40 Years..Where did they go?

[mike 8]

Not at all B...This is one of my favorite Zeppelin songs also, where you have Jimmy's music colliding with Robert's lyrics to reach perfection. It's rare, but somehow they got it right often...This song was one of those occasions.

Ten Years Gone - YouTube

Osaka Japan...The last time Page/Plant played this song together live.

I just finished putting in a 80hr. week, poured a cup,powered up the laptop and listened...I was immediatly taken back..to a simpler time.What a great song. thanks again ZoSo

 

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When it comes to [FONT=Courier New,Courier New][FONT=Courier New,Courier New]EPIC [/FONT][/FONT]Led Zeppelin songs, what good would it be if we didn?t have a little bit of controversy? Today?s song – as well as the next two – all have controversy hanging over them, but as I have stated prior, the versions of this - and the following two songs - are just so good and so superior to their original incarnations that you cannot deny the fact that Zeppelin brought so much more to these tunes than anyone, even the original writers/performers, could possibly do.
So with that said, let?s jump into our version of the Doc Brown DeLorean and go back in time to "Led Zeppelin" – the first album – and a track clocking in at 6:26, the closing track on side one, the labyrinth of Page and his guitar explorations, "Dazed & Confused."
By now, everyone should know the story of Jake Holmes and his album "The Above Ground Sound Of Jake Holmes." Jake had a song on that album titled "Dazed And Confused" and in 1967 he opened a show for The Yardbirds, who were so impressed with the song that they decided to work up their own version, calling it "I?m Confused" and employing a lengthy Page violin bow solo section. One The Yardbirds broke up, Jimmy introduced this to Plant/Jones/Bonham and rewrote the lyrics {or Robert did, but as he was under contract to a different company at the time, he couldn?t be "credited" as writing any songs on "Zep I"} and changed the melody just enough but did restore the original title to "Dazed & Confused."
So… now that we have all of that out of the way, let?s dive into this song and cover the plethora of reasons why it is such an [FONT=Courier New,Courier New][FONT=Courier New,Courier New]EPIC [/FONT][/FONT]Led Zeppelin song.
John Paul?s descending bass riff begins the song and is another in a long line of instantly recognizable riffs in the Zeppelin catalog. When Page enters with harmonics, wah-wah and bent notes behind the nut, the song takes on an eerie disposition and leaves the listener guessing as to what is going to happen next. 2
Over their career Zeppelin made it a habit of taking a song that starts off slowly and then building it up, speeding it up, until it just explodes in a way that was totally unexpected and "Dazed & Confused" is really the start of that process. I know that "Babe, I?m Gonna Leave You" was the second song on the album and thus, appeared before "Dazed," but that song never picks up the steam that "Dazed" does, nor does it rock out as hard or as energetic either.
When Plant enters, his voice is filled with emotion, angst and vengeance. It amazes me that Robert was just past his 20th birthday when this song was recorded; the power and - just as important - the control - he had in his voice, is far beyond his years. It truly was, just as Jimmy Page once said, like another instrument in the band.
[FONT=Arial Unicode MS,Arial Unicode MS][FONT=Arial Unicode MS,Arial Unicode MS]Been dazed and confused
For so long it’s not true
Wanted a woman
Never bargained for you
Lots of people talking
Few of them know
Soul of a woman
Was created below
Yeah…
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[FONT=Arial Unicode MS,Arial Unicode MS][FONT=Arial Unicode MS,Arial Unicode MS]You hurt and abuse
Telling all of your lies
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[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Arial Unicode MS,Arial Unicode MS][FONT=Arial Unicode MS,Arial Unicode MS]Lord, how they hypnotize
Sweet little baby
I don’t know where you been
Gonna love you baby
Here I come again
[/FONT][/FONT]At this point Jimmy kicks in with a monstrous riff before it settles back into the eerie part, but Bonham?s drumming during this section is more varied and more exciting than the first time through as he constantly adds new things and pushes the band forward.
[FONT=Arial Unicode MS,Arial Unicode MS][FONT=Arial Unicode MS,Arial Unicode MS]Every day I work so hard
Bringing home my hard-earned pay
Try to love you baby
But you push me away
Don’t know where you’re goin’
Only know just where you been
Sweet little baby
I want you again
[/FONT][/FONT]More of the monstrous Page riff and then we get something new; another rather menacing section where Plant adds several "Ah" vocal bits in, basically a call and response between him and Jimmy?s guitar. This is the first track to feature Jimmy playing the violin bow on his guitar in the studio on a Led Zeppelin song and would prove to be one of the legendary Page trademarks throughout his career.
During this entire call and response - bowed guitar section, the interplay between Jonsey and Bonham is fantastic, proving even in the very earliest of Zeppelin?s days, these two had forged an extremely tight musical bond. 4
After several moments of this segment, everything just erupts as Jimmy takes off on a rapid-fire solo with Bonham the driving force behind him. Beginning at the 4:57 mark Bonham just dominates the song until at 5:02 Jimmy takes over with that tremendous riff again as John Paul echoes him on the bass. Bonham kicks back in at 5:06 and joins the riff section before they once again settle into the groove with Jimmy?s overdubbed guitars and again, Bonham is simply amazing throughout this section which eventually leads us back to Plant.
[FONT=Arial Unicode MS,Arial Unicode MS][FONT=Arial Unicode MS,Arial Unicode MS]Been dazed and confused
For so long it’s not true
Wanted a woman
Never bargained for you
Take it easy baby
Let them say what they will
Will your tongue wag so much
When I send you the bill?
[/FONT][/FONT]Then we get the huge climax as Robert gives us several "Oh" moments as Page stabs at his guitar and plays some vicious licks in the process, Bonham keeps building and building until everything comes to a sudden halt as Jimmy?s guitar rings out and the song fades into the night.
Six minutes and twenty-six seconds of pure Led Zeppelin bliss. Jake Holmes may have come up with the initial seed for this song, but it was Led Zeppelin who took those seeds and produced a beautiful rose. It was an amazing statement on their debut album and over the course of their career; this was one of the songs that defined the band.
They played this live on every tour from the very beginning until the first two weeks of the 1975 tour, when it was dropped because Page had injured a finger and he couldn?t properly play this piece. Once the digit was healed, the song 5
returned to the set on 3 February in the fabled Madison Square Garden in New York City.
From 1977 on, they dropped "Dazed" from the set, but Page still employed the violin bow solo. To describe the many different versions that "Dazed" took on in the live settings would be an impossible task. Plant would often add lyrics from other songs like "Woodstock" or "San Francisco" and Page/Bonham/Jones would get into jams, sometimes very lengthy jams, that would produce riffs and ideas that later became "The Crunge" and "Walter?s Walk."
"Dazed And Confused" was an [FONT=Courier New,Courier New][FONT=Courier New,Courier New]EPIC [/FONT][/FONT]in every sense of the word and on the stage it grew to length?s that would be unimaginable by today?s standards. The version on "The Song Remains The Same" soundtrack was 26:53 and that?s not even close to being the longest version they played.
And whilst I can certainly appreciate the great jams that grew out of this song, and as a guitarist can most definitely understand the desire to get lost in the music and let it take you to destinations unknown… I stand adamantly by my statement that the live versions of this were just too damn long.
To give an example of where I am coming from in my view of this song on the live stage, let me just say that I am a huge fan of Randy Rhoads. Now I know there may be some Zeppelin fans that aren?t fans of Randy but that would probably be because they just don?t care for Ozzy. Nevertheless, Randy was a phenomenal talent and a truly wonderful guitarist. In Ozzy?s live show Randy would take a solo during "Suicide Solution" and that solo would cover a [FONT=Courier New,Courier New][FONT=Courier New,Courier New]LOT [/FONT][/FONT]of ground… from rock, to metal, to melodic and beautiful, to outright shredding at the end and he would do all of this in under three minutes… typically it was just over two minutes.
The point being, Randy - and Ozzy - understood that playing actual [FONT=Courier New,Courier New][FONT=Courier New,Courier New]SONGS [/FONT][/FONT]was more important than showing off as soloist, and this is why they did things the way they did; the important part was the band and playing the songs on their albums.
And when I look through the massive Zeppelin catalog and see how many songs were never played live, or how many songs 6
were played live only for one tour or less, it just pains me to see these overly long pieces when so many other great songs could have been played instead.
I also know the argument that some will make about the jams and how could I be against something so spontaneous? And I do get that argument, but I would counter that with this; instead of getting a long jam that would include a small sampling of "Walter?s Walk," wouldn?t you have rather heard a 10 minute version of "Dazed," as well as "Immigrant Song," "When The Levee Breaks," "Walter?s Walk," "Out On The Tiles," "Hey Hey What Can I Do" "Four Sticks" and "The Rover?" How cool would some of their later tours have been with those songs included instead of the near 30 minute versions of "Dazed" or 25+ minute versions of "Moby Dick?"
And those are just a few examples… believe me, there are many other songs they never played live that could have been added in the 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1980 tours as well as the Copenhagen and Knebworth shows in 1979. If I am alone in this thought, then so be it, but I have to believe there are others who would agree.
As mentioned earlier, the violin bow became a Page trademark and Jimmy used it during tours with The Firm when he brought it out for "The Chase." During the Outrider Tour he again used it for "The Chase" and played the entire last section of "Dazed & Confused," from the ripping guitar solo on.
In 2007, when the remaining members reunited with Jason Bonham at the O2, they played a beautiful version of "Dazed…" as Robert said: „There are certain songs that have to be there… and uh, and this is one of them." That version was much shorter than the ones they played in the 1970?s and was much more fitting in my opinion.
My favorite versions of this song live are the very early ones; there was just something magical about seeing Jimmy playing his Dragon Telecaster and keeping this song in the 10-12 minute range. I absolutely love the first version on "BBC Sessions" which was, obviously, the shorter of the two versions, in this case, some 12 minutes shorter than the second version on disc two. 7
One thing that cannot be denied, whether you agree with me or not, is that Led Zeppelin took this song to heights that nobody else could have dreamed of. Watching The Yardbirds on You Tube play this is a bit frustrating; you really miss Plant?s amazing vocal, Jonsey?s impeccable and adventurous bass and Bonham?s thunderous drumming. And in watching them, I really get the sense of just how special and precious Led Zeppelin was.
Don?t take that wrong, it?s not like I?ve never fully appreciated Zeppelin, rather, I just became so accustomed to hearing their songs played to perfection that seeing another band play one of their songs – even a band with Page in it – just left me wanting more.
The magic that was Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham and Jimmy Page was something that we may never see again. They truly were a special group of musicians who produced some of rock?s most epic moments.
Until the next time

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yd0zTf8DLA"]Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused from Song Remains The Same - YouTube[/ame]
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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQhYipHiT4Q&feature=fvwrel"]Led Zeppelin - Dazed And Confused Part 2 (1973, Madison Square Garden) - YouTube[/ame]

 

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On this day… 19 Dec 1978
I was recording In Through the Out Door at Polar Studios, Stockholm

Midway through the final week at Polar Studios in Stockholm with a few guitar overdubs and the final mixes undertaken, I was now well on the way to completing what would become Led Zeppelin's final studio album, to be titled 'In Through the Out Door' — Robert Plant's title.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzGhK52itBY"]Led Zeppelin - I'm Gonna Crawl - YouTube[/ame]

 

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I’ve been sitting here at my keyboard pondering exactly how to begin writing about this next song. I don’t know if there are enough superlatives in the world to capsulize it and I know that nobody has the patience for me to expound on the many varying versions of said song, as it transformed itself over the years into one of their most impressive live numbers and has thrilled audiences for decades.
Suffice to say that this is a song that, in many minds, spawned the term "Heavy Metal," something that never properly described Zeppelin and a term they detested vehemently, yet it also took them as a group from being a band of great promise to putting them on the proverbial rock & roll map.
It is a song of lust – pure and simple – and it even has an orgasm right smack dab in the middle of it! And with that said, everyone knows the song of which I am referring to. So, whip out your Brown Bomber {"Led Zeppelin II"} and drop the needle on track one, clocking in at just 5:33, the massive and enduring epic, "Whole Lotta Love."
Some say the beginning is Robert coughing… and if that’s the case then Led Zeppelin has to hold the record for most songs with recorded coughing on them. To my ears it sounds like a laugh. Like somebody made a funny face or did something behind the glass of the control room and Robert just couldn’t contain himself. But… what do I know?
I know this much… the next sound you hear is only one of the most famous riffs in rock & roll history. This song came out over 42 years ago and is as famous today as it ever was. Jimmy’s riff is simple to play… but it’s the attitude and the groove that he coaxes out of his guitar that make this simple riff so legendary and timeless.
Allegedly Jimmy played this on his Telecaster, and as a guitarist and one who owns a Tele {Telecaster Plus circa 1991} I like the fact that one of the most renowned songs in rock 2
history was played on a guitar that many associate with country music. There’s great humor in there but it’s also a great testament to just how wonderful and versatile the Tele is as a guitar.
Soon after Jimmy’s riff, doubled by John Paul’s bass, which really adds a tremendous amount of thickness to the overall sound and gives this riff an added oomph, Robert enters the picture.

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You need coolin’
Baby I’m not foolin’
I’m gonna send ya
Back to schoolin’
Way down inside
Honey you need it
I’m gonna give you my love
I’m gonna give you my love

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On the second "my" Bonzo joins in and his drums sound like a lumberjack climbing up a flight of stairs.

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Oh - wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
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Page adds some pick slides down the guitar neck for an added effect and it sounds like this section might also employ the use of backwards echo as well, something Page used a lot of on this particular song. With Bonham’s furious pounding, the song trudges on as Robert uses more sexual innuendo in his lyrical delivery. 3

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You’ve been learnin’
Baby I been learnin’
All them good times
Baby, baby I been ah yearnin’
Way-way down inside
Ah honey you need ah…
I'm gonna give you my love - ah
I'm gonna give you my love - ah
Oh - whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love

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And now we reach the famous middle section. If this were released today, in 2011, it would probably raise a few eyebrows, but coming out in 1969… this had to freak a lot of people out!
Bonzo keeps a steady groove going on the high-hat with the occasional cymbal being used for dramatic effect. It also sounds like he overdubbed drums through this section and they sound distinctly like he’s playing with his bare hands; something he would do in "Moby Dick" quite often.
Then Jimmy brings out all the guns; guitars, the Theremin, echo, as Bonham keeps a steady beat and Robert enters into his orgasmic faze. There is just so much going on in this section that to describe it is nearly impossible. It simply must be heard to be believed. As Eddie Kramer, the engineer on the album said: "The famous Whole Lotta Love mix, where everything is going bananas, is a combination of Jimmy and myself just flying around on a small console twiddling every knob known to man." 4
The result is pure brilliance! I will never forget playing this in my room when I was all of 13 years young; the stereo cranked up, my mother running into my room, a look of absolute horror on her face. She was aghast, but to me, it was musical heaven.
Jimmy’s Theremin gets a good workout here and at the time, none of us – me, or my friends – could figure out what the heck he was doing or using to get those sounds. It wasn’t until "The Song Remains The Same" began its run at the Midnight Movies that we finally learned how he did it, though none of us had a clue as to what that box was!
Bonham plays with the skill of a jazz drummer throughout this entire segment, adding little fills here and there, but never treading on Page or Plant.
Finally we hear Bonham announce his presence with a mighty roar and then Page rips into another of his famous solos. The bass and drums play a start/stop pattern and Page answers with notes flying from the neck of his guitar in a call and response that rivals anything in rock history.
Jimmy’s playing here is so perfect. He emphasizes certain notes; the bent note at 3:14 is superb, as he squeezes every ounce of emotion from them as was humanly possible until he reaches for the high notes at the end of the solo and Robert re-enters.

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You’ve been coolin’
Baby I’ve been droolin’
All the good times
Baby I’ve been misusing
Way-way down inside
I’m gonna give you my love
I’m gonna give you every inch of my love
Gonna give you my love
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Now we reach the section where we get a happy accident. Eddie Kramer has explained that the vocal you hear in the back ground is actually bleeding from a previous take, and since they couldn’t record over it, he just added echo to it and Page loved it and said: "Great! Just leave it!"

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Way down inside
Woman!
You need it
Love…

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As Robert carries "love" out, showing his extreme vocal prowess, Bonzo kicks into that massive drum pattern and Page re-enters with the main riff, the entire final minute plus of the song is basically a jazz-inspired free-form section for the band and Robert to just go off. Bonzo plays some amazing drums throughout the end and Plant’s voice is just deliciously erotic. There’s tons of stereo panning going on until the song quickly fades out leaving you, the listener, looking for a cigarette and a drink.
When the album was released radio stations felt that the middle section was unfit for air-play – imagine that! So they simply went in and created their own edited down version… and what shocks me about this is that they got away with it! Why did Peter Grant not take action? After all, editing a song that they had no copyrights to equates to copyright infringement, yes?
Of course, the song itself is a copyright infringement, lyrically, anyway. Robert "borrows" {ahem} from the Willie Dixon penned version recorded by Muddy Waters and also gets extremely close to Steve Marriott’s version from The Small Faces version titled "You Need Loving." 6
This just gets too confusing after a while so I’ll try to make it simple for anyone reading this; Plant later admitted he "nicked" the lyrics, Zeppelin settled with Dixon out of court and yet, everybody agrees that Zeppelin’s "take" on this song is the be-all/end-all of all the versions. Whew. Now I need a cigarette. And a drink!
In the end, Atlantic Records, Zeppelin’s label, released an edited down version for the American radio stations. The edited versions, sans the orgasmic mid-section, clocked in at 3:10 and was, obviously, a huge hit. In the UK however, Zeppelin refused to cater to the BBC and never released a single in their home country.
Once it found its way into the set-list, which was on the second US tour in April 1969 – some six months before the album was released – it was a staple in every live show from that point on. It’s position in the set-list changed from time to time, sometimes used as a closing number, other times as an encore, and at times as an encore medley with "Black Dog" {1975} and "Rock & Roll" {1977}. In 1979 it was given a new arrangement but on the 1980 Over Europe Tour it was restored to its previous version from the 1973 era.
Over the course of their touring years, there were a plethora of other songs included within "Whole Lotta Love" and it also has a very odd distinction to it; this was the final song that Led Zeppelin played in front of an audience as it was the last song performed on 7 July 1980 in Berlin.
Live versions were typically long and featured Page’s use of the aforementioned Theremin. Even though it looks like an old radio with just an antennae sticking out of it, the sounds Jimmy can coax out of this device are always fascinating.
Many extended jams arose during the performances of this song and this is one I never minded being so lengthy because the ability of the band to take the basic structure of this song and go to places never before imagined, and many times, never again repeated, was continually enthralling.
In 1985, at Live Aid, Page/Plant/Jones reunited with help from Plant’s solo bassist Paul Martinez and both Phil Collins 7
and Tony Thompson on drums and they played the edited down version in front of the world. Sadly, there were no rehearsals with all of the musicians and the Live Aid show, while exciting to see Page/Plant/Jones together again, was an unmitigated disaster for anyone who knew the true power and majesty of Led Zeppelin.
As bad as Live Aid was, just three short years later at Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary party, things were even worse. Jonsey’s keyboards were lost in the television broadcast, rendering "Kashmir" nothing more than a demo-esque version, "Heartbreaker" was just a total failure and "Whole Lotta Love," which was back to its Knebworth-style form, wasn’t much better. Jimmy included a cool riff that had been around since 1979, a riff that he would use on the Outrider Tour, but even that couldn’t save the Atlantic Records show.
In 1993, while on tour in Japan with David Coverdale, on their final date, which was 22 December 1993, Jimmy was using his Theremin routine during "Shake My Tree" as he had on the previous six dates, when the band suddenly kicked into "Whole Lotta Love." Jimmy continued with his Theremin solo as Coverdale shouted out "Keep a coolin’ baby" and eventually Jimmy kicked into the main riff. The result was a totally off the cuff run through of the epic Zeppelin song and Coverdale seemed to love every second of it.
When they reached the section where the vocals are sung Acapella, after Coverdale belted out "looooooooooovvvvvvvveeeee" Jimmy kicked back into "Shake My Tree." Coverdale then said at the conclusion of the song: "Nice one JP. Sneaky bastard!"
Following the song the band left the stage prior to their first encore and when they returned, Coverdale told the crowd that this was a complete surprise to him as well as Jimmy. Despite the shock factor, Coverdale nailed the lyrics perfectly.
Also in 1993 Robert re-recorded this track with Rainer Ptacek, as was mentioned in a previous SOTD. With Rainer playing acoustic slide guitar and Robert playing harmonica and singing in a very raw, emotional manner, this version is one that is a must have for any Zeppelin fan. It is one of their hardest rocking songs taken back to its bluesy roots and the bond 8
between Plant and Ptacek is quite noticeable on the recording. This version clocks in at 3:29 and was only available, as far as I know, as the second track on the "29 Palms" CD single.
Edit: I just did a check on Amazon and I see that they have the Japanese CD single available that contains the following songs: 1: "29 Palms" 2: "21 Years" 3: "Dark Moon" 4: "Whole Lotta Love." They are selling it for less than seven bucks, which is an absolute steal for what you would receive and three of those songs are Robert with Rainer, and again, I must emphasize that you will love hearing Plant with this amazing guitarist.
On the 1995/96 and 1998 Page/Plant tours, "Whole Lotta Love" was once again brought out and this time Jimmy had a new toy; the Gibson Les Paul Gold Top that he first used on the Coverdale/Page project, which had the Transperformance Unit installed, essentially allowing him to store several hundred tunings into the guitar and change the tuning with the switch of a button.
During the Page/Plant versions he would use the Transperformance device to alter tunings and then he would get into his Theremin routine.
When Jimmy toured with The Black Crowes he played this number then as well, still using the Gold, Transperformance Les Paul.
In 2008, at the Olympic Games in Beijing, Jimmy was used in the closing ceremony with female singer Leona Lewis and they performed a version of this as well. Although I’ve never heard of her, apparently she’s famous all over the world. Perhaps I need to venture out more! But… it was good to see Jimmy on a truly national stage playing one of his biggest hits. It was also a bit humorous to me… some 40 years prior the song was too risqué for radio, but now it’s being played at the Olympics!
"Whole Lotta Love" has been a long-time fan favorite and has enjoyed much success and been performed by so many artists I won’t even begin to try and list them all here. But, one notable moment for it outside of Zeppelin was during the 1970’s and 80’s 9
when it was used as the theme song for the British television program "Top Of The Pops."
And lastly, in 2007 at the O2 reunion gig with Jason Bonham, this was of course one of the songs implemented. The performance was one of the evening’s highlights, and the first encore, as Jimmy worked the Theremin for all it was worth and Plant was in top shape vocally, providing some amazing moans and his typical "Ooh-Ooh" bits. He even hinted at the old "Let that boy boogie" section. Jason was outstanding as well, providing some thrilling beats throughout the entire song and particularly during the "middle section."
In the 2009 movie "It Might Get Loud," Jimmy played this song for Jack White and The Edge and the look on their faces was priceless to say the least, especially The Edge, who looked like any typical, star-struck fan in the presence of a legend as big as Jimmy Page.
"Whole Lotta Love" was written nearly 43 years ago and still stands today as one of the most defining hard rock songs of all time. It has been voted as one of the top songs in numerous magazines over the years and my feeling is that it will continue to live on for many years to come. It is a timeless classic and one of the top songs in the Led Zeppelin catalog.
Until the next time, keep a-coolin’…
Jeff

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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQmmM_qwG4k&ob=av2n"]Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love (1997 Promo) - YouTube[/ame]​

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On this day… 20 Dec 1972
I played the Brighton Dome with Led Zeppelin

During the 1972 UK tour, Led Zeppelin played the Birmingham Odeon, local venue to John Bonham and Robert Plant. Unintentionally, John Paul Jones and I arrived very close to the kick off.
Here at Brighton (John Paul Jones' and my own Sussex territory) ironically John Bonham and Robert Plant were to arrive late too.
The Brighton Dome was a really historic theatre venue built in iconic Regency palace style. However, we weren't to play it again as we were banned - John Bonham damaged some ornamental trees as he left in his Aston Martin after the show.
The video footage is from the April of that year and it looks like someone was determined to get to the show early.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkebZOjpgQE"]Southern Electric - Brighton Belle Finale 30th April 1972 - YouTube[/ame]

 

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http://bluesguitarunleashed.com/blues-infused-rock-with-guitar-icon-jimmy-page/#

Jimmy Page's old car for sale...
http://www.coys.co.uk/auction.php?itemID=1028&auctionID=18

Dun think he EVER had a drivers license.

 

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Had a weeks worth of catching up to do here.......great stuff :ZoSo:.

 

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I just finished putting in a 80hr. week, poured a cup,powered up the laptop and listened...I was immediatly taken back..to a simpler time.What a great song. thanks again ZoSo

Mike, Happy you enjoy the thread...Makes it all worth while.

Had a weeks worth of catching up to do here.......great stuff :ZoSo:.

Welcome home SF! We have some great stuff coming our way for the holidays my friend...Enjoy!

 

[RWIGWH]

 

[RWIGWH]

On this day… 22 Dec 2009
<H1>'It Might Get Loud' was released in America

</H1>'Mortals will tremble as guitar gods assemble' — Hollywood Reporter

December 22nd 2009 sees the release of the DVD 'It Might Get Loud' in America. When shooting began in England on my segments, it was said that this was going to be a cinema release and after various festivals it did indeed have some screenings, but was to surface on DVD with a number of extras just in time for Christmas!
One of these extras being an interpretation of an acoustic number 'Embryo 3' that happened to be filmed in a building overlooking the gardens of Buckingham Palace.
Most of the people that spoke to me about the film said they had either seen it on a plane, not checked the extras, or downloaded it off the internet; so it probably wasn't heard that much.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCRKeHTlMRU"]1. Jimmy Page plays Acoustic.mp4 - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODidAgdL40Y"]KASHMIR chords -Jimmy Page, Jack White, & Edge - YouTube[/ame]

This one is my Fav...The TRUE sonic master kind of blowing off The Edge lol...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kujH0ScAi0"]Jimmy Page plays the Theremin - YouTube[/ame]

Check out the look on Jack White's face...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePsHKqbdRfA"]Jimmy Page plays Whole Lotta Love - It might get loud - YouTube[/ame]

 

[BADWIN BING]

Amazing. All three! The first caught my attention most though. I've fooled around with an acoustic. Couldn't get the hang of it.....I give in too easy.

This blew me away. Pure talent!!!

 

[RWIGWH]

I got this for Christmas when it came out a few years ago, and I was glued to the TV for while watching it...Started to piss off my wife who got it for me lol...

 

[rol_man]

Some great info and a good read. Brings back a lot of memories growing up in the 60's and beyond. Some damn good axe players through the decades thanks to the Blues and Rock 'n Roll and folks like Zo.
Not to take away from the thread Zo but have to share this... It was 1990 and we attended a concert in Alpine Valley, Wisconsin. Headliner was Eric Clapton, Surprise guests were Jeff Healy and Robert Cray and Lead-off after opening act was none other than Stevie Ray Vaughn (man, we were livin' high)! It was a Sunday night and the last concert Stevie Ray played as that was night his helicopter went down in the fog with no survivors. God rest his soul and I'll never forget that night... the valley was rockin'!

 

[RWIGWH]

Great story Rol...Thank you for sharing.

Some great info and a good read. Brings back a lot of memories growing up in the 60's and beyond. Some damn good axe players through the decades thanks to the Blues and Rock 'n Roll and folks like Zo.
Not to take away from the thread Zo but have to share this... It was 1990 and we attended a concert in Alpine Valley, Wisconsin. Headliner was Eric Clapton, Surprise guests were Jeff Healy and Robert Cray and Lead-off after opening act was none other than Stevie Ray Vaughn (man, we were livin' high)! It was a Sunday night and the last concert Stevie Ray played as that was night his helicopter went down in the fog with no survivors. God rest his soul and I'll never forget that night... the valley was rockin'!

 

[RWIGWH]

On this day… 23 Dec 1968
It was Led Zeppelin's first journey to the United States

The members of Led Zeppelin enter the United States for their first American Tour, and we stayed at one of my old Yardbird haunts – The Chateau Marmont. I had been used to touring the States with The Yardbirds over the previous two years, but for first timers Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones, it was not going to take long for them to be initiated in to the ways of the US.

 

[RWIGWH]

24 Dec 1966
I travelled to New York for an American tour with The Yardbirds

Twas the night before Christmas in 1966 and I was to leave from England with The Yardbirds to New York to begin a short American and Canadian tour with Keith Relf, Jim McCarty and Chris Dreja on board

 

[BADWIN BING]

Merry Christmas Zo.

 

[RWIGWH]

Thanks B! Merry Christmas, and blessings to you and your family!





25 Dec 2005
I spent Christmas Day in Cambodia

To mark the Christmas morning, I was in the Bell Tower of the Angkor Wat Temple to witness the Christmas sunrise. From the still of the night, the dogs begin to bark, the roosters begin to crow, as the first hint of the dawn light appears. It was Christmas 2005.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x93JadE7MU"]Khmer : Last Christmas - (Khmer Version) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[RWIGWH]

THIS DAY... 26 DEC 1968
I played the first date of the first tour of America with Led Zeppelin

From the 7th September 1968 to today in 1968, the members of Led Zeppelin had toured in Scandinavia, recorded our first album in October (soon to be released in the January of 1969), toured the UK and were now ready to embark on our first American Tour; the Denver Auditorium Arena was the home of the first gig in the US. We were to support the Vanilla Fudge for five dates before going to California.

‘Rock’ Concert Is Real Groovy

By Thomas MacCluskey

Barry Fey did it again- a GREAT rock concert at the Auditorium Arena on Thursday night with the Vanilla Fudge, Spirit and Led Zeppelin in colourful living sound!
And Feyline has nearly solved the sound fidelity problem- even on the main floor with stationary speaker systems on the floor augmenting the group’s systems on the rotating circular stage.
One hitch occurred- tangled cables underneath the bandstand pulled the plug on Fudge and almost melted their entire performance. When repairs were completed, the clock had punched my deadline. Thus, catch the Fudge review in Saturdays Rocky Mountain News.
Spirit-quintessima strong MUSICAL!
Everything especially interesting because of a non-ending, highly varied rhythmic continuum structured by Ed Cassidy, pile-driven by bassist Mark Andrea, girded by conga drummer-vocalist Jay Ferguson, and filigreed by pianist John Locke and guitarist Bandy California.
A UNIQUE dimension added to Spirits performance was an effective use of varied volume levels. The result not only rendered lyrics thankfully distinguishable, but also enabled a greater variety of subtle pitched and percussive sounds to filter through the textured surface of the music.
Spirits performance of “Mechanical World” and “Elijah” were exceptionally groovy. The latter, a jazz-orientated swinger in 3/8 meter featured each of the players. Locke and Cassidy proved to be the most inventive, although Ferguson’s and Andes’ display of hambone performing (rhythmic slapping of the thighs and hands) was enjoyable.
A further dimension especially welcome, was the groups friendliness to the audience and humour.
The concert was cranked off by another heavy, the Led Zeppelin, a British group making its first U.S tour.
Blues oriented (although not a blues band, hyped electric, the full routine in mainstream rock- done powerfully, gustily, unfriendly, inventively and swingingly (by the end of their set)
Singer Robert Plant- a cut above average in style, but no special appeal in sound. Guitarist Jimmy Page, of Yardbirds, fame-exceptionally fine, used a violin bow on the guitar strings in a couple of tunes with resultant interesting, well integrated effects.
Bassist, John Paul Jones- solid, involved, contributing. John Bonham- a very effective group drummer, but uninventive, unsubtle and unclimatic in an uneventful solo.
Thanks, Barry.

 

[RWIGWH]

On this day… 27 Dec 1969
I featured in Melody Maker's Blind Date interview

Read Jimmy's Blind Date reviews...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuSUw9OMtdc"]Merle Travis / Blue Smoke - YouTube[/ame]