In my recent listing of the AOL Jimmy Page chat on 30th November I said “You are probably aware that Jimmy played as a session guitarist on the very first David Bowie release from 1964, ‘Liza Jane’ by The King Bees.” Of course the more astute among you will have realized that I was trying to trick somebody into persuading Jimmy to correct this information and to confirm which session(s) he really did play on. No, really I was.
Anyone worth their salt knows full well that Jimmy actually played lead guitar on the second ever David Bowie release, ‘I Pity The Fool’, that was issued by Parlophone in March 1965. As lead vocalist for The Manish Boys, David turned in a wonderfully moody performance of this blues classic that was probably a little more successful in commercial terms when released by Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland earlier.
Thanks to Kevin Cann and John ‘Bristol Gas-Head’ Harrison for pointing out what surely must be the most deliberate of mistakes.
From our European Correspondent, Total Blam Blam