The Led Zeppelin guitarist wouldn’t even return calls; The repercussions of the denial were such that he had to speak out
In recent years, Jimmy Page He became quite reclusive when it came to working in music. The 81-year-old guitarist made a rare appearance on the 2023 edition of Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fameplaying in homage to Wray Linkbut it stopped there. Ten years earlier, he had even announced that he would form a new band and perform material from throughout his career, including Led Zeppelin -, which didn’t happen.
It is not surprising, therefore, that the Englishman refused the invitation of another rock icon to participate in his album. It’s about Ozzy Osbournewho tried to convince him to participate Patient number 9 (2022), unsuccessful.
The singer’s idea of Black Saturday was to bring together what is called the “holy trinity” of British guitarists who were part of the iconic group Yardbirds in the 1960s In addition to Page, they formed the group Eric Clapton AND Jeff Beckpassed away in early 2023.
Clapton and Beck accepted the proposal, but the eternal member of Led Zeppelin preferred not to get involved. The revelation was made by Chad Smithdrummer of Spicy red chillies who also participated in the album.
The repercussions of the news were such that Jimmy Page himself, averse to interviews in recent times, had to come out of the shadows to speak in public. Classic rock (go Igor Miranda’s website). At the time he explained why he didn’t agree to collaborate with Madman. Initially, he said:
“There are several things I’m working on. It’s not just one and I don’t even want to give any hints, because if I do that it will spark speculation and I’ll end up being misunderstood.”
Furthermore, when registering the job there were restrictions caused by the covid-19 pandemic. Page isn’t the type who likes to work remotely, so he opted out of the opportunity.
“I’ll never be one of those people who records alone and sends a file to someone online. I got into music to interact, to play together.”
Jimmy Page left Ozzy Osbourne in the void
The thing is, second Ozzy Osbourne, Jimmy Page He didn’t even bother to decline the invitation. The singer said Metal hammer (go Igor Miranda’s website), also in 2022, which the guitarist of Led Zeppelin did not return his calls.
“I don’t even know if he still plays, but I thought it would happen Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck AND Jimmy Page it means having the greatest guitarists on the planet. But I never received a response. Maybe he lost his phone or something!”
The team that participated
Despite the refusal of Jimmy Page, Ozzy Osbourne he had a strong team Patient number 9. Those already mentioned Eric Clapton AND Jeff Beck collaborated with “One of Those Days” and the title track, respectively.
Guitarists also participated Tony Iommi (Black Saturday), Zakk Wylde, Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) AND Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), bass players Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses), Roberto Trujillo (Metallica) AND Chris Chaney (AC/DCformerJane’s addiction) and the late drummer Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), in addition to the above Chad Smith even with chopsticks in hand. Andrea Watts he takes care of the production and also plays guitar, bass, keyboards, piano and drums.
Patient number 9 won the prize Best rock album in the 65th edition of Grammy Awards. The work was promoted with individuals “Rules of Degradation”, “Nothing Feels Right”, “One of Those Days”, “A Thousand Shades” and the title track.
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Source: Terra
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