2014 NY Times Interview with Jimmy Page

Thanks for the link!

The first of many Jimmy Page videos from the project I’m working on just got uploaded to Dime. A 1988 show from Nassau Coliseum.

Q. After being ensconced in the studio for three years, do you now feel a need, a hankering, to play live?

A. Absolutely, absolutely. I definitely want to play live. Because, you know, I’ve still got a twinkle in my eye. I can still play. So, yeah, I’ll just get myself into musical shape, just concentrating on the guitar.

Q. So when you go out, would it be as Led Zeppelin?

A. I was told last year that Robert Plant said he is doing nothing in 2014, and what do the other two guys think? Well, he knows what the other guys think. Everyone would love to play more concerts for the band. He’s just playing games, and I’m fed up with it, to be honest with you. I don’t sing, so I can’t do much about it. It just looks so unlikely, doesn’t it?

Q. But over the years you’ve done other things, like with the Black Crowes or Paul Rodgers. So there are a lot of different formats in which I can imagine your playing live.

A. I can, too. I’m not devoid of ideas. So let’s hope that some time in the next year, I’m seen to be playing out there. Because that’s the only thing that’s been missing. But you have to do what you have to do, and I had to do this.

steecoe: Cool. I saw the Outrider tour at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. It’d be cool to find that one on DVD…

I have this on VHS, probably 2nd gen. I don’t know if there’s a DVD of it floating around.

I have my D6 audio, which would make for an awesome project.

mrmojohalen: Any chance of a future dropbox or wetransfer posting ?

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Sure – I can dropbox it. Give me a day or two. And if I don’t come back and post a link, remind me.