Jimmy Page with Roy Harper – Elms Lesters Painting Rooms London, November 4th 2010.  Photo copyright Ross Halfin.
Genesis Publications officially launched the Jimmy Page By Jimmy Page book last night at a special reception held at the Elms Lesters Painting Rooms in London.
Jimmy was in attendance amongst a host of guests. Fellow musicians on hand included Ronnie Wood, Bill Wyman, Roy Harper, Mick Ralphs and Luke Morley. I spotted Zep tour manager Richard Cole and soundman Benji Lefevre looking at the array of images from the book that adorned the …

The current issue of the bi –annual US arts magazine Lid (issue 11) has a superb spread of photos from the Genesis Publications Jimmy Page By Jimmy Page book plus an interview with Jimmy conducted by picture researcher Dave Brolan. There’s also insightful comment from Kate Simon and Michael Zagaris, two of the photographers featured in the book.
This issue is available in a limited edition cover image taken from the Jimmy Page By Jimmy Page book –ordering details at
www.lidmagazine.net

Jimmy Page Richfield Coliseum Cleveland USA – April 27th 1977 –Photo Copyright Janet Macoska.  Used by permission of Genesis Publications.
Genesis Publications have announced a two day exhibition of photos from the Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page book.
A selection of images from the book, taken by photographers such as Ross Halfin, Kate Simon, Neal Preston, and Pennie Smith will be on display on November 5th and 6th at Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, 135 Flitcroft Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 8DH.

Photo by Rick Willis
As we move into what will be a couple of very high profile weeks for Robert Plant, It’s a timely moment for me to reflect on the 100 + nights I have spent in the company of Robert Plant on vocals.
It was about a year back when I was researching something for the magazine that I realised I must be approaching 100 occasions of staring up at a Shure SM57 or 58 microphone held by Robert Plant. I’d collated a list about ten years back which I …

 
Gary and I plan to be in attendance at the Robert Plant Band Of Joy shows in Birmingham and London. Here are details of the TBL pre gig meet pubs:
For the Birmingham Symphony Hall gig on Wednesday October 27th
We will be meeting in the The Brasshouse, 44 Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2HP,  from around 5.00 pm. The Brasshouse is minutes away from the venue.

For the London Roundhouse gig on Friday October 29th we will be meeting in the The Enterprise, 2 Haverstock Hill, Camden, London, NW3 2BL. 1 minute walk from Chalk …

Robert Plant’s Band Of Joy European Tour kicks off tonight in Stockholm.  The tour continues  across Europe and the UK in the coming weeks and if you are  attending any of the shows we welcome your  reviews and photos  for use on the TBL site -send to  garyfoy@live.co.uk
The tour dates are as follows
14th October, Annext, Stockholm, Sweden
16th October, Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway
18th October, Edinburgh, Usher Hall
20th October,  Gateshead: The Sage
21st October, Liverpool, The Olympia
23rd October,   AVO SESSION Basel, Festsaal, Basel, Switzerland
24th October, France/Paris– Palais De Sports
26th October, St David’s Hall, …

Robert Plant is interviewed by Mark Radcliffe on the Monday October 11th edition of the Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie show. It airs on BBC Radio Two from 8pm.

This  months issue of Record Collector has  an exclusive two page preview of  the  Genesis Jimmy Page photo memior by Dave Lewis

The first night of Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience kicked off at the Encana Events Centre in Dawsons Creek, British Columbia on the 8th October with an inspiring set list of Zeppelin classic that featured Immigrant Song, Celebration Day, I Can’t Quit You, Your Time is Gonna Come, Babe I’m Gonna Leave You, Dazed And Confused, Lemon Song, Thank You, Moby Dick. Friends, Since I’ve Been Loving You, Black Dog, Ocean, Song Remains the Same, I’m Gonna Crawl, When The Levee Breaks, Stairway To Heaven, Kashmir, Whole Lotta Love and …

Manson’s Guitar Shop has announced that  John Paul Jones  will be appearing at this year’s show which takes place on  Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th October 2010.
Here’s the  info:
The 2010 Mansons Guitar Show is set to be both the biggest and best show yet with a record number of exhibitors confirmed including virtually every great guitar company on the planet. Manufacturers will be bringing their best model examples to exhibit at the prestigious weekend with several UK exclusive launches confirmed. A great mixture of the small independent guitar companies are …

Tomorrow (October 9th) would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday. The events of 30 years ago surrounding his comeback album Double Fantasy and his shocking death in December are intrinsically linked for me with the tragic events going inside the Zep camp this time back in 1980.
I can vividly remember Simon Bates airing the Starting Over single and there was a real optimism about his return to recording. I purchased the album in the Kings Road in November after a visit to the Swan Song offices. That optimism (as with …