Jimmy Page Wasn't Home
Our friend, Jennifer, isn't a stalker, but we went all the way to London with her and her family and 'somehow' found ourselves in front of Jimmy Page's London abode, Tower House.
She is a big Led Zep fan but insists it was just an 'accident,' that somehow in all of London we 'accidentally' found ourselves in front of Jimmy's house.
Was husband, Nick, in on it? Our approach to Holland Park did seem rather convoluted. He said he just got lost.
Hmm.
I guess its possible. I'm just not sure I believe them!
She insists she just recognized it from pictures on the Internet. I guess its possible - the house has its own Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tower_House
In fact, all kidding aside, visiting Tower House is a "Top Ten Vinyl Record Architect Moment" for me. It perfectly combines my love for rock and my love for architecture. As the wiki page states,"The Tower House is a late-Victorian town house, built between 1876 and 1878 in the 13th century French gothic style, by the Victorian art-architect William Burges for himself. It is located at 29 Melbury Road (formerly number 9) in Kensington, London and is a Grade I listed building as of the 29th July 1949...The house is owned by Jimmy Page, ex-guitarist of Led Zeppelin and avid Burges enthusiast. It is not open to the public. Page bought Burges' London residence in 1972, commenting in an interview some twenty eight years later "I was still finding things 20 years after being there - a little beetle on the wall or something like that, it's Burges' attention to detail that is so fascinating".[7]. The house had previously been owned by the Irish actor, Richard Harris."
Wait just a minute.
You cannot be serious!
You mean to tell me that The Tower House has been owned by not one but two rock gods? I mean, Richard Harris' album, which I own (!) entitled "The Richard Harris Love Album (1972)" - now that is a masterpiece of the spoken song genre.
And he played Dumbledore.
C'mon!
Jimmy Page, age 13, on the BBC: http://laughingsquid.com/13-year-old-jimmy-page-on-the-bbc-show-all-your-own-in-1957/
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I promise you, my friend, it just flashed on me when I saw we were on Melbury Road. Felt like the right place.
Glad to have provided a Top Ten Experience... very cool.
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p.s.: how do you know he wasn't home? we didn't knock.
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