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| | |  Jimmy Page - Guitars: Encyclopedia II - Jimmy Page - Formative YearsPage was born in the north London suburb of Heston in Middlesex. His father was an industrial personnel manager and his mother a doctor's secretary.
Jimmy Page first picked up the guitar when he was 12 years old, and although he took a few lessons, was largely self-taught. His early influences were rockabilly guitarists Scotty Moore and James Burton, who both played on recordings made by Elvis Presley, and Johnny Day, who played guitar for The Everly Brothers. The Presley song "Baby Let's Play House" was an early favourite on one of h ...
See also:Jimmy Page, Jimmy Page - Formative Years, Jimmy Page - Session player, Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page - Post-Led Zeppelin Career, Jimmy Page - Aleister Crowley, Jimmy Page - Trivia, Jimmy Page - Guitars Read more here: » Jimmy Page: Encyclopedia II - Jimmy Page - Formative Years |
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| | | | Jimmy Page - Guitars: Encyclopedia II - Jimmy Page - Aleister Crowley Page had a fascination with the poet, novelist, artist, occultist and founder of Thelema, Aleister Crowley. He pressed Crowley's motto "Do What Thou Wilt" (along with "So Mote Be It" on the reverse side), into their album, Led Zeppelin III, and he bought Crowley's rural retreat, 'Boleskine House'. When their untitled fourth album was released, there were some interpretations of the song "Stairway To Heaven" that claimed it had satanic reverse-audio messages in th ...
See also:Jimmy Page, Jimmy Page - Formative Years, Jimmy Page - Session player, Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page - Post-Led Zeppelin Career, Jimmy Page - Aleister Crowley, Jimmy Page - Trivia, Jimmy Page - Guitars Read more here: » Jimmy Page: Encyclopedia II - Jimmy Page - Aleister Crowley |
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| | | | Jimmy Page - Guitars: Encyclopedia II - Jimmy Page - Post-Led Zeppelin Career Led Zeppelin disbanded in 1980 following the death of John Bonham (of asphyxiation caused by choking on his own vomit). After reportedly not picking up a guitar for the next two years, Page attempted to form a supergroup with ex-Yes members Chris Squire and Alan White, to be called XYZ, but it came to nothing. He made a successful return to the stage with the ARMS (Action Research for Multiple Sclerosis) charity series of concerts in 1983 which honoured Small Faces bass player Ronnie Lane, who suffered from the disease. Page then linked up w ...
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| | | | Jimmy Page - Guitars: Encyclopedia II - Jimmy Page - Session player While still a student, Page would often jam on stage at the Marquee with bands such as the Cyril Davis All Stars, Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated and with guitarists Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton. He was spotted one night by John Gibb of The Silhouettes, who asked him to help record a number of singles for EMI, including "The Worrying Kind". It wasn't until an offer from Mike Leander from Decca Records that Page was to receive regular studio work. His first session for the label was the recording "Diamonds" by Jet Harris & Tony Meehan which went to ...
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