.... Lonesome Blues ......

I actually pulled a few swigs of JD with Jimmy, back in the mid 70's, after an L.A. show. And yes, Going To California, is one of the all time great ones. Let's not forget, "Ten Years Gone & Thank You". When I find the time, I'll scan a couple of my Zeppelin concert snaps.

Russ
 
Must admit now thats its my third night alone, it's not so much that I have the blues that I play this music, but I can finally play my own beloved music at a sound level that that I like ..... hehehehe
My wife and I have tatally different tastes in music, and by totally I mean totally this doesn't cause any major disturbances but when the cat is out the mice will dance on the table, and stamp their little feet realy loud....

talking about little feat ... how about 44 Blues .... Rocket in my pocket ....

Back in black ?

In a gadda da vida ....

Get ready ....

Summertime Blues

and .. most of the "old" Who

and many, many others ....
 
Jarvis

Yes, I mean Pagey. Nice guy. A little quiet and introspective after the show. Plant & Bonzo, were the loud talkers. Jimmy, is/was a brilliant guitarist and composer!

Russ




Jarvis said:
"Jimmy" .. as in "page" and "JD" as in "Jack" ?

sounds good to me ...
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I would really dig seeing your concert shots of Led Zeppelin.

A little secret... When I was thirteen the Led Zeppelin II album was released, my brother gave a promotional copy to me. It was the first time I had an album of my own that had blues tunes. Which was a little odd.

It isn't immediately apparent why it was odd. But, what made it so is I am African American. My father was really into Jazz of the 50's and 60's era. Blues wasn't played in my house. So, I didn't realize that Led Zeppelin II was comprised (in part) of really heavy versions of roots blues tunes.

Along comes a buddy (Maynard Peryear) and he sets me straight. He schooled me fast and started to teach me some nice riffs on my guitar. We even worked at the Smithsonian Folk Life festival in the summer of 1970 when Mississippi Delta was the featured folk culture. I met Professor Long Hair and a few others and wish to this day I had photos of who I ran errands for. We were gophers. Maynard was a pretty slick dude and we would run off to get wine for the musicians. The Smithsonian staff weren't able to figure out how the players were getting so loose. 🙂

The funny part came later when some acquaintances told me I was playing white man's music. To which I replied... "it doesn't get any blacker than this. This is the blues."
 
Great story, I never realized how many of the tunes I grew up with were old blues revisited, Crossroads was always a song that I identified with Clapton, of course Robert Johnson was original artist as well as ZZ top "Dust my Broom", Foghat "Sweet Home Chicago", Zeppelin "Traveling Riverside Blues"and many more. If you get the chance to buy/download any of his work you'll find some amazing music, raw Mississippi Delta blues with deep emotion and feelings, great stuff!

Todd
 
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