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NYC is such a small town it's no surprise there are sightings but the sources (via Twitter) are funny.

Rob Lowe@RobLowe

Just saw Jimmy Page in SoHo. I love New York!#RockAndRollHallOfFame

Laeticia Hallyday@LHallyday

#JimmyPage is in the House !!! Rocking out his Love for our #Johnny... WOW @BeaconTheatre #JHtour

I love that Jimmy is a fan of the Frenchie Elvis. I think he played on one of his records back in the 70s?

I'm sure Ross Halfin (or Madame Hallyday) will have photos up before long as his diary mentioned he is here with JP.

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I guess, Jimmy is getting ready for the premiere on Tuesday.

This may be odd and whether Jimmy will make an appearance. I was listening to Mark Simone's "Everything Saturday Night" radio show on 77 WABC in NYC, yesterday. He plays lot of oldies and does interviews with some of these musicians. Don't think he's much of a Zeppelin fan though. Although, one time he mentioned that he thought, that Led Zeppelin had probably the most devoted fans of just about any artist. Anyway, he had Donovan on his show last night, and he will be doing a show in NYC on the 19th this month. Could be possible, that Jimmy could make an appearance as the last premiere for Celebration Day will be on the 16th in Tokyo. Just a thought.

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Anyway, he had Donovan on his show last night, and he will be doing a show in NYC on the 19th this month. Could be possible, that Jimmy could make an appearance as the last premiere for Celebration Day will be on the 16th in Tokyo. Just a thought.

Jimmy to fly from Tokyo to New York to jam with Donovan? :dont:Will not happen.

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I'm guessing he will be hanging out with Ritchie Sambora, he is tight with him, and perhaps Howard Stern

Are you sure about Howard Stern? He once called Jimmy "The Grand Wizard". I remember Howard talking about Jimmy one time on his show and it may have been one of his cohorts ( I think Gary Delebonte who asked along the lines, of why you've never had him on your show.) It may have been because he referred to him as "The Grand Wizard". Not sure if Jimmy heard this or someone told him this. Probably, the latter. Found this funny. This must have been around 10-15 years ago when I heard this on Stern's program, when it was broadcast out of NYC, before he went to Sirius.

Not sure if this is 100% accurate. It may also have been, someone asking Jimmy what he thought of Howard Stern, and he may have said, that he refers to Jimmy as the grand wizard. It was a while ago, so I'm not certain on all of this, but Howard did refer to Jimmy as such. I know that is pretty accurate, just not the specifics.

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Word on the street is....he was at Joe Walsh show @ The Iridium.

He was. I was sitting about 30 feet from him. The crowd was totally buzzing when he came in (with Ross) before the lights came down. Everyone was hoping he'd play but alas he left after the first set. Not sure if he stuck around for the 2nd show.

Joe Walsh kicked ass - he was amazing and funny as shit. Jimmy looked like he was digging the show. Sometimes it's good to live in NYC!

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He was. I was sitting about 30 feet from him. The crowd was totally buzzing when he came in (with Ross) before the lights came down. Everyone was hoping he'd play but alas he left after the first set. Not sure if he stuck around for the 2nd show.

Joe Walsh kicked ass - he was amazing and funny as shit. Jimmy looked like he was digging the show. Sometimes it's good to live in NYC!

That is awesome, good for you! I was lucky enough to see Les Paul at the Iridium a few times and it's such a tiny place that if Page was there you couldn't have been too far from him!

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That is awesome, good for you! I was lucky enough to see Les Paul at the Iridium a few times and it's such a tiny place that if Page was there you couldn't have been too far from him!

Thanks mstsork. It was fun to see him in person at such close range. Someone's posted a photo from the Iridium's FB page in another thread.

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It was a great show (Joe Walsh is hilarious) and cool to see Jimmy in person!

That's clearly Les's rhythm player, I've never seen a guy change chords more rapidly than him! Was Walsh playing Les Paul stuff, his own stuff, or both?

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The trio did about 5 songs before Walsh came out. They were fantastic.

Then Anton, the drummer from Letterman's band came out and they all played behind Joe. He did about 6 songs. Rocky Mountain Way (opened with that), Life's Been Good to Me (He said, "If I'd known I'd be playing this song for 30 years I would have made it better.") Life in the Fast Lane, Meadows, Funk #49 (which f-ing rocked. Even Jimmy was getting down to that.) I might be missing one or two. I thought he'd do an encore (with a special guest) but no dice.

I got a kick out Lou Pallo who had the music on a stand in front of him while playing with Joe. He was just great. At one point Joe said, "Everybody lead!" and they killed it. Joe had about 6 really beautiful guitars. When he put on the white/cream Gretsch he said, "I just like wearing this one."

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The trio did about 5 songs before Walsh came out. They were fantastic.

Then Anton, the drummer from Letterman's band came out and they all played behind Joe. He did about 6 songs. Rocky Mountain Way (opened with that), Life's Been Good to Me (He said, "If I'd known I'd be playing this song for 30 years I would have made it better.") Life in the Fast Lane, Meadows, Funk #49 (which f-ing rocked. Even Jimmy was getting down to that.) I might be missing one or two. I thought he'd do an encore (with a special guest) but no dice.

I got a kick out Lou Pallo who had the music on a stand in front of him while playing with Joe. He was just great. At one point Joe said, "Everybody lead!" and they killed it. Joe had about 6 really beautiful guitars. When he put on the white/cream Gretsch he said, "I just like wearing this one."

Yes, Lou Pallo! That guy is fantastic, I have to start paying attention to who is playing at the Iridium, it's been off my list since Les passed.

By the way, Ross posted some great pictures of Jimmy and Joe today, made me think of that picture of Jimmy and Joe in the Garden in '75. Also some cool shots of Jimmy at the Armani store...

http://rosshalfin.com/diary/october-2012/diary-october-2012.php

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Monday, October 8th 2012

Jimmy accompanied by Ross Halfin while shopping and then dining at the Shake Shack

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August 19, 2010

Today the Shack, Tomorrow the World

By Alan Richman

Alan Richman hits all four N.Y.C. outposts of the burgeoning Shake Shack empire.

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If there isn't already one near you, there will be soon. Shake Shacks are on the move.

The newest branch, on the Upper East Side, opened two weeks ago, on August 6. Then, suddenly, it was no longer the newest branch. Seven days later I read an announcement that a Shake Shack would be opening in Washington, D.C., early next year. I figured that would bring the total to eight: four in Manhattan, one in Queens at Citi Field, one in Saratoga Springs, one in Miami Beach, and soon one in the nation's capital. I figured wrong. I had missed one. The Battery Park City branch, also scheduled for 2011, had slipped by my Ballistic Burger Early Warning System. I was reminded of War of the Worlds, relentless machines on the move.

I knew I couldn't stop them. I could only review them.

I decided to check out the four branches in Manhattan, knowing that if I wasn't either clever or lucky, I would spend more hours waiting than eating. Concerts, free tickets to Shakespeare in the Park, and Danny Meyer's burgers are what New Yorkers will happily stand in line for these days. Going during off-hours, when nobody is supposed to be eating, seemed to be my most efficient option. Actually, there is no time when nobody is eating at a Shake Shack. I always found lines.

My plan was to order the basics: A single, plain hamburger so I could investigate the quality of the meat. A double (two patties) ShackBurger with its standard toppings of American cheese, lettuce, tomato, and slightly garlicky ShackSauce, the ultimate in Shake Shack offerings. Fries. Vanilla shake. I ended up having a caramel shake at each branch, too, because a friend who joined me at the first location demanded one. I was so perplexed by that first one I couldn't resist ordering another everywhere I went.

I ordered all my burgers rare. (At Shake Shacks, the options are rare, medium, or well-done.) I wanted to experience the heralded Pat LaFrieda proprietary blend ground beef without taking a chance on it being overcooked. My conclusion: The meat, while beefy and dense, isn't particularly flavorful or juicy. It has sufficient fat, but what it does not have—I speak now of the love that dare not speak its name—is blood. We all crave juicy burgers, and blood is what juicy is all about. The LaFrieda blend is simply not bloody enough.

The very soft Shake Shack potato roll comes buttered and grilled. It compresses as you grip it until, finally, it's compacted into near-nothingness. I rather admired the roll because it didn't overwhelm the meat, but one of my friends said it was too soft—she claimed to see her fingerprints squished down into it. The vanilla shake is perfect in flavor, but at three of the four locations it was under-stirred, which meant there was a blob of partially melted frozen custard within a thin, milky liquid. (It reminded me of the milkshake floats I liked as a kid.) The caramel shake turned out to be wrong for so many reasons. The crinkle-cut fries are satisfying in an eating-on-the-boardwalk way, but they don't have a great deal of potato flavor.

Although the four locations I visited had identical menus, they do not look alike. Finally, this: Most hamburger joints, particularly chains, appear to be staffed by surly juvenile offenders on parole, whereas the attitude at every one of the Shake Shacks was astoundingly helpful. I suggest Meyer be named chancellor of the New York City Department of Education.

Upper East Side, Sunday, 3:30 p.m.; two days after the grand opening; 79 people in line, 35-minute wait.

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Shuffling along in line, I read signs in the window attesting to ethical construction, sustainably harvested oak walls, salvaged bowling alley lanes, and friendly teak plantations—to be honest, I never knew teak plantations to be hostile. The newest generation of Shake Shacks are big on consciousness-raising. Here you will find an outdoor seating area in a reclaimed area between buildings, a considerate touch. The patties—one in the single, two in the ShackBurger—came medium-rare, even though ordered rare. The fragile roll had trouble containing the gooey, delicious mess that's a ShackBurger. The fries were okay, although mostly about crunch. The lip-smacking milkshake was undermixed. The caramel shake tasted like the vanilla shake—I was pretty sure the milkshake team had failed to add whatever flavoring agent transforms it into caramel. The brand-new servers also forgot one of my burgers, but they gave me the missing item cheerfully when I went back to complain.

Madison Square Park, Monday, 3:15 p.m.; 9 people in line, 2-minute wait.

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I warned an out-of-town friend going with me that the wait could be up to two hours. Because he didn't understand the mystique of Shake Shack, he replied, "In that case, why don't you just have it delivered?" How commonplace would Shake Shacks be if they stooped to that? Only one goody-goody boast here, that the electricity is wind-powered. This is the finest burger venue in Manhattan, at least during warmer months. It has a perfect outdoor setting: pulverized pebbles underfoot, plane trees, slatted chairs, balloons, kids, dogs. A statue of New York Senator Roscoe Conkling, who died of exposure after walking through the Blizzard of 1888, stands in the park, serving as a warning to those who are thinking of dining outdoors in winter. The burger patties, ordered rare, were between rare and raw. The caramel shake was dark and bitter. The vanilla shake was semi-stirred again. The fries had more potato flavor, maybe because of better spuds. Despite the flaws, this is informal alfresco dining at its best.

Upper West Side, Tuesday, 10:30 p.m.; 8 people in line, 3-minute wait.

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You want a shack, this is it. The tables and benches appear to be government-issue lawn furniture, molded from scrap metal. Downstairs is a small seating area that looks like an underfunded senior center with a donated flat-screen TV. All of the burgers, again ordered rare, came medium-well. They seemed bigger and greasier than the others—this was the first Shake Shack where fat from the meat dripped on my pants. The fries seemed to have been cooked in not-quite-pristine, late-night oil, which enhanced their taste. Both milkshakes were fully mixed and uniformly creamy. The caramel had just the slightest dab of flavoring, which meant it tasted like a weird vanilla shake. I ate outside, on a bench, with artificial turf underfoot. No professions of piety toward society or the environment were in sight. This is a Shake Shack for truckers and motorcycle gangs.

Theater District, Thursday, 4:45 p.m.; 7 people in line, 9-minute wait.

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The blinking, shimmying Shake Shack marquee does everything but play "Give my regards to Danny." Very nice. Inside are more marquee-style bulbs, these in overhead fixtures. The decor is basic, but wood tables and wood benches cheer the place up. A true open kitchen allowed me to observe employees doing very little—this is the slowest Shake Shack of them all, as my too-long wait in line demonstrated. The single burger, ordered rare and cooked perfectly, was wildly salty. The twin patties in the ShackBurger were medium-rare and salty. The fries were fine, the vanilla milkshake again undermixed. The caramel shake had a novel problem—it was only foamy milk, without any discernable frozen custard. Bathrooms require a Joint-Chiefs-of-Staff-style entry-code for access. I promise that you won't figure it out the first time you try. Probably not the second time, either. And getting out of a stall is no cinch.

For Shake Shack locations in New York City and nationwide, visit www.shakeshack.com.

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