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Originally Posted by Sonic dB
yeah in that the early BBC Sessions, he was a lot more focused and playing great. If you check out the unaccompanied live solo "Black Mountain Side", he is very clean and plays technically pretty well....also his solos were tight all around.
My take on Page is that he probably didnt sit around and practice much... unless necessary to pull off a song well in the studio...he used the guitar for its sonic properties and composing was much more interested in what he could get out of it in the studio... that having been said there are some great concert footage later on such as the Knebworth shows where he is absolutely great... and he has been quoted as saying he takes pride in performing live well... the 73 madison sq. shows really hurt his rep cause they were bad and showed up in TSRTS movie.
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Sorry, there is just no excuse for sloppy playing when you do it professionally for gazillions of dollars and have a guitar in your hands for several hours every day. Even when I go a few months without playing, I can usually get back up to speed in a few hours. For someone whose job it is to record and perform live, I don't want to hear about experimenting or writing or all that. You should play well, period. Even if you don't sit down and practice all the time, just the fact that you're always recording or performing must have some improvement effect on your playing. I know, when I was playing in college, I rarely had the time to sit down and learn new difficult stuff or push myself to the next level. But between gigs and rehearsals, even playing the same stuff over and over, I got pretty polished at it. We all know Page CAN play well live, which irritates me even more that he doesn't do it consistently.