Legendary Rock Star, 79, Thrills Fans With Rare Throwback Pic on Anniversary of Iconic Performance
While Jimmy Page is known to fans the world over as the iconic and influential guitarist for Led Zeppelin, he’s joined forces with countless other famous musicians since kicking off his career as a highly sought-after session musician in the ’60s — and fans are loving a recent throwback photo commemorating one of his most beloved musical collaborations.
Page, 79, took to Instagram this week to share a photo of himself onstage alongside Chris Robinson and Sven Pipien of The Black Crowes, writing, “On this day in 2011, I went to see @theblackcrowes ‘Farewell To England’ tour.”
“This was the last night of the tour at Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London and The Black Crowes asked me to jam on ‘Shake Your Money Maker’ as an encore,” he continued, adding, “I just couldn’t say no, but felt really sad when I was told that this was said to be the last shows of such a brilliant band.”
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Of course, as fans know, The Black Crowes (who toured with Page a decade prior to the Shepherd’s Bush Empire show) didn’t actually stop touring for good directly afterwards; though they broke up in 2015, they’ve since reunited (though the only original members left are Chris and Rich Robinson). Still, Page’s followers loved getting a glimpse at the unforgettable music moment.
“Awesome shot.You were amazing as usual!” one person gushed, as a second noted, “The Black Crowes were fortunate to have you grace their presence.”
“Jimmy is forever in my heart,” another commenter declared, with someone else calling Page “the greatest guitarist ever and a mesmerizing musical genius.”
In an interview on SiriusXM’s Classic Rewind channel earlier this year, Page reflected on the experience of recording the concerts he played with The Black Crowes at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles in 1999 — released in 2000 as the now-classic concert album Live at the Greek — praising the band for their treatment of one Led Zeppelin tune in particular.
“‘Ten Years Gone’ was a song that I wrote for Led Zeppelin, and it’s on the Physical Graffiti album,” he said. “And it was something I’d worked on at home. It had all this sort of guitar orchestration on it, but I’d never heard it like that apart from on record.”
As Page explained, “in the days of Zeppelin, I’d try and do as much as I could just with the one guitar” while recording in the studio. Playing with The Black Crowes, “suddenly, I heard all these harmonies going on.”
“It was like I’d died and gone to heaven. And I mean it, for sure. It was a really emotional moment,” he continued, adding that Robinson sang the tune “beautifully with so much emotion.”
“Everyone knew everything absolutely,” he recalled. “Everything was absolutely one hundred percent.”