Jason Bonham


Jason Bonham, son of the late John "Bonzo" Bonham, does not take lightly the responsibility of carrying on his father's legacy. Having made a head start at drumming while he was a child, Jason is now passing on the same lessons to a third generation of Bonham drummers.

John Bonham's death in 1980 left such an impact on the surviving members of Led Zeppelin that they knew immediately they could not continue as they were. Yet Jason Bonham's familiarity with the band made him a shoe-in to join his father's bandmates on the few occasions reunion concerts have taken place.

This year marked the 20th anniversary of Bonham's most successful album release to date, the Platinum-certified disc The Disregard of Timekeeping released by his band, Bonham. To mark the milestone, he recently toured with a new band and played under the banner of "An Evening with Jason Bonham."

In the past, Bonham has also toured and/or recorded with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Foreigner, UFO, Paul Rodgers, Joe Bonamassa, Virginia Wolf, Airrace, Healing Sixes and Motherland. He also acted in the movie Rock Star and appeared on the reality TV show "SuperGroup."

- What's the latest on Jason Bonham?

Thursday, October 4, 2007

White, clean and neat: Jimmy Page's head of hair

Look at the calendar; this is October 2007. Jimmy Page is three months shy of 64. The guitarist is getting up there in age, and it's showing a little. Check out the latest images of him in this newly created photograph collection from Ross Halfin.

Jimmy Page's hair is gray.

Or is it white?

There are some new lines on his face.
He looks at his guitar as if it were a foreign object. Is this a sign of memory loss?

No, thank goodness he remembers how to play.

And how to rock.

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7 comments:

  1. MichaelOctober 4, 2007 at 1:54 PM

    I dunno, Steve--are we *sure* he still knows how to play/rock when all he's fingering here are simple E and G chords? ;-)

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  2. AnonymousOctober 5, 2007 at 8:43 AM

    Ah hell... He's looks great. He's 63, not 26! I should look so good at that age. The show on the 26th although not the Zep of the 70's will be great however they choose to pull it off. And lest we not forget, it isn't the 70's anyways...

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  3. Steve SauerOctober 5, 2007 at 12:48 PM

    Do you think now that his hair is that color, he ought to make it shorter?

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  4. PeromyscusOctober 5, 2007 at 5:52 PM

    Wonderful photos. You have to envy Ross Halfin his opportunities to photograph the man.

    Jimmy looks great. Not "great for 63", just...great. He's lovely. And no, he shouldn't cut his hair. Those are genuine Jimmy Page curls!

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  5. JMSOctober 11, 2007 at 6:22 AM

    Pagey's hair was going gray back in the Firm days. He started dyeing it around the time of the Unledded shows.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 11, 2007 at 7:26 PM

    The man has always looked awesome in my book at every age...I agree with "peromyscus"...Jimmy looks great, not "great for 63" but great in his own right.

    The grey/white looks good on him and he looks very comfortable with himself in the pics...he smiles more than ever before. He looks wonderful, happy and healthy and I'm glad for him.

    And reading from Ross Halfin's diary, congrats are due to him as a new Grandpa...thanks to Scarlet's baby, Martha Alice, just born a few days ago.
    Jenyfer

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  7. LJAugust 25, 2008 at 2:37 PM

    Saw
    Jimmy at the closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics. He still rocks, and looks as hot as ever.The white hair is becoming.

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