Led Zeppelin react to the shock death of Jimi Hendrix in rare footage

By editorial board on June 23, 2021

After Zeppelin discovered Hendrix died, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page had to deal with a roomful of media.

On September 18th, 1970, a light was switched off when Jimi Hendrix tragically passed away—there’ll never be another bulb that comes along to replace him which shines quite as brightly. The whole music community were beside themselves when he passed, even those who weren’t friendly with him like Led Zeppelin, who were stricken with grief. (Faroutmagazine)

“Well, I didn’t know anything about it until half an hour ago, and I’m still stumbling around trying to believe that it happened,” a visibly shocked Robert Plant replies when asked at a press conference for his thoughts on Hendrix’s passing. “It’s a tragedy,” Jimmy Page added.

“That’s been put in people’s minds from media that get through to a lot of people through press, and television, and things like that,” Page mused.

“As soon as one person on the rock scene makes an example out of himself, I think the usual thing from everybody is to attach that to everybody else in the business. Therefore, the whole thing becomes quite warped,” the singer thought-provokingly added.

Page then intervenes, “I’d like to say, what about Judy Garland or Edith Piaf? Or people like that, who are supposed to appeal to the older generation? I’m sure there’s some tie-up there with drugs, isn’t there?” the guitarist chuckled.

Meanwhile the Japanese version of the only single of "Led Zeppelin III" is available for listening, with the song not included on the album "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do", which will be reissued on vinyl next January.

The Japanese version of "Immigrant Song" with "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" is available for listening - for free - in the video below which features the original artwork, which will also be replicated in the case in which it will be presented the upcoming vinyl.

 

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