Four Sticks

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♪  When the Levee Breaks (Led Zeppelin, 1971) YouTube
♪  Gallows Pole (Page & Plant, Jools Holland 1994) YouTube
♫  5 Things We Learned (Rolling Stone, on Jimmy Page SiriusXM's 'Town Hall' 07 November 2014) 

On This Day 07 November

Just add one part Jimmy to any recipe to save the dish

2001 07 November On This Day, Jimmy Page with Durst & Scantlin at MTV Awards, Germany

• 1966 The Yardbirds Dick Clark Caravan of Stars tour - Chanute, KS at Chanute Auditorium 
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - San Francisco, CA at Winterland Ballroom (day 2)
• 1969 Whole Lotta Love/Living Loving Maid released as single
• 2001 Jimmy Page with Fred Durst & Wes Scantlin - MTV Europe Music Awards, Frankfurt, Germany at Festhalle 

Jimmy Page, Thank You

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♪  Full set (Led Zeppelin, Winterland 07 November 1969) YouTube
♪  Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin, Rough Mix With Vocal 1969/2014) YouTube
♪  Thank You (Jimmy Page with Durst & Scanlin, Frankfurt MTV Awards 2001) YouTube

On This Day 06 November

Don't go - I can't quit you!

1964  06 November - Baby Please Don't Go released

• 1964 Baby Please Don't Go, by Them with Van Morrison feat. Jimmy Page  released
• 1966 The Yardbirds - Bartlesville, OK at Bartlesville Civic Center
• 1966 The Yardbirds - Tulsa, OK at Tulsa Assembly Center Arena
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - San Francisco, CA at Winterland Ballroom (day 1 of 3)
• 1998 Page & Plant -  London, England at Wembley Arena 

1964:

The band Them was a Northern Irish group formed in 1964 with founding member, Van Morrison.  They released a number of songs you've no doubt rocked to over the years, including Gloria and Here Comes the Night.

1969 06 November Led Zeppelin at Winterland

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♪  Baby Please Don't Go (Them with Van Morrison, feat. Jimmy Page guitar 1964) YouTube
♪  I Can't Quit You (Led Zeppelin, Winterland 06 November 1969) YouTube

On This Day 05 November

I burn for the new music

1965 05 November On This Day Les Fleur de Lys release Moondreams, produced by Jimmy Page

• 1966 The Yardbirds Dick Clark Caravan of Stars tour - Kansas City at Memorial Hall
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Kansas City at Kansas City Memorial Hall
• 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Troy, NY at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 
• 1998 Page & Plant - London, England at Wembley Arena
• 2007 Jimmy Page receives "Living Legend" honor at third annual Classic Rock Roll of Fame, London
• 2011 Jimmy Page with Roy Harper at Harper's 70th birthday concert - London, England at Royal Festival Hall  

1605: 

Guy Fawkes was a conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot, a failed assassination attempt against King James meant to install the king's Catholic daughter, Elizabeth, on the throne.  Guy Fawkes was in charge of the explosives that would take out the House of Lords.  The plot failed when the conspirators were ratted out in an anonymous letter.  He and the others were condemned to be hanged, drawn and quartered, but Fawkes jumped off the scaffold and broke his neck to avoid the agony of the sentence.  The failed Gunpowder Ploth has been commemorated in Britain ever since then, with his effigy burned on a bonfire, usually accompanied by a firework display.

Guy Fawkes mask

The burning of effigies (models of humans) as protest or sacrifice to the gods has been around a long time. Druids' burning of Wicker Man was recorded by Julius Caesar, and today, besides Guy Fawkes, we have the Burning Man Festival in Nevada, Zozobra in Santa Fe, the burning of the Hindu demon king Ravana in India, and others.

2007: 

On this day Jimmy Page received a "Living Legend" honor at third annual Classic Rock Roll of Fame, London

2007 Jimmy Page Classic Rock Roll of Fame, London

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♪  Moonbeams (Les Fleur de Lys, produced by Jimmy Page 1965) YouTube
♪  Full set (Led Zeppelin, Kansas City 1969) YouTube
♪  This Same Old Rock (Jimmy Page with Roy Harper, London 2011) YouTube

On This Day 04 November

Can't wait for the launch party for JP's next album.

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

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)

NaNoWriMo 2015... for the whole month.

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♪  Full set/part 1 (Jimmy Page, Syracuse 1988) YouTube
♪  Full set/part 2 (Jimmy Page, Syracuse 1988) YouTube 

 (Note: The date given in the video title is incorrect. Outrider was in Europe by 22 November) 

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 New Arena

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

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 an original 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.  I thought I was too busy to do it this year, but I changed my mind. I decided I had to because if I keep it up, one of these years the end result will get picked up by a publisher.

Meanwhile, I'm not quite as busy as I thought, because I'm going to sacrifice this blog for one month. I won't stop posting the On This Day, but I'm not going to do the usual few hours of research that I usually put into each post.

Wish me luck! Buy the book!

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♪  Wasting My Time (Jimmy Page, Outrider 1988) SoundCloud
♪  Full set (Page & Plant Manchester 1998) YouTube
♫  Jimmy Page interviewed by Jeff Koons 2014