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  1. Steve Jones may have said October 1969 but nothing for 1966/67.
  2. "Steve Hardstaff could be Liverpool’s original pop artist. A new book spanning more than 30 years of his work designing album sleeves and concert posters for everyone from Led Zeppelin to the Icicle Works is launched today. Cover Versions brings together a collection of classic album sleeves for the first time." Source: http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverp...64375-21981155/ Meg
  3. Those dates can be dismissed. There is a report in Toronto's The Globe and Mail that Jimi Hendrix was in Toronto on both those days. I have doubts Page saw Hendrix in October that year. Meg
  4. Janis Joplin and Led Zeppelin both played at the First Atlanta International Pop Festival, in Gainsville, Georgia on 5th July 1969 and then again at the Texas International Pop Festival at Lewisville, Texas on 31st August 1969. Robert also mentioned Janis Joplin when the band were being inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame in 1995. Meg
  5. Two listed gigs: Tuesday 21st October - Electric factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Friday 24th October - Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio (8pm start) Do we have any proof Jimmy was in New York between those dates? According to this comment here, they were in Cleveland on the night of the 23rd, see http://www.ledzeppelin.com/node/454/1258#comment-1258 Which leaves only the 22nd. One possibility: Was there a launch at the Atlantic Record offices on the 22nd? We know Led Zeppelin II was released in the US on the 22nd. Meg
  6. Apparently the reception there had banquet tables covered in flowers. So there was a formal atmosphere for the night rather than it being a full-blown gig. It was the official launch of the "Hey Joe" single in the UK. See Keith Altham's article, "Wild Jimi Hendrix," in New Musical Express, 14 January 1967. My guess is this: Page may have either turned up late or left early prior to the onstage live appearance of Hendrix. So it's possible he never actually saw Hendrix live. Meg
  7. Alan Clayson's book The Yardbirds, states in the chronology section on page 184 that The Yardbirds returned to London on 9th January 1967. Which means Jimmy Page and the Yardbirds were in London between the 9th and 15th. On the 10th of January the transfer of the group's management was made between Simon Napier-Bell and Peter Grant in London. Meg
  8. From the sources I've seen, there is no mention of Salvation apart from September 10 during that period.
  9. Page has said it was at Salvation. In Shadwick's book there is no further gigs at Salvation by Hendrix after 10th September, which means it is highly unlikely after the Carnegie Hall show. Meg
  10. From Dave Lewis and Simon Pallett's Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, page 39: "Steve Paul's Scene Club, New York. CANCELLED. Billed as "Jimmy Paige [sic] and England's most exciting new group - Lead Zeppelin [sic]". All four of these shows were cancelled when John Bonham went back to England because his son Jason had been taken ill. The gigs were not rescheduled." When Led Zeppelin were in New York they often went to Steve Paul's Scene Club in Manhattan, where Jimi Hendrix also used to jam (including the infamous drunken session with Jim Morrison in March 68). Meg
  11. Most sources I've seen (Dave Lewis' Led Zeppelin: A Celebration, Chris Welch's Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused - The Stories Behind Every Song etc) have listed Robert Plant as the person. Meg
  12. On Hendrix's appearance at the Salvation club on the 10th September, I managed to find a reference to the perfromance that night in Keith Shadwick's biography Jimi Hendrix: Musician, page 198; "... on the 10th, the band appeared once more, this time at The Salvation, in Sheridan Square, Greenwich Village. It was a shambolic event, largely because the management had insisted that the session be used as a veiled audition for a new band, much against Hendrix's wishes. He showed his displeasure by barely involving himself for the whole show, which for the most part resembled an ambling jam session as musician after musician was tried out. This was the final appearance of Gypsy Sun & Rainbows, though it could hardly be termed a concert in the circumstances. No new musicians were drafted into the band as a result of this public exhibition of confusion and chaos within the Hendrix camp." From David Henderson's 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: The Life of Jimi Hendrix, page 312; "[Mike] Jeffrey had booked Jimi into the Salvation Club and was insisting he make the gig. Many of the Gypsys, Suns & Rainbows speculated that the Salvation was Mafia-controlled and balked at playing there. Jeffrey knew that he had to have local support if Electric Lady Studios was to be a reality. The Salvation, on Sheridan Square, was less than two blocks away from the site of the studios." While looking through the Shadwick book I came across another reference on page 91: "The following day [11th January 1967] The Jimi Hendrix Experience played at their reception at the Bag O' Nails, where the combined efforts of [Chas] Chandler and his helpers ensured an enviably large turnout, including key members of British rock's meritocracy - Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, Brian Jones, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and John Lennon. Kevin Ayers, who was in attendance, remembers an air of stunned disbelief: "All the stars were there and I heard serious comments, you know: 'shit', 'Jesus', 'damn' and other words worse than that!"
  13. Hendrix played at Salvation on Wednesday 10th September 1969. He also regularly sat in on jams at The Scene club in New York. On one occassion he jammed with the Jeff Beck Group on a version of "Beck's Bolero" on 17th June 1968. Led Zeppelin were scheduled to play at The Scene club in February 1969 but these were cancelled due to the illness of John's son Jason. Led Zeppelin played at Carnegie Hall on 17th October 1969. The only time Led Zeppelin shared the bill with Jimi Hendrix was at the Santa Clara Pop Festival on 23rd May 1969. I think Jimmy could be right, and I don't think they would have had much time hang around backstage together. Led Zeppelin had to do an evening show at the Kinetic Playground in Chicago on the same day so they would have packed up and left for the airport after their set. Meg
  14. "I wasn't into jazz so much — I preferred things raw." - Jimmy Page, Rolling Stone June 12, 2008.
  15. He has mentioned Django Reinhardt in a number of interviews over the years eg. Steven Rosen's 1977 interview.
  16. I recall there was a rumour circulating in early 1978, during Plant's break from the band, that Page was writing new material with Roy Harper. It was of course flatty denied by Page. I don't remember anything earlier though between 75-77. Meg
  17. Steve, any plans for some book reviews? There has been a spate of new Zeppelin titles recently. I finally picked up this morning Whole Lotta Led: The Illustrated History of the Heaviest Band of All Time by Jon Bream.
  18. It might be possible a guitar tuner and money was taken but if it was a guitar itself I'm sure it would have been more widely known. Apart from the Black Beauty being "lost" during transit in Canada, the only time I recall Page had a guitar nicked was in Australia during his time with the Yardbirds. Meg
  19. Do you have the sources? I don't recall the story. It maybe true. Looks like another night of digging up the newspapers Meg
  20. It was indeed the 23rd. The concert kicked off at 7.45pm. Mick Bonham is rumoured to have played congas during "Whole Lotta Love" but as there is no known bootleg or published photos it would be impossible to confirm. Meg
  21. It's a simple matter of deduction.. "Tiny Dancer" was released in early 1972. I know Elton John and Bernie Taupin were previously interviewed in Circus and Creem magazines (Taupin didn't grant many interviews), so it was just a matter of starting from 1972 onwards and expanding from there. I try to keep an index handy of articles I have so it wasn't too difficult. The same with Classic Rock magazine - they've never published an index so I created my own on my computer for easy searching. Meg
  22. "I was trying to capture the spirit of the time, encapsulated by the woman we met-especially at clothes stores up and down the strip in L.A. They were free spirits, sexy in hip huggers and lacy blouses, and very ethereal, the way they moved. So different from what I'd been used to in England. And they all wanted to sew patches on your jeans." - Bernie Taupin, on "Tiny Dancer" 1972 Creem interview. I've seen on some webpages that the song is explained as referring to Maxine Feibelmann, Bernie Taupin's girlfriend, however Taupin in a later interview denies that he was referring to Maxine. I'd say it's very much open to debate at this stage. I would have to dig deeper to find out more about Coco though. Meg
  23. Steve, have you heard the lyrics to Elton John's song "Tiny Dancer"? "Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band" There was a television special about a decade ago on Elton John and he talked about how he went to LA to get both himself and his band decked out in costumes for their US tour. It's quite possible Elton was referring to Coco. Meg
  24. They did play at the Marquee as "Robert Plant and the Band of Joy" although a residency is somewhat stretching it. They played on February 8th and later on the 23rd, 1968 with Tim Rose as the headline and Aynsley Dunbar's Retaliation second on the bill. Also there were appearances both billed and unbilled (as "guests") at The Speakeasy and of course Middle Earth, which they played there a number of times. Meg
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