David Coverdale, who once sang for Jimmy Page on the “Coverdale/Page” album, says that Jimmy Page should back off on the Led Zeppelin tour with a new singer and just make a new album with different special guests singers instead. Coverdale used Santana’s “Supernatural” as an example.

More on it here:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=111033

I am not afraid to say that I actually like David’s idea. Jimmy Page has already done something like this before. He’s done it with his solo album “Outrider” released back in 1988, Pagey’s only solo album had different guest singers. Mostly singers we don’t even know about like John Miles, Leon Russell, Chris Farlowe, and of course Robert Plant sang a song on “Outrider”. “Outrider” was also the first time that Jason Bonham played drums on an album with Jimmy Page, so that O2 reunion wasn’t the first time Pagey and Plant played with Jason.

Jimmy Page doing another album with his new band with different guest singers is a good idea. I can see all kinds of today’s rock singers singing for Pagey’s new Led Zeppelin band. Singers like Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl, James Hetfield, David Bowie, David Coverdale, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Scott Weiland, etc.

Although I don’t see this happening anytime soon.

Kev