Former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman, along with host Rolly of Japan’s NHK program “Eigo De Shabera Night”, interviewed Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page for an episode of the show, which aired Monday night (February 25). Watch the five-minute segment below.
http://www.youtube.com/v/MdyBlO2UkZY
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World Peace One, a not-for-profit global peace advocacy group whose mission is to bring peace to the world through a 10-year global campaign of concerts, education and government initiatives, has targeted some of the top acts in the world for a series of international concerts to begin May 17.
The event is in discussions with such marquee acts as U2, Madonna, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Lionel Richie, Celine Dion, INXS, Velvet Revolver, Will I. Am, Justin Timberlake, and Timbaland, says WP1 founder Doug Ivanovich.
International artists in discussion, according to Ivanovich, include Reyna Reyna, Brazilian artists Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Ivan Lins, Sergio Mendes and Linox; Jane Zhang and the Trollmates in China, Tarkan in Turkey, and Saer, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Tamara Day for Africa.
Of course, “discussions” is one thing and artists actually taking the stage in the name of WP1 is quite another. Still, WP1 is nothing if not ambitious. “Our mission is ending all war at the end of our 10-year period,” Ivanovich tells Billboard. “Our intent is to foster and generate the largest peoples’ movement, grassroots as well as institutional, in the history of the world.”
Read the full story at Billboard.com.
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003714355
Cleopatra Records has released a two-CD set called “LedBox - The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Tribute” on the Deadline label. This 25-song double CD set contains contributions from many great classic rock artists, including the following:
Eric Bloom (BLUE ÖYSTER CULT)
Brian Robertson (MOTÖRHEAD, THIN LIZZY)
Tony Franklin (THE FIRM)
Doane Perry (JETHRO TULL)
Pat Travers
Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW)
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (THE DOOBIE BROTHERS)
Jack Russell (GREAT WHITE)
Bruce Kulick (KISS)
Manny Charlton (NAZARETH)
Rick Derringer
Steve Lukather (TOTO)
Albert Lee
Dweezil Zappa
Rick Wakeman (YES)
John Wetton (KING CRIMSON)
Geoff Downes (ASIA, YES)
Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE)
Keith Emerson (ELP)
Billy Sherwood
Tony Kaye
Alan White (Yes)
Paul Di’Anno (IRON MAIDEN)
Taime Downe (FASTER PUSSYCAT)
Jani Lane (WARRANT)
Joe Leste (BANG TANGO, BEAUTIFUL CREATURES)
John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, UNION)
Marq Torien (BULLETBOYS)
Kelly Hansen (FOREIGNER)
Bruce Kulick plays guitar on “Dazed and Confused”. Also his brother Bob Kulick plays guitar on this track, along with Jack Russell from Great White on vocals, Tony Franklin from The Firm on bass, and Doane Perry from Jethro Tull on drums. Bob Kulick produced three of the songs on this collection and plays 12-string electric guitar on the song “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You”.
“LedBox - The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Tribute” track listing:
Disc 1:
01. Good Times, Bad Times
02. Houses Of The Holy
03. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
04. When The Levee Breaks
05. Dazed and Confused
06. Whole Lotta Love
07. You Shook Me
08. Immigrant Song
09. Ramble On
10. Rock And Roll
11. D’yer Mak’er
12. Stairway To Heaven
Disc 2:
01. Fool In The Rain
02. Dancing Days
03. Heartbreaker
04. Black Dog
05. All My Love
06. Kashmir
07. Misty Mountain Hop
08. The Ocean
09. Houses Of The Holy
10. The Rover
11. Dancing Days
12. Nobody’s Fault But Mine
13. Stairway To Heaven