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On 11/2/2019 at 8:04 PM, SteveAJones said:
The sound effect itself is a guitar playing an E chord at the 7th fret, picked first and then rubbing the strings at the bridge with the fleshy part of the palm. EVH used the same technique at the beginning of "Atomic Punk" years later.
Thanks, but I know a guitar can make MANY sounds...my only point was I never realized that sound Page made was a dog panting all these years.
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On 11/1/2019 at 4:33 PM, Ram4 said:
36-23-36 are a female's dimensions. 36 inch bust, 29 inch waist, 36 inch hips. Not an AGE!
remember hearing this in 1980 i think, and thought it out of character for Jimmy to say much of anything...EVER. Was so stunned i played it over a few times to be sure it was The Jimma!! He's obviously feeling no pain, u can tell by his tone/voice. I recall the words, Let me take my glasses off so I can see you too--all right....
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I'm embarrassed to admit that I NEVER KNEW/HEARD until I read on youtube that the opening "scratch" sound of Black Dog is actually Jimmy making the guitar sound like a dog panting - duh, me... all this time I felt it was just a tape gimmick of some sort that Zep seemed to put on every record, some more than once.
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1 hour ago, drowan said:
Bishlap: Here is the promotion for the Schaefer Music Festival featuring the upcoming Led Zeppelin concert. Seats were $1.00 or $1.50. What a deal!!! Regards, D. Rowan
worked in a deli before my real job (night loader) and remember putting up these Schaeffer ads... Schaeffer was BY FAR our best seller in the 2 delicatessen's I worked - the boss' son was a Rock fan and our deli would get the ads in advance of the shows being advertised and would run to get us tix while I worked... his father/the owner, never knew!! The bands we saw on the cheap, damn, Hot Tuna, James Gang, Todd Rundgren/Utopia, Dave Mason..... Feelin alright!!
THANKS, drowan
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On 6/24/2019 at 10:39 AM, drowan said:
Here's a little more color on the LZ concert at the Schaefer Music Festival roughly 3 months prior to the 10/17/69 Carnegie Hall concert.
those Schaeffer concerts were so good - great seats inside, or the huge rocks outside and plenty of great shows. 1st time seeing Aerosmith live w/ Ted Nugent /Stranglehold as the opener was a fantastic show. Had tix to Bad Co. but had to start a new job that night loading soda trucks, just my luck, Jimmy Page played a few numbers w/ Bad Co.
Thanks for the reminder.
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53 minutes ago, Autumn Moon said:
Thanks for your reply. Did you attend a concert of the Tommy Bolin band in 1976? I know he played in NY in May/June and later in the fall of 1976.
I did not see Bolin other than w/ DP, unfortunately. Friends and I were very particular w/ our Rock tastes and loved Bolin w/ Zephyr and James Gang. Discovered /heard him on late night FM radio out of Briarcliff Manor, upstate NY. I was in the city, anyway, this station wouldn't play the Bands you heard over and over every fifteen minutes, (Zep, Boston, Grand Funk R.,Stones, etc) and instead were way ahead of the curve w/ bands like Blue Oyster Cult, Nils Lofgren, Montrose, Mahogany Rush and Tommy Bolin. We loved his playing but he hit NY once in 76 I believe and I/we never made it. When he joined Purple and they released, Come Taste The Band, we knew we were gonna see them/him no matter what. So long story short, Loved Bolin's playing, but, never saw him at his best, but saw a damn good show at Radio City. That's my Bolin experience - played well enough, show was good, but we wanted to see him really show his true gift, he did not. Much like the Page heroin years- could be good, could be great, could SUCK!!!
P.S. I remember hearing very little when he died, was something like, Rock guitarist... blah blah, found dead. Then in Creem magazine(maybe) I read the autopsy showed he had a drug store in his system, not surprised. The Guy had it all, Looks, Talent, youth, but that doesn't mean a person is happy.
Peace
RIP Tommy Bolin
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16 hours ago, Autumn Moon said:
Wow- any memories? Was it one of the few US gigs where Tommy & Glenn were ok an played fine?
Jimmy Page & Tommy Bolin always have been my favourite guitarists.
Memories; I was deaf for a week... Tommy was pretty wasted, but got off some good runs when he was able, Glenn Hughes was fine as was the rest of the band - good show, not great, and very Zeppelin-esque in that two great players (Page & Bolin) could make or break a show. Coverdale was strong as always.
Opening act was Nazareth, who were coming off the Love hurts release, they played real well, very well in fact, but maybe 30 minutes, 35 tops.
Traveled to radio city by car in a driving snowstorm, was a great night!! Any night hearing good bands play loud and live is a great night.
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got it, Thanks. The huge speakers around the venue are supplied by the band(s). Thanks again.
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so it's all about the "Hall/room's" PA system?
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Having seen/HEARD Zeppelin twice, I never noticed a huge bank of amplifiers like I did seeing other bands (Skynyrd, Purple, Aerosmith, Sabbath, Foghat Ramones, etc.) yet Zep's loudness was overwhelming. Where did all this electricity/decibels come from? These pictures don't show an AC/DC wall of Marshall's or even a Grateful Dead PA system.
2nd row Deep Purple @Radio City(Tommy Bolin tour) and Lynyrd Skynyrd, also 2nd row, but @Beacon Theater were the 2 shows as loud. Zeppelin @MSG upper upper deck/nose bleeds still had my ears ringing for 5 days, at least, no exaggeration. Any acoustic experts, or Zeppelin sound system afficianado's out there willing to explain?
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SHIT!!! I was a senior in H.S. in the glory days of graduation/June when hardly anyone attended class - ANYWAY, Hearing that Page was being interviewed by Scott Muni (A huge name in NYC Rock radio, but really didn't know shit outside of The Beatles) rushing home to turn on WNEW 102.7 FM and hearing Scottso ask his questions and barely hearing a stoned out Jimmy reply. My friends that heard it and I looked at each other and thought we had heard a most ridiculous interview. I/We rushed home for that?
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On 1/29/2017 at 11:53 AM, Zeppelintine118 said:
Top pic in this group; I swear, Travolta stole that look/suit from Jimmy for Saturday Night Fever... the timeline matches, isn't that around '75 when The Jimma wore that suit and shirt?
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On 5/9/2017 at 7:34 PM, Fredbloggs said:
Does anyone know anything about these shirts or have any pictures of any Band and/or Crew Members wearing these shirts? I think only 8 or 12 were made.....4 for the band and 4 for VIP Swan Song or Crew Members,and each had their names embroidered on one of the sleeves.
I believe Jimmy wore one onstage on the final date of the 1975 USA tour on 27th March at The Forum in Inglewood,Los Angeles.
Here`s a picture of Jimmy`s one from the "Vintage Swag" section of the official website http://www.ledzeppelin.com/photos/memorabilia/vintage-swag?page=2
jeezes, what happened to Plant's feather?
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On 2/9/2019 at 10:29 AM, ScarletMacaw said:
Couple of comments: First, how old are you? At 54 I'm not the same person I was at 44. At 44 I backpacked the Grand Canyon. Now I can walk a mile or two, and I avoid stairs. It's called growing older.
As for Buddy Guy, I saw him perform in 2015 and in 2016 with Jeff Beck. It's time for him to retire. His act now is 50 percent guitar playing and 50 percent shtick. There are a few moments worth listening to and the rest of it is annoying.
as a blues music lover, I have to agree, Buddy is pathetic now, he can still play as fast as anyone, ever, but the material STINKS and the histrionics are embarrassing. The shouting/screaming - ouch!! Glad someone agrees w/ me, finally. BTW, I always loved his stuff w/ Junior Wells.
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Facebook is evil, not to mention unbelievably misguided. The Taliban gets more respect than the public over there at Zuckerberg Land.
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On 3/19/2019 at 5:29 AM, SteveAJones said:
The quick answer is circa Jul/Aug 1990 while touring North America. The boy is Logan Plant. The photographer, Frank Melfi, may have more exact details on file if I don't.
Add Alannah Myles to the long list of women WHO'VE OPENED FOR ROBERT.
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On 12/26/2017 at 10:25 PM, Darth Hoek said:
When I think of Zeppelin I think of a super talented band which happens to get far too crazy when they are on the road but at the end of the day basically created the rock genre. When I think of Kiss I think of Pabst Blue Ribbon, carnies on blow, derivative lyrics, and bad choices...pretty much says it all! When I think of Ace Frehley...I probably should stop here I am getting a bit too mean to the kiss fan out there!
KISS sucked, and I saw them when they were "good" 1975. P.S. Met Ace a few times, he even dated a friend of mine's sis, good guy, great sense of humor.
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On 5/20/2019 at 7:20 PM, SteveZ98 said:
Here's another detailed account of attending a '77 show. This one is from Mike Tremaglio, and friend and the co-author of the stellar "Evenings With Led Zeppelin" book.
cool post, bro.. I turned 18 the week Zep played MSG '77, you brought back great memories. Thanks.
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On 5/6/2019 at 3:25 AM, The Only Way To Fly said:
Hockey stuff will ALWAYS be expensive! I remember when U2 played Chicago a few years ago. This was right after the Hawks won the cup, and there was an official Hawks store near the UC. We stopped in and they had a green hockey sweater with "Bono" on the back retailing for IIRC close to $300!
$3 large for a jersey? dang me. Gotta admit, the Blackhawk jersey is ICONIC, worth every cent.
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3 hours ago, mickey g said:
Oh yeah, man ! Back in the mid-60s, we used to take the Subway in from Jamaica right to the old Cosby's in the old MSG on 50th & 8th. A Ranger jersey like that was an outrageous $6.25, way out of the league for unemployed teenagers like us. They also had Rangers players' sticks for sale, which were also out of our price range. Still, amazing to see all the pro equipment our Ranger heroes used. We would then walk down to Paragon on Broadway & 18th & buy Converse All Stars for $5.99. They were $7.99 - $8.49 out on the Island at the time, so even with the bus 35¢ & subway fare 15¢ each way, we still saved a buck fitty.
an official NHL hockey puck, early 70/'71 $4 and change, Mom, Dad, can I get an allowance raise? I remember getting a pair of Thom Mcan converse (remember those?) bc the regular cons were almost $15 !!!... ok, $14.99. Anyway, I'd take the Woodlawn station or the 241st/white plains rd. EL to manhattan from westchester co. Those were grrrrrreat times to be a kid. Everyone says that about their "time" growing up, but I MEAN IT... j/k Peace my man, thanks for the trip on the memory lane local.
P.S. Clyde Puma's, still my fave style sneaker ever.
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as a NYC kid, going to Cosby's was almost like going to see Zep. It was one of the few shops where you could get AUTHENTIC Knicks/Rangers(that's the original Rangers Hockey club jersey w/ the zep tags) pro teams gear. Expensive as hell they were.
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On 3/5/2019 at 5:21 PM, gibsonfan159 said:
Poster material
WINNER WINNER, Chicken dinner.
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On 3/7/2019 at 4:43 PM, Autumn Moon said:
You can´t see any amp or speaker cabinet in this picture, but they got plenty of them in 1973.
I think you mean JPJ´s mellotron and the keys, clear to see in this picture:
the Offenberg show is the greatest live Rock guitar playing I've ever heard and I've seen many live shows including Allman's w/ Duane, Johnny Winter numerous times, Jeff and Clapton, Mahavishnu, Frampton, Buck Dharma, Jorma, Montrose, etc. Jimmy was so fast, clean, POWERFUL and tasteful on (at least) one night that it remains hardwired to my brain. Not saying Jimmy, or anyone is good, great, better, best overall, that would be impossible, but for one night... wow.
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I can forgive an off song or even two, but Landover is a horror from start to finish. That night and the Cleveland show from the weird category I will never listen to again. My criteria for a bad show are First and foremost, Jimmy not being up to snuff on a particular night. 2nd: Plant is hoarse and Jimmy's playing is weak/average, and last would be Plant is barely audible/croaking throughout most of the show w/ Jimmy playing okay/acceptable. I can love most anything Zep or find something good in every other show other than the aforementioned.
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