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Very well done!

More than likely drank his money away.

I guess Joe Satriani was busy. Yup. Vegas ....that's the ticket. It's where all rock acts go to die. I'm just wondering if this is a step back or forward for Jason. (in comparison to Foreigner NOT Zep)

Complete and utter rubbish! - That's my opinion. The whole "I read it on the internet" so it must be true. Produce an audio interview or video interview. All I know is that I saw (and) heard this performed live by Jimmy and as far as I'm concerned Jimmy played it on the recording as well. (I've played guitar as well for over 30 yrs) Paul's guitar style is VERY different from Jimmy's. Plus, Jimmy has songwriting credit on the track.

To my ears Heartbreaker is one solo, no breaks. The Stairway to Heaven solo sounds like two parts edited together.

A couple: The First Gig and Newcastle

Not familiar with comments regarding Coverdale and Vai. Never read them anywhere. Vai was a hired gun because Vandenburg had joint problems with his hands and couldn't play the guitar. Vai did all the guitar work on that Whitesnake LP and most of the tracks were written by Coverdale and Vandenburg. If Vai wasn't any good, then he wouldn't have gotten the job. Vai was also on the tour that followed. And Vai is a guitar player and can pretty much play anything. In regards to the reaction to Coverdale/Page, well everyone is entitiled to their own opinion. To me, that lp was Jimmy's best work after Zeppelin. His playing was inspired. I also believe that Page was tired of trying to get Plant to work with him again and joined Coverdale to 1.) work on new music and 2.) get Plant motivated to call him. Thanks for posting the Coverdale interview. It was very insightful!

The band was was on fire during the March 73 Germany shows; Especially Bonzo and Page.

Led Zeppelin is my favorite band by far. But SRV did blow him away.That night the audience agreed.

A saw a show from that tour and his opening act Stevie Ray Vaughn blew him away!

The bass player in the video, Ricky Phillips, played bass on only part of one song from the Coverdale/Page cd (and not Pride and Joy) and was heavily involved in the rehearsals; But a different bass player is on all of the tracks and their short tour of Japan. I'm guessing Phillips played bass on the original recording but a second bassist overdubbed new bass tracks for what reason I do not know but would like to find out why.

I agree.

Looks like 1998.

Jerry Ritz - The New Yardbirds first tour manager.

Yes, It is Denmark. It's from Sonic Boom The Impact of Led Zeppelin Volume 1 by Frank Reddon. I scanned the image and posted it at Royal-Orleans and it looks like it ended up here. (or someone else scanned it and put it here) And Jimmy's shirt looks like the same one he is wearing at the live show 1970 in Tennessee?

.......And the photo was taken September 8, 1968 after their first gig from the pervious day. (Bonzo is at the back left in a purple shirt).

Always been a fan of THE WHO. Quadrophenia is simply a masterpiece. (Much better than Tommy IMHO)

He is playing the solo note for note from the studio track of which many have done. I wish he didn't turn on the wah pedal for the solo. It looks like he was trying to add more brightness to the sound. A treble booster pedal would have done the trick. (Brian May is one such user) He is a good guitar player, staying true to all the studio track notes and sounds. However, playing Zeppelin tracks exactly doesn't provide a complete picture of his skills as a musician, that would require him to play some of his own stuff .

My link

Not very impressed and their film documentary omitted some dirt between Grohl and Smear.

By 1968, when Page recorded Black Mountain Side, he already heard Blackwaterside. And "borrowed".......

IMO Coverdale/Page is Jimmy's best post Zeppelin work. Coverdale had the vocals to sing very low or high but yes, his lyrics haven't matured past the age of 17. The Page/Plant stuff was sluggish (especially Clarksdale) compared to Coverdale/Page. The product of two very different singers.

To me it started with Tony Franklin's playing on the fretless bass. It didn't work for rock and roll. (He seemed to understand that later on when he was part of the trio Blue Murder) Second, Jimmy should have run the show instead of having to bend somewhat to Paul Rodgers. The chemistry, surprisingly, wasn't there. Jimmy was a more of an adlib player (no take was exactly the same)where Paul was very consistent and not prone to adlib. Paul's work with Queen worked much better than with Jimmy. The singer that Jimmy needs is (someone like) Robinson from the Black Crows.

Guitar doesn't have a serial number, that is why no definitive year can be determined and the Les Paul with the spring loaded buttons underneath the scratchplate is Les Paul #2 which he purchased later.