The Japanese Kimono Salesman Dedicating His Life to Being Jimmy Page
Documentary Mr. Jimmy, on arguably the world’s most devoted Jimmy Page fan, takes you deep into the brain of a tribute band master.
Everyone knows the definition of a tribute band. But is there a difference between that and a “revival” band? Whatever one chooses to call it, when is such a project a money-making exercise in nostalgia — and when is it a sincere, concerted (pun intended) effort to recreate and sustain a genre of music that suddenly feels on life support? And exactly how short were those sleeves on Jimmy Page’s open-chested jacket from 1973?
These and other questions are addressed and grappled with in “Mr. Jimmy,” Peter Michael Dowd’s weirdly engrossing documentary about Akio “Jimmy” Sakurai, a Japanese guitarist obsessed with Led Zeppelin and, in particular. Jimmy Page.
