Fwd: I met Jimmy Page !!!!/The story again

["Jon Larkin" <thelizardking100@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi gang some people have beena asking me about meeting Jimmy and his 
autograph again so Im reposting the story.  Sorry to bore those who've heard 
and for those that haven't or wnated to enjoy.

Jon

>From: "Jon Larkin" <thelizardking100@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: Zeppelin@xxxxxxxx
>Subject: I met Jimmy Page !!!!
>Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 20:31:08 +0000
>
>Hi gang I went on holiday last Friday and just got back.  On the saturday I
>met Jimmy Page!!!!!  I went to centre Parcs for a vaction with my parents
>and brothers and on the sat we were doin Rope activitys absailing and so on
>and as I was getting tooled up I thought I saw Jimmy, I wasn't sure at 
>first
>but then pointed him out to my bro who at first didn't believe me but then
>quickly changed his mind.  I was wearing my Led Zep untitled shirt and one
>of the instructers said to me do u no who that is and in a shakky voice I
>said yeah I think its Jimmy Page, he said at first he wasn't sure but he 
>saw
>the signiture on the consent form and it was Jimmys.  Needless to say the
>activity wasn't on my mind as I kept checking to see if he was staying, one
>of the instructers asked if I was related to him as he thought I looked
>quite like him.  I tried to catch my parents eye and make them understand
>from a distince which was hopless, any way I went over to my mum and got a
>pen and sum paper.  after my turn was over I went over to him and said
>"excuse me sir I realise your on holiday but would you mind signing these
>for me, he looked up and with a twinkle in his eye said yeah but if I do
>that everyone will want one but if you keep it quite I'll sign them" at 
>this
>point my 2 bro's where hanging around, he signed three autographs one for
>each of us and I asked him if he minded I f I asked him some questions and
>said go ahead.  Firstly I asked him if his back was ok to which he said 
>yeah
>thanks I'm feeling much better, I then asked how the Jazz festival went and
>he said he enjoyed it, I then asked him about the orange amp on ebay to
>which he said yes and no,  originally in the 70's there was a guitar shop 
>in
>london which had guitars and equipment of dubious origin and one day the 
>guy
>said to him what would you want in a custom amp , Jimmy told him so the guy
>built it for page  but page never bought or used it as it was far  below 
>the
>standard and quality he was expecting,  I then moved on to talk about
>guitars with him being a player myself and at the time he was smiling but
>then his eyes lit up and I told him what I was using and asked him if the
>tele was still his fav, he said the Les Paul is currently his fav cuz of 
>the
>thickness of the sound the humbuckers give but he reckommended I buy a 
>Start
>as there so versitile and as for amps he no uses orange and says that if I
>can afford one.  We then pused to watch his son James as he did his
>activity, I then asked him if he was planning to tour again soon and he 
>said
>hopefully yeah, my brothers chipped in and asked if it was with the crowes
>but with a mishevous smile he said you'll have to wait and see.  He then
>asked for the autographs back and added to them good luck with the music as
>I told him I was studing it at a music college and the year after doing an
>hnd in it and then  forming a band and see where it goes.  We then shook 
>his
>hand and I said to him thanks for your time and hopefully I'll bump into 
>you
>in the future he said that would be nice and  it was always nice to meet a
>fellow guitarist even on holiday.  We then kept it quite all holiday but
>that wasn't the last we saw of him.  I saw him another 8 times cycling and
>watching his kids and being the famiy man and he smiled and nodded when I
>saw him, the other interesting thing  was that my brother made friends with
>his son James and we took him sailing for the afternoon which was nice.
>However James had told his villa number to us which was litterally two 
>doors
>down from us.  Unfortunatly Jimmy and James left on wednesday as they were
>going off to meet Scarlet.  However Pages Wife and some of here relitaves
>were still there and we new each other by sight and so smiled and were
>polite when we saw each other and sometimes w found oursleves on the next
>tables when eating out.
>
>AS you can guess it was from my point of view an amazing Holiday.
>Also Jimmy dosen't deserve his reputation as a miserer he is such a decent
>bloke!!!!!!
>
>Jon