- Page and Plant
Jimmy Page andRobert Plant , both formerly of Englishrock 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 onMTV Unplugged . Music producerBill 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 theAlexis Korner Memorial Concert atBuxton , England. OnAugust 25 andAugust 26 , they taped performances inLondon ,Wales , andMorocco with Egyptian and Moroccan orchestration of several Led Zeppelin tunes along with four new songs. The performances aired onOctober 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 performingguitar andbanjo ,Najma Akhtar providing backup vocals,Jim Sutherland onmandolin andbodhrán ,Nigel Eaton hurdy gurdy , andEd Shearmur playing Hammond organ with orchestral arrangements. Afterwards, they entered thestudio with engineerSteve 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 theMontreux Jazz Festival .Main staff
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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, bodhranDiscography
Albums
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Сoverdale • Page
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