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Musical artist. James Patrick Page OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician and producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Prolific in creating guitar riffs, Page's style involves various alternative guitar tunings and melodic solos, coupled with aggressive, distorted guitar ...
Jul 31, 2023 · Jimmy Page. Beck became the Yardbirds’ lead guitar player during the group’s golden period, from 1965 through ’66, racking up hits like Heart Full of Soul, Evil Hearted You, I’m a Man, and Shapes of Things, recordings that managed to be both innovative and commercially successful.
Even in the pantheon of UK guitar elders – Clapton, Green, Gilmour, Beck, Townshend, Richards et al – there’s not one who can really compare to Jimmy Page.Page was one of a select group of session players in London’s mid-60s scene, even before he made his name in rock.
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- Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin, 1969) The Zep I tone, showcased here, was Page’s dragon Telecaster into a Supro amp, with a Sola Sound Tone Bender fuzz pedal when extra filth was required.
- Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Led Zeppelin, 1969) This was recorded on his well-known Harmony Sovereign H1260 from the mid-60s. Joan Baez had already made the song famous.
- Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin II, 1969) There’s a little-known trick to making this legendary riff sound like Page. The second note is doubled by playing the 5th fret of the A string and the open D string at the same time.
- Ramble On (Led Zeppelin II, 1969) It’s rumoured John Bonham plays a plastic bin on this song, possibly inspiring the drum sound on Metallica’s St Anger.
- Jet Harris, “Diamonds” (1963) The very first recording session that Jimmy Page was ever enlisted to perform on was for this instrumental song by former Shadows bassist Jet Harris.
- Shirley Bassey, “Goldfinger” (1964) Written in 1964, this title track to the third entry in the James Bond series was based on the song "Moon River," itself the theme to Breakfast at Tiffany's.
- Nashville Teens, “Tobacco Road” (1964) Despite what their name might suggest, the Nashville Teens actually sprung out of Page's own hometown of Surrey, England, in 1962.
- Otis Spann, “Stirs Me Up” (1964) Otis Spann was one of the greatest blues piano players to ever come out of postwar Chicago. But like many of his contemporaries such as Sonny Boy Williamson II and Howlin’ Wolf, when the enthusiasm for the blues dried up in America in the early 1960s, he was all but forced to migrate over to Europe, where a fresh, young audience was ready to receive him with open arms.
Jan 9, 2023 · Jimmy Page. In the same way, Jimmy Page: The Anthology is a personal journey through the objects and artifacts of one of rock music’s most important guitarists, narrated entirely in Page’s own words, and with contextual photography spanning six decades.
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Jan 9, 2024 · Speaking to Total Guitar from his home in London, where he has remained since the outset of the global pandemic, Page is in a relaxed mood, happy to talk about every aspect of his life’s work: the groundbreaking music he made, first with The Yardbirds and then with Led Zeppelin; and the tools of his trade, iconic guitars such as the Black Beauty, and the amps and effects with which he ...
