a music thread for a break. post away.

A belated Thanksgiving post, courtesy of Arlo Guthrie...

https://youtu.be/zPx2t7xoF1k

Thanks Z!

nice old clip of jimmy page doing what jimmy page does ..



this is Page the the Ronnie Lane ARMS benefit .. it's Chopin's Prelude

now let's see what that violin bow can really do.. the story behind jimmy page using a violin bow is mostly based on the Yardbirds where once Page finally joined (remember, Clapton had recommended Page over Beck but Page had session contracts to fulfill) so Beck got the gig to follow Clapton in the Yardbirds. Later, Page joined at first at bass then quickly the dual guitar dynamic between Beck and Page was born.

here's a clip from the movie "Blow Up"



much as this shows the huge upside of the Yardbirds with both Beck and Page, it didn't happen. this happened ..



this song is in part created with the help of David McCallum's dad, an accomplished violinist.
you may know David McCallum as either Ducky on NCIS or .. this guy bahahahaaa




Illya Nickovitch Kuryakin

as the story goes, Page was friends with McCallum Sr, from his session days and after Beck had supposedly taken a Fender Strat, with a tremolo bar, strung it with piano wire, tuned it to some odd tuning then came out and played some totally monster guitar solo. then Page had to top it, and he couldn't. he mentioned all the things Beck had done to McCallum Sr who first suggested using a violin bow on an electric guitar. the rest is ...

"Dazed and Confused"