New York 7-29-73 (Mike Quashie backstage)

[sam_webmaster]

Rare backstage photo from Mike Quashie, the fire dancer who appeared onstage at MSG, 7-29-73.

[ledzepfilm]

Good stuff Sam

[LedZep342]

Cool, yesterday there was a pic of Jimmy backstage with Eddie Kramer who I believe recorded all the MSG shows in 73'.

[Strider]

Too bad they didn't have Mike the Fire Dancer for the whole tour...and why didn't they include the 7-29-73 footage in TSRTS?

[ledzepfilm]

They did. But not alot of it. Look at Black Dog, at the last line of the second verse before the ah, ah part. All up to the shot with Page with the red Paul (which is from the 1st night actually) is from the 29th. There are bits used in:

Rock and Roll

Celebration Day (maybe)

Black Dog

Over the Hills (most probably)

Misty Mountain Hop

SIBLY

No Quarter

TSRTS

Dazed

Heartbreaker

WLL

The Ocean

[MadScreamingGallery]

Rare backstage photo from Mike Quashie, the fire dancer who appeared onstage at MSG, 7-29-73.

Sam, thanks so much for sharing these rare photos of Mike Quashie. He was a NYC institution to so many of us who grew up with and danced to his music, knew of his friendship with Hendrix, saw him onstage with Zep and the Dolls, and met him later when he still lived in the Village and was frequenting Max's and other clubs in the area. Jimmy is one of the musicians who, in recent years, is said to have contributed a guitar for a fund-raiser held for Mike.

[ledzepfilm]

That second shot is actually a clip from the credits of the LZ DVD. You can see him hitting the gong.

[Stargroves Tangie]

I noticed in Mr. Quashie's pic that Jimmy is wearing the jacket with the silver lapels & fringe (my favorite Jimmy outfit) and I have always wondered why in the TSRTS movie for Rock And Roll and Black Dog he is wearing that jacket and then a different one for the other songs. Well finally now I think I might know why- was it because he only wore it on the 29th, and the only footage from that show used was those 2 songs? Was their performance on the 29th not as good as the 2 previous nights?

[ledzepfilm]

No, he used it on the opening 3 songs on all 3 nights.

It wasn't the best show of the trio of shows. He likely switches while Robert delivers a plantation.

Here is a list of the songs we have footage of from them:

27th

Whole show (clips, not complete)

28th

Whole show minus Heartbreaker (clips, not complete)

29th

Missing Rain Song, Moby Dick, Stairway, and Thank You (clips, not complete)

[Stargroves Tangie]

No, he used it on the opening 3 songs on all 3 nights.

It wasn't the best show of the trio of shows. He likely switches while Robert delivers a plantation.

Here is a list of the songs we have footage of from them:

27th

Whole show (clips, not complete)

28th

Whole show minus Heartbreaker (clips, not complete)

29th

Missing Rain Song, Moby Dick, Stairway, and Thank You (clips, not complete)

And that would explain why he's also wearing it during Celebration Day on the remastered TSRTS DVD.

Thanks for the info!

[ledzepfilm]

Anytime

[ledzepfilm]

Does anyone know where to find the full clip of Mike onstage dancing around the gong, I've seen the snippet on the credits for the LZDVD, but someone here told me there is a longer clip of him onstage.

[aen27]

I noticed in Mr. Quashie's pic that Jimmy is wearing the jacket with the silver lapels & fringe (my favorite Jimmy outfit) and I have always wondered why in the TSRTS movie for Rock And Roll and Black Dog he is wearing that jacket and then a different one for the other songs. Well finally now I think I might know why- was it because he only wore it on the 29th, and the only footage from that show used was those 2 songs? Was their performance on the 29th not as good as the 2 previous nights?

It's my favorite of Jimmy's stage costumes too, Stargroves.