Page and Plant

Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, both formerly of English rock band Led Zeppelin, recorded and toured in the mid-1990s as simply Page and Plant.

History

The initial plans for a reunion were made in 1993, with talk between the two of collaborating proceeding from casual small talk to an invitation to perform on MTV Unplugged. Music producer Bill Curbishley, who had been managing Plant since the 1980s and who assumed management of Page in 1994, was integral in the reuniting of Page and Plant. Curbishley persuaded the previously reluctant Plant to work again with Page.

Led Zeppelin's main songwriters reformed on April 17, 1994 as a part of the Alexis Korner Memorial Concert at Buxton, England. On August 25 and August 26, they taped performances in London, Wales, and Morocco with Egyptian and Moroccan orchestration of several Led Zeppelin tunes along with four new songs. The performances aired on October 12, and were so successful commercially and artistically that the two coordinated a tour which kicked off in February 1995. The Unplugged performance was released as an album in November 1994 as "".

Their tour took them across the world with a lineup including Charlie Jones playing bass and percussion, Michael Lee on drums, Porl Thompson performing guitar and banjo, Najma Akhtar providing backup vocals, Jim Sutherland on mandolin and bodhrán, Nigel Eaton hurdy gurdy, and Ed Shearmur playing Hammond organ with orchestral arrangements. Afterwards, they entered the studio with engineer Steve Albini to record "Walking into Clarksdale", an album of entirely new material. This album was not as commercially successful as "Unledded" had been, and the Page/Plant reunion slowly dissolved, with both members going on to perform with other side projects. They reunited once more in July 2001 for the Montreux Jazz Festival.

Main staff

*Jimmy Page - Acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, producer
*Robert Plant - Vocals, producer
*Charlie Jones - Bass guitar, percussion
*Michael Lee - Drums and percussion
*Ed Shearmur - Orchestral arrangements, organ
*Porl Thompson - Banjo, guitar
*Nigel Eaton - Hurdy gurdy
*Joe Sutherland - Mandolin, bodhran

Discography

Albums

ee also

*Сoverdale • Page