Jimmy Page is 75 today. One of my all time favorite guitarists. Here's a great clip from the DVD "It Might Get Loud":
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Good stuff, Al! And he was playing on hundreds of songs as a studio musician before this!
I think another aspect of Page that gets overlooked is that he produced many songs when he was working as a studio guitarist, and he produced all the Led Zeppelin albums. A few examples of stuff he did that was really different - backwards echo (ex. "Whole Lotta Love"), Bonham's drum sound, and the layering of guitars (his so-called "guitar army").
His working knowledge of the studio really helped Zeppelin create their sound.
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A nit-pick (aimed at BBC's short-changing the other 2 guys' contribution), but Wiki has 3 session men on that session:It was on BBC-World this morning, he was the studio guitar musician on Petula Clark's "Downtown," his first #1 recording...ride::laughing::triumphant:
A nit-pick (aimed at BBC's short-changing the other 2 guys' contribution), but Wiki has 3 session men on that session:
Vic Flick, Page, and Big Jim Sullivan.
Flick and Sullivan had a lot more stature than Page at the time; Flick was the guy who played the original James Bond theme.
Arguably one of the most recognizable riffs of the era.
I think the James Bond theme could be considered the most recognized guitar riff ever, particularly on an international scale...
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It was violinist David McCallum Snr, father of the actor David McCallum, who suggested to Jimmy Page that he should experiment with using a bow.