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Page And Plant Information
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'Page and Plant' is the name that Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, both formerly of Led Zeppelin, recorded and toured under in the mid-1990s. 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. (The duo excluded John Paul Jones due to a rumored feud between him and Plant from the mid-80's).
Zeppelin's main songwriters reformed on April 17, 1994 as a part of the Alexis Korner Blues Show at Buxton, England. On August 25 and 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, a were so successful commercially and artistically that the two coordinated a tour that kicked off in February, 1995. The Unplugged perfomance was released as an album in early 1995 as No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded.
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 legendary engineer Steve Albini to record Walking into Clarksdale, an album of entirely new material. This time, the album sold lackluster numbers, and the Page/Plant reunion slowly dissolved, with both members going on to perform with other side projects.
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 - Hurdygurdy
* Joe Sutherland - Mandolin, bodhran
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