Jimmy PAGE

James Patrick („Jimmy “) PAGE (* 9. January 1944 in Heston, Middlesex) is a British guitarist. It was member with the Yardbirds, founder of LED Zeppelin and member with The Firm. Besides it was a very in demand Studiomusiker. 2005PAGE kept the order OF the Empire O.B.E British to the medal Officer OF from the English queen. in acknowledgment of its earnings/services of its Wohltätikeitsarbeit in Brazil. Besides he became honour citizen of Rio de Janeiro.

He favored the models as E-guitar above all „Les Paul “and one „SG-Doubleneck “(EDS-1275) of Gibson, with which he exchanged the pick-ups of the 6-Saitigen of neck. Into the Studio it reached Fender however quite often also gladly to a Telecaster. At the latest with its Songs Stairway ton of Heaven modelful for many guitarists and WholeLotta Love it ascended into the number of the unsterblichen guitar Virtuosen.

Its style was based to elements of the 50's on Rock'n'Roll - paired with a hard Rhythm and Blues and Folk elements. Differently than many E-guitar-Virtuosen understood it PAGE also very well with the acoustic guitar to deal, whichin his Folk influences reflected itself.

After LED Zeppelin end of the 70's stood by some strokes of fate before from, they wanted to find the way back 1980 again to old strength. This venture was suddenly terminated however by sudden death John Bonhams. The volume members decided, from now on separate ways toogo.

After the dissolution of LED Zeppelin in the year 1980 started PAGE some solo projects and worked and. A. with David Coverdale together; co-operation with Jeff Beck and Robert is remarkable plans under the name The Honeydrippers, a formation, the 1984 an album alsothe title “brought volume out One”. In the year 1982 Jimmy PAGE wrote the sound TRACK for the film “Death wipes II”. 1988 it brought out its only solo album “Outrider”, very strongly a work coined/shaped by the Blues. In the year 1994 played Robert plans and he some LED Zeppelin Songsfor the row MTV Unplugged again and experimented thereby for example with a marrokanischen orchestra. 1998 published the two the album Walking into Clarksdale.

Jimmy PAGE was interested much in Okkultismus, possessed an appropriate library and pulled into the house, in that Aleister Crowley used had. This had the call of a Satanisten and was occupied at the beginning 20. Century with magic. For a long time the statement, Jimmy PAGE held itself allegedly with the classical author Stairway ton of Heaven sowing anise tables a message inserted. At least a Strophe is also backwardsto understand played. This statement was however disproved. Jimmy PAGE always rejected this history as a malicious assumption.

1998 brought Jimmy PAGE the guitar for the song Come with for ME in von Puff Daddy. The melody and guitar reef originate mainly from thatadmitted LED Zeppelin Song Kashmir. The song was produced for the film Godzilla, Jimmy PAGE tourte however still another one while with Puff Daddy.

1999 went to Jimmy PAGE with the Black Crowes on tour through the USA and took with them in the Greek theatre in Of Los Angeles the live album live one RK the Greek up, on which only Songs are to be heard of LED Zeppelin and some Blues standards.

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