Happy Birthday Jimmy Page! : Jimmy Page April 4, 1986 at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, NJ. 12 minute guitar solo of “White Summer” / “Black Mountain Side” / “Midnight Moonlight” playing with his post Led Zeppelin band, "The Firm." : There was a day when it was forbidden to bring cameras into concert venues. Smart phones, digital cameras did not exist. As a long time Jimmy Page fan, when I had an opportunity to see Jimmy live (again), I tossed caution to the wind and hid a very basic Minolta 35mm camera into a sweatshirt that was then tucked into my small backpack. I had 24 shots available on a roll of Kodak Ektachrome ASA 1600 35mm slide film. I don't recall the lens, but it was a cheap setup, shot on film I knew would be grainy in a very dark, shaky environment. I wasn't able to setup the camera anywhere other than on my lap, cradled into and somewhat stabilized by the sweatshirt. I guessed at all the setting, tried to focus on the stage without getting caught before the concert began. : I had a bulb cable release stuck into the side of my chair, the camera never left it's hiding spot in the sweatshirt. So, at key point throughout the concert, I'd try to be as still as possible and then nudge the bulb hoping I captured the moment. A few came through with mood, lots of grain and blur, but I felt they were representative of the experience... and kinda' cool, but then left them. Several slides survived until a couple of decades later I was able to salvage them with a Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED film scanner. : Now on tour with their follow up album, “Mean Business,” Jimmy and the band or even tighter but still need time for some memorable jams and a very long show peppered with bits of Zeppelin material and more jams! The guitar solos were unlike anything I'd ever seen (and I have seen many shows) extraordinary playing. This shot was a slow, intricate moody mix of crazy string bending. When the house lights went up, concert over, everyone was buzzing with the show we had just witnessed, an iconic guitarist captivating 20,000 people with his six stringed virtuosity! Thank you Jimmy! (at East Rutherford, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYh2ZVTuujq/?utm_medium=tumblr