08/05/2026
Last Tuesday, I went to the near Nettlebed. My daughter had alerted me to the fact that was commencing a 30-date tour, the first date being at the Crooked Billet.
Fortunately we had some time to catch up before the show.
Albert was always an unusually gifted guitarist. We may have been in our teens when we met at the legendary Gioconda Cafe, a musicians’ hangout in Soho.
He had toured with Chris Farlowe and recorded his guitar on Stormy Monday Blues with Chris singing under the pseudonym Little Joe Cook. Albert’s beautiful fluid playing was sheer class. When I decided to bail out from the touring band Neil Christian & the Crusaders to go to art college, it was Albert who was recruited to take my place.
Bringing things up to date, Albert and his band kicked off their set and I was transfixed with the repertoire and the choice of material. It truly was a masterclass. Albert was playing his guitar and also singing across an eclectic set. When he played his iconic composition Country Boy, the exquisite, inventive playing was riveting. The audience rose to give a well-deserved standing ovation. He then carried on, now playing piano accompanying his voice, then switched back to the guitar as he sang the Johnny Burnette Rock and Roll Trio’s Tear It Up.
Albert Lee: good luck with the rest of your tour and many more well-deserved ovations.
Best wishes,
Jimmy Page
📸 , final photo A. N. Other
11/04/2026
On this day in 2010, I saw Bad Company at Wembley and I went with original drummer Simon Kirk and guitarist Mick Ralphs. It was really good to hear those guys going through their paces and Paul Rodgers Official performance was high class. He hasn't lost his magic.
📸 © Ross Halfin Photography , 2010
08/04/2026
On this day in 2004, I visited Cairo in Egypt 🇪🇬
On the centenary of Aleister Crowley's channelling 'The Book of the Law', I revisited the Egyptian Museum of Cairo to see the 'Stele of Revealing'; the conduit to that event. I was curious to see how many people might attend the museum and indeed there was a small gathering of Thelemites.
Between the first and second leg of the Led Zeppelin 1977 tour I visited and spent time in Egypt.
02/04/2026
On this day, 50 years ago, in 1976, Led Zeppelin released their seventh studio album, the pivotal Presence, in the United Kingdom.
30/03/2026
On this day in 1968, The Yardbirds played the Anderson Theater in New York 🇺🇸 and Epic Records hoped to record the show.
The remastered audio from this performance was released via JimmyPage.com on 5th November 2017, titled Yardbirds '68. JP, Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty said in a joint statement: "we thought this might be lost forever, but we’ve rediscovered it, re-mixed it. It’s of great historical importance. We’re delighted to see the release."
Have you got your copy of Yardbirds ‘68?
SETLIST
Train Kept a Rollin'
You're A Better Man Than I / Heart Full of Soul
Dazed and Confused
My Baby
Over, Under, Sideways, Down
Drinking Muddy Water
Shapes of Things
White Summer
I'm a Man
📸 © Elliott Landy, 1968
18/03/2026
Available now, a newly created gig poster hand-signed by Jimmy Page for Teenage Cancer Trust. This limited edition of 100 high-quality screen-printed artworks was designed by Matt Glasby raising funds for young people with cancer across the UK.
👉 https://shop.teenagecancertrust.org/products/jimmy-page-autographed-print
''I was contacted by my daughter Scarlet Page relating to a project that was for the Teenage Cancer Trust. In February 2002, I had played Dazed & Confused at one of the Teenage Cancer nights at the Royal Albert Hall, with Paul Weller topping the bill that evening.
"This project involves signing some posters in aid of the Trust. My daughter came round to my house with the prints in order for me to sign them. When the package was unwrapped, I was totally dazzled by the artwork that had been created by illustrator Matt Glasby.
"I enthusiastically completed the signing for such a worthy and well-respected cause.'' — JP
11/03/2026
On this day in 1971, I played Southampton University with Led Zeppelin
On the 'Back to the Clubs' tour we played the Old Union Refectory in Southampton.
📸 © Barry Plummer, 1971
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