| Jimmy Page | Primary Artist, Guitar |
| The Black Crowes | Primary Artist, Track Performer |
| Audley Freed | Guitar |
| Steve Gorman | Drums |
| Chris Robinson | Vocals |
| Rich Robinson | Guitar, Vocals |
| Willie Dixon | Composer |
| Jimmy Page | Composer |
| Robert Plant | Composer |
| John Paul Jones | Composer |
| John Bonham | Composer |
| Peter Green | Composer |
| George Marino | Mastering |
| Kevin Shirley | Producer |
| Joe Newton | Illustrations |
| J. Rodgers | Composer |
I purchased this CD simply to hear Jimmy Page's performance outside of the Led Zeppelin box. I was completely unprepared for the creativity of this collaboration. I found myself almost liking his work on this one even better than some of his work with Zeppelin. He sounds fresh, even on the Zeppelin standards. His playing has often been labeled "sloppy" and Page has admitted that he doesn't consider himself a technical guitarist. But listen to "Oh Well", "Mellow Down Easy", "Shake Your Moneymaker" and "Woke Up This Morning". Sloppy has no home here.
Page's guitar is also a great fit with Chris Robinson's voice, who steps up and delivers on every song. Every few years or so someone makes a ridiculous comment that Page isn't playing guitar anymore or that he can't play, and then he comes out with something that raises the bar. He's due for something new again and we can only wonder where he'll take it this time.
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Posted October 1, 2010
You really have to be pretty amazed at this album. Chris Robinson and Jimmy Page, along with the 'Crows all sound great. Jimmy sounds better than he ever has, the joy seems to come through from him and especially Chris Robinson also. I think Chris really does his best vocal work of his career and Jimmy hasnt sounded this good live, ever. Its revealing to see Jimmy's take on Led Zepplin and this album clearly reveals how different he and Robert Plant are at this point in their careers. Robert seems determined to run from Led Zepplin while Jimmy seems to almost get giddy performing the rarer and much more rocking versions of their tunes. ''In my time of Dying'' sounds excellent as does the ''oh well''. My personal favorite it their version of ''what is and what sound never be''. Chris just flat out sounds great on that tune and really makes it shine. If you like Jimmy Page or the Crows then I cant recommend this album enough. My only complaint(it sounds petty, but trust me, its not at all) is that they did a poor job with the crowd noise interferring with the beginnings of most of the songs. There is woman (or little girl probably) in the audience who is clearly stone drunk, whose lound whines and shouts actually interfere with at least half of the first 20-30 seconds of a lot of the songs. She needs to be strangled or at least dubbed out of the music. Whoever engineered this album should really be scolded for that.
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Posted October 1, 2010
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I'm not sure I can describe how I feel about this CD. I've heard much better. I didn't hate it. I can listen to it. You'd expect more from someone that was in one of the greatest rock band ever. There are a lot better musicians out there working their butts off. I like guitars.
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Editorial Reviews
Barnes & Noble - David Sprague
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