Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes- LIVE AT THE GREEK

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Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes- LIVE AT THE GREEK- 2CD- 1999/2000-
- Classicberry Ltd./TVT Records- 731455865820- 200 grn
LIVE AT THE GREEK is a double live album by Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes, released by musicmaker.com on 29th February 2000 and reissued by TVT Records on 4th July 2000. In October 1999, Page teamed up with The Black Crowes for a two-night performance of material from the Led Zeppelin catalogue and old blues and rock standards. Contractual problems with their record company prevented The Crowes issuing any of their own songs. The double CD featured a different running order, an extra song, an enhanced QuickTime video and photographs taken during the concert. It started, of course, with a jam. At a Black Crowes gig in London in June 1999 Jimmy Page joined the band for an encore. They played Led Zeppelin’s ''Whole Lotta Love'', and it felt so good that they decided to tour together. The master guitarist gelled nicely with Rich Robinson, and Chris Robinson probably proved that if Zeppelin were ever going to tour without Plant, then he might just be the man for the job. The resulting double live album features landmark Zeppelin songs and blues standards, but, due to contractual obligations, the album wasn't quite what it should have been.
PERSONNEL: Jimmy Page – electric guitar, acoustic guitar; Chris Robinson – vocals; Rich Robinson – guitar, vocals; Audley Freed – guitar; Greg Rzab, Sven Pipien – bass; Steve Gorman – drums; Eddie Harsch – keyboards.
The Black Crowes were dogged with comparisons to The Rolling Stones and The Faces throughout the first decade of their career, so it came as a mild surprise that they teamed with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page in late 1999 for a couple of concerts. Zeppelin had a mystique and majesty about them that The Crowes never attempted to emulate. So, some observers were curious to see how these two approaches worked. Well, it worked very, very well indeed. It shouldn't have come as a surprise that it was a good, comfortable fit since Page always demonstrated a true love of blues and early rock & roll, even on Led Zep's heaviest moments. What may be a surprise, at least to listeners that always dismissed The Black Crowes as revivalist hacks, is how supple and muscular the band sounds on LIVE AT THE GREEK and how powerful vocalist Chris Robinson is. The double-disc album, released originally only through the internet but then through retail on TVT, essentially replicates an entire concert from Page and The Crowes, one of the first before they set out on a full-length American tour in the summer of 2000. They stick to Led Zeppelin classics and old blues and R&B standards. No Crowes songs are here due to contractual reasons. The band left American/Columbia in 1999, and they were not allowed to recut any song they released on the label in the years immediately following their departure. But in a way, that only strengthens the album. By pounding out hard-driving blues-rock and classic Zeppelin tunes, the band is able to stretch out and reveal just what a capable, versatile band they are. The true sign of their abilities is that Page sounds looser and happier here than he has in years. He sounds like he's truly enjoying himself, a quality that is debatable on the Page & Plant records, no matter what their virtues are. LIVE AT THE GREEK isn't a landmark release, and only hardcore Page, Black Crowes, and Zeppelin fans are likely to want this, no matter how vibrant and lucent these faithful interpretations are. But for those fans, they'll be quite pleased with how good, how strong LIVE AT THE GREEK is.
Recorded Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles On 18th And 19th October 1999.
Replica From Original Canadian Edition.
Comes In A Standard Jewel Case With Double Black Tray And Includes Foldout Inlay.
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