S17E05: Going To California | Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, ca. 1972

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Vladimir Lenin famously observed, "There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen," and it's such a fitting statement for the long-gone era when rock & roll was young. Traveling musicians had long indulged in their share of excess, but when Jimmy Page's Led Zeppelin exploded onto the scene in 1969, they redefined what debauchery could be. At the same time, the first wave of Groupies, typified by Pamela Des Barres, was giving way to the so-called Baby Groupies, a younger cohort. Which is to say, a cohort that was far too young for the relationship Jimmy Page allegedly carried on with a fourteen year old girl. Stacie has the story, in all its trashy, day-glo, Marshall-stack tawdriness. Content note: This episode includes fairly graphic descriptions of disturbing behavior. Want early, ad-free episodes, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Read More Jimmy Page: The Definitive Biography, by Chris Salewicz (Amazon link) Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga, by Stephen Davis (Amazon link) The Rough Guide to Led Zeppelin, by Nigel Williamson (Amazon link) Sponsors Innovative Extracts. Get 40% off your first order of CBD and THC gummies, tinctures, vapes, and creams, when you visit www.ie-cbd.com and use promo code TRASHY at checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Trashy Divorces. Everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships. I'm Alicia.
0:06.0	My name is Stacey, and thank you so much for joining us today.
0:09.2	Oh, Stacey, this week you have less of a marital misadventure and more of a hostage situation, perhaps.
0:16.2	That's about it. I'm covering Jimmy Page, guitar god, creator of Led Zeppelin, and one time when he was in his late 20s,
0:27.4	he romanced a 14-year-old girl in California hence why we're calling this episode going to California.
0:34.4	Some call it romance, some call it child sexual trafficking.
0:38.4	I mean, before we are going to California today, though, for some Led Zepp trashed.
0:43.8	I do have this magic mirror right here to give some huge thanks to our newest Patreon supporter, Stacey. Start us out.
0:50.4	Thank you so much for joining us at patreon.com slash Trashy Divorces Heather J, Kimberly B, Sandra J, Agnate, Lindsay T, and Jessica K.
1:01.4	So much thanks to all y'all and all of our folks over there in the Patreon community getting Easter eggs at the end of all our main feed episodes.
1:10.4	All kinds of bonuses too on the regular between dumpster dives and spider webs.
1:14.4	We did also do something a little fun this week with a trashy twist on some classic fairy tales too.
1:21.4	Definitely.
1:22.4	I would say this is a classic story today to Alicia, but it sure is not a fairy tale.
1:28.4	No.
1:29.4	It was the 70s. Everything was weird.
1:31.4	Let's go, go, go!
1:44.4	Stacey, the story is so trashy. I don't even have a good intro in for you.
1:48.4	So take it away, Stacey.
1:51.4	Alicia, we've done a lot of cataloging of the history of rock and roll on this here podcast.
1:57.4	There was a young Ike Turner scoring a number one hit in 1951 with rocket 88.
2:02.4	Many people consider this one of one of the or the first rock and roll record.
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