[GT182]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

I actually agree. Jimmy was sloppy live, most of that could be attributed to drugs and alcohol. But his studio work was impressive, his arrangements, engineering, and production were fantastic. Worst Led Zeppelin album was "In Through The Out Door". You can hear him struggling now even in the studio, and it's painful to listen to. Heroin is a bitch. But Jimmy made it out of that rabbit hole alive.

Exactly. Page and Plant were skirt chasing, boozing, druggies to the 100th degree. Both are lucky to be around today. But then again, the drugs are what kept them going.

It was said that Plant was into Blues and the songs Zeplin recorded were mainly Blues that Plant wrote [IIRC... not counting the ones they nicked from someone else ], and Page put to Rock. I can't find it but I'd found a video of Page when he was first learning to play the guitar. Skinny little kid he was.

Edit:
Here's an interview with Page in 1963
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8VJXrpmtU

[bob d]

you guys nailed this thread. amazed at the info in this thread. enjoyed it. I meet jimmy page at a concert in Albany where rod stewart was playing. I think the group was jeff beck Ronnie wood on bass. I asked jimmy for a jig on bass. he told me sorry your not in the british tradition. thanks bob.

[Simple Man]

So it can be pretty much agreed on, that Dick Dale was the best of the best!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8

[bob d]

you guys are killing me today. I play lefty. but with the strings upright. lefty's rule. thanks bob.

[GT182]

Originally Posted by Simple Man

So it can be pretty much agreed on, that Dick Dale was the best of the best!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8

All I saw was the blonde. Tho I did hear some good guitar playin in the background.

[blue71ta]

how about some Bonzo, live at Royal Albert Hall, 1970:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_nU_VFvIZs

[GT182]

These are excellent.... Allison Krauss and Robert Plant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acX_2zkA0KA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axhLruo9SqA

There's more with them to watch that are just as good.

Hope yer happy.. now I can't stop listening to them. I've got all of them saved to a thumb drive to play in the car.