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Showing posts with label Jimmy Page. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jimmy Page. Show all posts

Friday, January 31, 2025

Sonny Boy Williamson II • Don't Send Me No Flowers

 



Of the many obscure projects Jimmy Page was associated with prior to Led Zeppelin, one of the most notable was a studio session he recorded live alongside noted keyboardist Brian Auger, and famed bluesman, Sonny Boy Williamson.
The session took place at IBC Studios on January 28, 1965.
Those present at the session included, Jimmy Page on guitar, Brian Auger on organ, Ricky Brown on bass Mickey Waller on drums along with Joe Harriot & Alan Skidmore on saxophone, and Sonny Boy taking up vocal and harmonica.
While doing press for the documentary film "It Might Get Loud" Jimmy Page also recalled the session with Sonny Boy Williamson: "The one that was done live with The Yardbirds
hadn’t come out. It was our manager who called me. I was a studio musician, at the time, and Sonny Boy was living in his flat. Somebody told me once that they went to the house and they heard Sonny Boy plucking a live chicken. I don’t know how true that was. That didn’t happen when I was there. Sonny Boy and myself rehearsed these numbers in the studio, manager’s flat and, by the time we got into the studio a couple days later, Sonny Boy had forgotten all of the arrangements of what we were going to do. It was cool. Good music comes out of that."
(Corbin, Pageia Obscura)
https://www.discogs.com/master/90617-Sonny-Boy-Williamson-2-With-Brian-Auger-The-Trinity-Joe-Harriott-Alan-Skidmore-Jimmy-Page-Dont-Send-

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De los muchos proyectos oscuros con los que Jimmy Page estuvo asociado antes de Led Zeppelin, uno de los más notables fue una sesión de estudio que grabó en directo junto al célebre teclista Brian Auger y el famoso bluesman Sonny Boy Williamson.
La sesión tuvo lugar en los estudios IBC el 28 de enero de 1965.
En la sesión participaron Jimmy Page a la guitarra, Brian Auger al órgano, Ricky Brown al bajo, Mickey Waller a la batería, Joe Harriot y Alan Skidmore al saxofón, y Sonny Boy a la voz y la armónica.
Mientras hacía prensa para el documental "It Might Get Loud", Jimmy Page también recordó la sesión con Sonny Boy Williamson: "La que se hizo en directo con The Yardbirds
no había salido. Fue nuestro manager quien me llamó. Yo era músico de estudio, por aquel entonces, y Sonny Boy vivía en su piso. Alguien me dijo una vez que fueron a la casa y escucharon a Sonny Boy desplumando un pollo vivo. No sé hasta qué punto era cierto. Eso no ocurrió cuando yo estaba allí. Sonny Boy y yo ensayamos estos números en el estudio, y, cuando llegamos al estudio un par de días después, Sonny Boy había olvidado todos los arreglos de lo que íbamos a hacer. Fue genial. De ahí sale buena música".
(Corbin, Pageia Obscura)
https://www.discogs.com/master/90617-Sonny-Boy-Williamson-2-With-Brian-Auger-The-Trinity-Joe-Harriott-Alan-Skidmore-Jimmy-Page-Dont-Send-


Friday, August 30, 2024

Jimmy Page The Definitive Biography

 


Founder of one of the most influential and successful rock bands of all time, legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has nevertheless remained an enigma. In this definitive and comprehensive biography of his life so far, Chris Salewicz draws on his own interviews with Page and those closest around him to unravel the man behind the mystery.


Having sold over 300 million copies worldwide, Led Zeppelin was the biggest band of the ’70s and has been loved by the legions ever since. From his own conversations with Jimmy, the rest of Led Zeppelin, old girlfriends, tour managers and session musicians to name but a few, Salewicz reveals the many trials and tribulations which transformed the middle class boy from the Surrey suburbs into one of rock’s most enigmatic frontmen.


Detailed, thrilling and expertly researched, Salewicz discovers a man who was prepared to die for his art; who justified heroin use so he could harness its narcotic focus whilst making albums, and who overcame numerous death threats during this time. A warrior magician, Salewicz delves into the many skeletons and eccentricities in Page’s closet, contextualising him against a background of London gangsters, deaths, and power struggles which Page has continued to rail against to this day, even within his own band.


As entertaining as it is insightful, and from a writer who experienced first-hand the Led Zeppelin furore, this promises to be as close to a Jimmy Page autobiography as fans can get.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38733730-jimmy-page