When Keith Richards Told Jimmy Page To Add Another Guitarist In Led Zeppelin

[@A_Final_Hit]

It didn't help that Page was in the midst of a major heroin addiction.

[@vicvega3614]

Wasnt Keith on heroin too in 77? Jimmy didnt get clean until early to mid 80s, not sure when Keith stopped

[@A_Final_Hit]

@@vicvega3614 Keef did so much that he's probably still got some in his system today. 🤣

[@vicvega3614]

@@A_Final_Hit Page and Clapton got clean way before that, in fact Clapton got Page into rehab, Clapton, Page, Jeff Beck, and Stevie Winwood were doing a tour in the early 80s called the Britain invasion tour and Page was so high he couldnt play and he was really skinny so Eric got him help.

[@ed52369]

@@vicvega3614 Cleaned up in 78 after his big bust in 77.

[@vicvega3614]

@@ed52369 yes you are right apparently it was cocaine that Keith continued to use until 2006, and he quit cigarettes in 2019, he still has an occasional drink usually vodka and orange soda 🤢 🤮

[@RSidd]

"Never worry Keith. That's why I play a Double-Neck now." - Jimmy Page.

[@lostintime8651]

Wow funny I never liked the rolling Stones.

[@smmusicplus96]

Keith needed another guitar player.

[@CraigMalon-xw9th]

A Billion and six THANK YOUS. Keith is the MOST USELESS guitarist forever

[@edljnehan2811]

​@@CraigMalon-xw9thright, right, you bloody well right

[@jordan3119]

He did. He always had at least one other player who could actually hang. While Keith futzed around with his open tuning riffs the other guy (mick Taylor, Ronnie wood, etc.) would actually handle the “complicated” parts lol

[@mikejohe1920]

Ronnie woods was better than Keith

[@jdfolbre]

Keef is good at coming up with riffs & grooves. Thats it

[@juliemanarin4127]

How anyone doesnt like Zeppelin is beyond me!!

[@robbielux8353]

There are plenty nowadays that don’t like Led Zeppelin or even know them

[@timfool]

Yes, I've said the same about The Beatles until I realized people all don't have the same likes and dislikes as me. Zeppelin stole a lot of their music and I don't find myself fascinated by them like my teen years.

[@robwood1987]

Jealousy is a mf. Lots of the 60’s musicians got bitter that their star was fading as Zeppelin was on the rise.

[@ithought09]

@@robwood1987no it just doesn’t sound good to my ears can appreciate them as musicians though

[@samhain4399]

@@timfool Approximately 10 songs are in contention: Stairway to Heaven (court case won by Zep), Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Dazed and Confused, The Lemon Song, Bring it on Home, Since I've Been Loving You, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, Hats of to Roy Harper, In My Time of Dying and Boogie with Stu. "i don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow" --B.B. King

[@johnbarone8948]

Keith likes Jimmy but doesn't like his band, that's a backhanded compliment from where I come from.

[@dlewtweentorla1210]

Keith had made the comment when hearing Jimmy had a new band and heard a couple of the tracks that were recorded (before the album came out). Richards had stated many times he liked the guys alright in Zep but not the music. Same goes for Pete Townsend, who always ripped on Zep music. Interesting thing is, Page had played on early Who and Stones albums as the producers didn't like the respective bands guitar playing. Add to that, the Who almost lost Entwhistle and Moon who were fed up with the WHo's infighting and almost joined what would become Zeppelin. In each case The Stones and The Who, were two of the biggest bands at the time, both getting knocked off the top of the mountain once Zep hit the scene. More than a few in the business have said the negative comments towards Zep's music was sour grapes and being a bie jelly.

[@johnbarone8948]

@@dlewtweentorla1210 good reply to my comment, I concur.

[@debmccorkle4845]

@@dlewtweentorla1210 Tell us about something Townsend doesn’t rip on.. here’s the thing.. if it weren’t for the low ceiling on that tiny stage the who might never of been so blessed.. Keith could play drums with anyone and it would be a blast.. The destruction of equipment that fed the flames of rock and roll happened quite by accident. On the far other hand Jimmy Page quite strategically evolved rock music and was extremely powerful in the direction of rock shows.. you may be too young to remember when small venues turned into stadium festival seating.. it wasn’t a Neil Pert acoustically perfect setting in the beginning of rock shows.. I saw Bowie on a 12” wooden stage in a new concrete convention center for Diamond Dogs and he hated the sound.. he told us so.. the phenomenon of Loud to reach the nose bleed crowd (multi functional goal) was perfected by 4 sticks.. everyone else listened and followed along..

[@dlewtweentorla1210]

​@@debmccorkle4845 I remember, your knowledge which I agree with completely, is such a breath of fresh air. Very few realize Jimmy's motivation beyond playing , from recording with so many different artists and styles, learning all he could about production and recording, and all at such a young age. Acquiring the knowledge, deciding to put a band together of like minded musicians that's loved music. Cheers !

[@DanChad-er9lh]

Jimmy is by far the best guitarist I’d have learned from

[@marciashiraishi5891]

Nah, Led Zeppelin didn't need anyone else. The four formed a perfect band

[@Bulletisred]

How could you not like Zep at all. They were fantastic

[@rrdream2400]

Personal taste. Frank Zappa was amazing but I can't stand most of his music. Prince was perhaps the most talented musician in the last 100 years and while I like some of his songs, a lot of his stuff I don't like.

[@Bulletisred]

@@rrdream2400 good point 👍

[@gizzy2403]

​@rrdream2400 agreed. For me, when Prince " rocked " I loved him, but when he was more funk & soul, he lost me. Amazingly talented guy, though

[@user-ib2sh3rh6n]

Prime Zeppelin will always be untouchable!

[@JOSPEHSIZIAN]

He plays all over the neck of the guitar. Keeeeef is a modern day maestro.

[@nellymartinez2110]

Jimmy Page chose the best musicians that's why it's the best Led Zeppelin band of all time!!✌️😍

[@user-vl2lz9fk9y]

Not the best... Different.

[@Snookynibbles]

@@user-vl2lz9fk9yYes, they were different…because they were the best.

[@DaveDeFrancesco]

J. P. Jones can play anything anytime 😅😁😜. John Paul JONES could have easily been second guitar as he was also multi talented😮😢😅😂😳🤔😁✌️🎸🎸🤔😳😎

[@SuperBartles]

Good point that. Zep had a certain pride that they could "handle anything between the 4 of us" - but it would have helped if Plant could have played guitar (or keyboard) as well, to ease the load on the other 3. I wouldn't want anyone taking the bass over from JPJ, he was essential working with John Bonham as he did

[@SEKreiver]

Jonesey has said that he had to cover a lot more ground live for songs like ALS.

[@josephandreuccetti3706]

Presence is a great album.

[@wyomingsky]

Don't like Led Zeppelin? Are you on drugs? Oh, sorry. Nevermind.

[@TylerD288]

I love Keith and the Stones, but he was just jealous, imo.

[@michaelleong5351]

Naw- multi tracking/guitar layering was Maestro JP’s specialty. He figured how to play Stairway live via the Gib Double Neck. Amazing.

[@killval849]

Thats an excellent point.

[@juliuskovacs5116]

Presence, one of my favorites

[@hyacinthlynch843]

Page could play two guitar parts because he was a much better guitarist than Richards.

[@BrianOates]

Richard’s can play Robert Johnson songs on an acoustic guitar and they sound great. Keith is and always was a great guitarist, he chooses to play simple riffs because they fit the groove of the song better. Keith is the driving force behind the sound of The Rolling Stones. No working guitarist in competing bands of the time thought he was anything but the sound of the Stones. Great rhythm guitarists that seldom play leads are crucial to keeping a solid groove.

[@alcaeus701]

Led Zeppelin fans think because a guitar riff is more complicated it makes it better, yet the most iconic guitar riffs in rock history are the most simple ones. Focusing on if the music actually sounds good is the actual purpose.

[@tankdiggs8974]

Richard's can do it too. It's a choice you make in the studio. It's not hard to play over your own track. You have to decide. Can I Replicant this live?. If you don't mind if the record and live are different, then go ahead. This isn't about skill.

[@TaRu-on3kj]

I love when fans of a band hate on others because they don't share the same taste

[@pinkled4429]

​@@alcaeus701 you're right. Zeppelin is just better as a band and weren't a washed up band

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

How can you not like Led Zeppelin?

[@langstonanderson6558]

It's easy.

[@vicvega3614]

​@@langstonanderson6558how could anyone who loves rock n roll not like Led Zeppelin?

[@tankdiggs8974]

Biggest rip off artists ever

[@vicvega3614]

@@tankdiggs8974 yea except all the amazing lyrics melodies and complex chords they came up with, Sorry but Zeppelin moved way past simple 12 bar blues

[@tankdiggs8974]

@vicvega3614 theybstill ripped off more bands than anyone else ever. I'm jot saying they werent players. All 4 were top tier but I lose all the respect when I find out. How they they just robbed other artists blind. For multiple hits.

[@briany4263]

Work ethic makes all the difference.

[@mountzod]

Respect to keith but he couldn't hold Jimmy's jockstrap.

[@kelsevmoore]

Keith is good, but he will never be AS GOOD as JIMMY PAGE!!!!!

[@warrenduff1611]

Why would he want to?

[@robbielux8353]

Keith is more of a songwriter than a flashy guitarist which I respect a lot more.

[@nilserikjakobsen6969]

@@robbielux8353 i agree and all this songs and riff itts make him greater than page and everoyone ellse unique in popular music history

[@nilserikjakobsen6969]

@@robbielux8353 and led zeppelin70%hårdrock blues folkmusik 30% soo more respect cllasier music

[@Strive1324L]

That's my favorite Zeppelin song- Achilles last stand.

[@aisle_of_view]

The inspiration for Heart's Barracuda.

[@codyjarrett8274]

IMHO should be every guitarist favorite album

[@davidrice3337]

I'm a guitar player - a pretty good one - and it's not my favorite

[@codyjarrett8274]

I'm a pretty good one myself and that album did something for me bro, sorry you didn't have the same experience and I don't mean covers. I've never played one song off that album and never would.

[@mattbartolovich8228]

What album is that?

[@codyjarrett8274]

@@mattbartolovich8228 Prescence

[@markdalton6662]

Keith Richard's is not one tenth the guitar player that Jimmy page is

[@MountainBlade]

He’s at least as good of a song writer, which is far more important than your ability to do fiddly bits up and down the neck.

[@pinkled4429]

​@@MountainBlade and you've never played guitar

[@Jagshemasher]

@@MountainBlade- not even close. Led Zeppelin’s compositions are way more complex than anything Rolling Stones ever did.

[@MountainBlade]

@@JagshemasherComplexity does not equal quality. Both Paige and Richards have written some all time classic songs.

[@MountainBlade]

@@pinkled4429 I’m playing guitar with my band at a show tonight, I’m guessing you’ll be at home jerking off, enjoy that.

[@mknomad5]

Everyone I've known who doesn't like LZ has poor taste in music or is tone deaf. Especially the "they stole all their songs" crowd. All of ya, get bent.

[@michaelfoley906]

Yeah that's so overstated. Have the people who trot that line out actually listened to the original songs that Zeppelin 'stole'? They are basically entire new songs. 'Inspired by', at most.

[@alfiemcallister-kc7bo]

I aint listen to pedophiles the o

[@lizardspawnofdeath]

Should they also get off your lawn? 😂

[@helgeolsen9727]

But it is true. They are shit and highly overrated.

[@matthewrosenthal4688]

Yea, like Eric Clapton, total musical poseur who doesn’t like lz

[@Hundert1]

Zeppelin ❤🎉

[@richardnja]

great to finally hear that richards respects page

[@tommurphree5630]

He always did .

[@Twins1964]

It doesn't matter, doesn't change the way Jimmy Page plays 100 better than Richard's.

[@JiMMY-my1ds]

Why? Does it really matter?

[@richardnja]

@@JiMMY-my1ds Point taken. Nothing really to be gained from the comment. But there's a lesson that there's an element of politics in the music industry that not all are aware of. I respect your question brother btw

[@AB-yp7nc]

it's a backhanded compliment. "hey buddy i like you but i think your work sucks..." richards is mighty jealous

[@user-xj7pd9ys4d]

Jimmy❤

[@raysearch-iu3fr]

Presence is filled with layers of masterful guitar passages, building and building to orgasmic solos! Almost impossible to play live, but if anyone can do it, Jimmy Page can!

[@edljnehan2811]

Keith Richards is no one to give any advice about the guitar to.

[@sambakery2006]

Except the fact he has came up with a handful of some of the most iconic guitar riffs in rock history and is one of the most succeful songwriters with his partnership with Mick. But yeah other than that not much 🙄

[@edljnehan2811]

@@sambakery2006 oh no now don't take anything away from him he was one of the biggest pop stars of the day hahaha. Just because he couldn't do progressive rock are Jazz Rock Fusion like Jeff Beck Jan akkerman Steve h o w e Allan Holdsworth Al Di Meola Joe Satriani. But you and I know that's just simplistic stuff anyone could do that but that pop stuff is really difficult hahaha I mean you can ask anyone about that It's Complicated music. I mean just ask Madonna Michael Jackson George Michael the Herman's Hermits Donny Osmond Karen Carpenter hahaha hahaha hahaha.. when it comes to Pure musicianship Emerson Lake and Palmer focus and yes why they just don't have anything on those pop rock Heroes of yours. LOL

[@edljnehan2811]

@@sambakery2006 The Monkees hahaha. I didn't even know at the time I was making my comment hahaha boy did I ever hit the nail on the head. Freaking Mickey dolenz LOL you have got to be kidding me ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[@sambakery2006]

@@edljnehan2811 Can you like name who you're talking about in you're comments. Makes then very confusing to understand.

[@sambakery2006]

@@edljnehan2811 Did I ever mention anything about The Monkees being top musicians. No I didn't lol. That's my profile picture because It's from a music video I find funny, that's it lol. Anyways it's just completely relevant to the conversation so don't get why you brought it up lol

[@user-tt8yw2wm2f]

love it!!!!

[@Marsbonfire007]

Yeah. They could have brought in Pat Smear.

[@michaelfoley906]

Ha, good old Pat Smear. The happiest guy in rock music.

[@Twins1964]

Greta Van Fleet did a great job with LZ Highway Tune. Robert Plant said in an interview he thought they did a great job. Also that he "hated them " 🤣 because they were still so young. He wanted to go back to his youth too. He was pretty cool.

[@justins1034]

Rolling stones are mids. Zeppelin is the goat. Makes sense.

[@filthyloops9821]

Even Brown or White dope couldn't help richards being a more creative guitar player. Guy opens his mouth when he's not able to do half of Page's work on stage.

[@billpholde4816]

In the closeup of Kieth, he looked like an AI generated cartoon character.

[@joshuadeshaies7266]

Keith Richards couldn't tie Jimmy's shoe laces. People don't realize the amount of work and time Jimmy put into Led Zeppelin!! Keith just showed up high and played, Jimmy was the engineer and showed up high and played!

[@jchis9852]

Page's reply to Richards' suggestion that Zep take on another guitarist was... "Then it wouldn't be Led Zeppelin"

[@josephmango4628]

They did have another guitar player in JPJ, but unfortunately, he was also the bass and keyboard player.

[@vitolipari3406]

Both are great guitar players but Paige was better, maybe the best.

[@jerrycote1661]

Watch the last tour, the one that ended early, from the DVD set. They do that song perfectly.

[@dianajohnson1490]

Regardless of his addiction........(and I'm not condoning) it gave Led Zepplin........Jimmy Page, ......he is brilliant......no other could pull this off.....he's the best...... it gave Led Zepplin an edge.........Jimmy Page is the best in my book.......and he will remain the best.......I am happy that he kicked the habbit.....not becoming a statistic.....the world of music would not be the same without this beautiful man.......most renowned......I love you Jimmy Page........❤

[@johnjeffery6638]

Keith, Clapton, page, Beck, and ron wood were the Vangaurd of guitar work from the late 60's thru the 80's

[@MichaelRoy-hc3lz]

Presense is one of my favorite LZ albums. Though both play guitar they couldn't be more different musicians. While Keith's rudimentary writing and playing style make the Stones what they are. Jimmy is the polar opposite with complex compositions and live performances.

[@Vonn-7777]

How can he not like Led Zeppelin.

[@MaTtRoSiTy]

Page was part of arguably the most powerful rock 3 piece ever.

[@user-iu3cu8yj3p]

Zep blows the Stones out of the fucking water.

[@joshuadorsey5823]

Literally speaking, both would sink in water due to the buoyancy issue.

[@kelsevmoore]

Jimmy Page undoubtedly is the BEST❤

[@islandhorizonvideos8230]

I saw The Rolling Stones live during their Steel Wheels tour. Behind the backdrop I could see two guitarist playing the whole time Keith and Ronnie were swinging their arms around and prancing around on stage. Many other people who have seen them before and after I saw them said the same thing. And when Keith does play guitar live he has his guitars tuned to an open tuning, just like you would do if you are using a bottleneck slide. Keith has no right to judge any other guitarist Especially Jimmy Page.

[@gxulien]

I like the ccver and inside art. Achilles' Last Stand is my favorite track. I think it's over 8 minutes.

[@christopherrelyea349]

Keith.....you should have a lot of respect for Jimmy Page!!! GOAT You could learn everything from him when it comes to playing the guitar...and not just playing three cords on one 🎸

[@Twins1964]

Yes indeed!

[@Trobtwillis]

When I was a kid, I had a dream that Bill Wyman quit Rolling Stones. Band hadn't found a new bass guitarist yet. They had to go on stage. Keef strapped on both a guitar and a bass guitar. It wasn't even a double necked instrument. It was 2 single necked instruments strapped to the one musician. Keef worked so hard. He kept moving his hands back & forth between the 2 instruments. He didn't miss a note, but he was exhausted afterwards. He said it was too hard to do that night after night, and that they needed to find a bass guitarist ASAP. 😌💭 🎸🎸

[@thomasupton2664]

Badass song

[@g_money76]

Imagine what Zeppelin could have done with two guitarists!! 😍

[@patriciaclements9457]

Jimmy had two guitarists, he had John Paul Jones, an excellent multidimensional player.

[@restlessmind5770]

Page is more handsome now than before. That's awesome.

[@Sleepyodelking]

We are talking about playing an instrument, not digging ditches.

[@thomasbradley2677]

Way cool 😎! Good album. Rock On. The Atomik sends. Peace ✌. 😊

[@17nussbaumroad]

THE GOAT !!!!

[@stephenschumacher2696]

he's the reason I got my first guitar, at 8 yrs old😊

[@allrequiredfields]

Heroin will make it much worse too

[@debmccorkle4845]

This is a horrible taint on the thoughts of a bohemian.. someone so free as Keith.. who shines so much love into music.. who has embraced everything from the basement floor up.. someone who has the creds to pluperfect any music he enjoys.. to say this publicly.. well, it hurts me heart.. not because the mighty zep can’t withstand critics.. God knows that’s been done magnificently.. it’s just that my main man Keef here.. he’s showing his well deserved place in history and it smacks lilts of ethnocentric.. he is not too old because he has become a spirit in rock.. really his work will haunt the world as long as there are material bits to it.. it just makes the God Father of Rock look less invincible.. not to appreciate the iconic place in history Led Zeppelin holds.. Loud evolved well thanks to Jimmy & John.. thunderous rock took shape from the tiny mono footprint.. and this is what he has to say about it?

[@820hurleyj]

And even Keith got sober!

[@timmycrw91]

I agree with Keith Richards at least as far as live performances go. Zepplin was one of those bands that definitely needed a second or third guitarist on stage when they performed live, and the lack of that extra guitar or two is noticeable on so many of the recordings of Live Zeppelin songs

[@bluegryp]

Yep. Zeppelin struggled live at times. A second guitarist would have helped.

[@tvs3497]

When I was 15, I bought LZ 1 right after its release. I bought every album after that as soon as they were available. I could feel the end coming. The clues were in the music. The band had changed and the audience had changed. The rock music scene had changed. Some of you will know what I mean.

[@kensalazar5066]

The reason they spent so much time in studio per day is because they only had 18 days of studio time available. And they didn't want to delay the album release date by months. Si they took the window that they had.

[@SimulacronX]

They had no second guitarist, but Jimmy had a double-neck

[@elwynj5379]

Presence was a largely vacuous album recorded when they were burnt out, drugged or traumatised.

[@SlickArmor]

Traumatized..😅😅

[@elwynj5379]

@@SlickArmor yep, Plant was a wreck, you can hear it in his voice, particularly on Achilles last stand. Smashed up physically.

[@eldiablo3794]

Not the mention Jimmy played this live during his heroin years, too.

[@mrray6983]

He did take Keith's advice somewhat... When he played with The Black Crowes.

[@joshuadorsey5823]

All the people arguing about which is a better guitar player are missing the more important point: These are two of the most successful guitar-riff-writers of all time. Nowadays, intermediate guitar players can learn to play most JP’s solos, but nobody is coming up with catchy guitar riffs like JP or Keith did consistently, album after album. That is the genius part IMO.

[@AB-yp7nc]

NOBODY is arguing over who the better guitar player is. nobody in their right mind would say richards is even close to the greatest guitarist of all time - JIMMY PAGE

[@starjunkie5328]

Presence is still my favorite LZ album - I don't care what anyone has to say about it. When you begin with Achilles Last Stand, then end with Tea For One, how can any album of work be any more blissfull? It's the Dark Horse of LZ album's.

[@FastProProductions]

Great album

[@user-tr4jj9pt7x]

All this hate towards Keith. He actually said that Jimmy is Led Zeppelin. He didn't care for Bonham's drumming and Plant's singing... Plant doesn't care for his singing style during this period, either. Keith and Jimmy are absolutely the same in one important and brilliant way. It's their genius ability to hear and layer guitar parts - melding the parts into one. By the way, they both have huge respect for one another as musicians.

[@trevorburton3290]

Someone not caring for Bonhams drumming is some braindead shit.

[@NoNotMe0000]

Led Zeppelin performed "Achilles last stand" at Knebworth in 1979. It's on film. Doesn't seem to be any problem playing it "live" then! Jus say'n.

[@sidneygreen9120]

Keith and Ron and Mick to star ⭐ in the New series of the walking dead 👍

[@Guitar_Smasher]

Jimmy Page does two guitar players, while Keith Richards can't do one! Brian Jones and Mick Taylor were better Stones guitarists!

[@MA-iridium]

That is why Led Zeppelin... is Led Zeppelin.

[@SuperBartles]

It would have been hard to bring a new member in: I wonder if Page would have wanted to have too much control over what the other guitarist was doing: he wanted the guitar to be just so. Another personality & style in the guitar department and it's a whole new band. But perhaps they were ready for that after Presence - Page didn't do quite so much in the last album, for well-known reasons..

[@JU5TINPDX]

I love the pic at the end with Ronnie Wood and Jimmy… although I was very surprised that Jimmy was smoking a cigarette, I was under the impression that he quit smoking around the same time he stopped drinking… although I guess when you’re in the company of notorious chain smokers I suppose it’s polite to partake if offered.

[@3-ddjr460]

Zep did need another guitar player.

[@jamestiburon443]

I do love Presence, except for 2 songs. Great work for a musician playing with Mr. D

[@michaelsapoznik5984]

Royal Orleans gotta be one of em. But the others are somewhere between good and great.

[@bigpoppa5732]

Jimmy did it All, because he can

[@jordanbrettabbott]

I don't believe anyone that says they don't like Led Zeppelin.

[@shannon5373]

Somebody needs to tell Keith to shut up!!! Envy is a HELLUVA DRUG!!!

[@Dwightpower88]

Keith didn't know about JPJ.

[@itsmedrooms6071]

Reading Richard’s book it is obvious that he has a lot of respect for Page despite not liking Zeppelin and he attributes their success solely to Page which just isn’t the case. All four of those guys were innovators and it took the chemistry of all of them to make the music they did. That being said, Presence is the only album that is entirely guitar centered throughout with Jones not playing anything other than bass.. incredible bass, but none of his keyboard work that is found throughout the rest of the catalog.

[@DanTorres-ux2xj]

So what do you want to do led Zeppelin what is it you guys want to create. Anyone in the band: We want to recreate something from over 60 years ago and make it really sparkly and neat and good and refreshing and hard rocking. So you want to popularize the music is that what we're hearing. Anyone in led Zeppelin: Yes ,,, we like modern music and that's American music so we're going to try to make it sound like we are right there in the delta, of course we're not really from there but we're going to get you to think you are, is the best thing and so authentic,,

[@SargonofQueens]

Art is not about technique. It’s the soul

[@dreamtimej]

Keith Richards didn't like Zepplin: That's why he was at their concert, to make sure he didn't like their music.

[@youtoo2233]

I kind of agree with Keith Richards, there's times I would watch Page live and he was seriously overworked, especially watching him do Achilles at Knebworth, I mean you talk about a sweaty workout

[@edbigtruck]

Never got the whole Keith Richards is a great guitar player: Page did just fine.

[@lunarsabbatical7906]

Whether Keith said this or not I have to say they’ve both come up with awesome guitar work to compare the two is like comparing bananas to apples it’s all in your preference

[@joex9865]

I've counted eight guitars on Achilles

[@stuartdrury7128]

Imo Achilles last Stand is the greatest song they ever did, its fantastic. But I've never heard a decent live version of it. It needs a second and maybe even 3 guitarists to get the brilliance of the parts live, so unfortunately I have to agree with Keef

[@thetruthhurts6652]

I think it’s impossible to recreate zep’s studio work in a live show. They should have had a rhythm guitarist

[@coaltrain4423]

I was a huge fan of Led Zeppelin from their first album. I finally got to go to their concert in April of 1973 at the Atlanta stadium.I was really excited to attend and couldn’t wait to get there.I am sad to say I was terribly disappointed that it was the most awful concert I had ever attended at that time. I attended a concert in Atlanta at the Fox Theater in November of 1981,same scenario,all excited and happy to see the band. It turned out to be a horrible experience. The band was awful,very disappointed with the whole thing.That band was The Rolling Stones! I have been to many concerts over the years and saw some really great shows and bands,but these were 2 of my favorite bands and I was crushed and very disappointed with the performance they both gave.

[@toronto57]

My did Richards not like Zeppelin? Page didn't shoplift any Stones music..

[@dnet8180]

The stones couldn’t even open for zeppelin

[@noonetime8478]

I like robert plant just the way i like keith and the rolling stones.

[@user-me3er7lm1o]

Keith Richards? Who’s that?

[@dianerodriguez1650]

Just look at him(Keith) you can see he has no taste😂

[@hankhardigan1104]

Keith Richards is only 22 days older than Jimmy Page

[@bobmcfierson2163]

Non-Musicians: this is an incredibly difficult song to perform in the studio, and impossible to perform live as a lone guitarist.. at least if you wanted to keep the parts that are on the studio track. That is probably one of their best studio tracks ever made. Anybody says that that wasn't amazing and that he was high are just clueless haters