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<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in Jimmy-page ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/jimmy-page Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:01:47 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Jimmy Page was my biggest influence.” Alex Lifeson on how Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” inspired one of Rush’s most unexpected tracks ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-led-zeppelin-inspired-alex-lifeson-to-write-a-passage-to-bangkok YNRLMrWwp5PeoV6kMPbeNG Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:01:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I remember being completely seduced by the sound. That concert stayed with me.”The night Jimmy Page, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger discovered the blues ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/i-remember-being-completely-seduced-by-the-sound-that-concert-stayed-with-me-the-night-jimmy-page-keith-richards-and-mick-jagger-discovered-the-blues x48baFdNPpL4TiVBtWQZUF Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:44:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I hate the fact that I’m ever even slightly compared to them.” Pete Townshend on rivals, regrets —and what he really thought of Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/does-pete-townshend-really-hate-led-zeppelin HdgRsBSriYwyYPU5rpg7Jf Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:07:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That is partly the reason, but he also had a bit of aggravation.” Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty on the other reason Eric Clapton left the group to join John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/the-other-reason-eric-clapton-left-the-yardbirds-according-to-jim-mccarty NvgGZTgiLMnzEDX6xDth6K Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:25:18 +0000 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:48:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We got the song in three takes, on one track, for 57 bucks. Isn’t God wonderful?” Guitar legend Link Wray on the hit that introduced distortion to rock and roll, inspired Jimmy Page to play guitar — and caused public outrage ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/link-wray-on-the-hit-that-introduced-distortion-to-rock-and-roll-inspired-jimmy-page-to-play-guitar-and-caused-public-outrage 7VoaqG8ueBqaGtLLiWSLhX Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Even though he says he wrote it, I wrote it!” Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page disagreed about who composed the world’s “first heavy metal riff” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jeff-beck-jimmy-page-and-the-first-heavy-metal-riff pycxCfRvSMd7AZ6mfx9Bj Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:22:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He said, ‘The problem with you guys is that you never do ballads.’ I said, ‘I’ll give him a ballad.’” Jimmy Page on the Beatle who inspired Led Zeppelin’s most beautiful song — and why it owes a debt to James Taylor ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/the-beatle-who-inspired-jimmy-page-to-write-led-zeppelins-most-beautiful-song-and-why-it-owes-a-debt-to-james-taylor DHD4cQjZ8DK32UhxJfNEHF Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:18:19 +0000 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:28:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was my soulmate guitarist, and we were in sync musically. Sad we lost him. Such a tragedy.” Paul Rodgers on playing with Paul Kossoff, Mick Ralphs, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Brian May, Steve Cropper, Slash and Joe Bonamassa ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-rodgers-on-jimmy-page-jeff-beck-brian-may-and-more wgegefRjuiyAuZs5ohwZ5a Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:30:59 +0000 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:28:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They put us on the bill with Humble Pie and Johnny Winter.” As Joe Perry teams up with Yungblud for a new EP, he tells tales of his adventures with guitar icons Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Slash and other rock greats ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/they-put-us-on-the-bill-with-humble-pie-and-johnny-winter-as-joe-perry-teams-up-with-yungblud-for-a-new-ep-he-tells-tales-of-his-adventures-with-guitar-icons-jeff-beck-jimmy-page-slash-and-other-rock-greats kxBt63V7ca84EnEnfofagh Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:39:29 +0000 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:40:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He said, ‘You have something that these other guys here don’t.’” Jimmy Page says this separated Steve Lukather from his peers ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/steve-lukather-on-his-one-meeting-with-jimmy-page LL3TaQ5LcvWNpVhTHEugrZ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:51:53 +0000 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:02:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wanted it to be quite extreme —something that showed all the peaks of what we could do.” Jimmy Page on his plan to take Led Zeppelin to the next level — critics be damned ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jimmy-page-wanted-leed-zeppelin-ii-to-be-extreme aYNxWmZQMiQjaTCnBotUdf Fri, 24 Oct 2025 20:06:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jeff just lost his rag and smashed up his guitar. He said to Jimmy Page, ‘You could’ve stopped me doing that!’" Jim McCarty on Jeff Beck’s and Jimmy Page’s “stressed out” time in the Yardbirds ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jim-mccarty-on-jeff-beck-and-jimmy-page-in-the-yardbirds Csdc2ZgVV6BroBEmrBBCmb Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:32:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Is it possible that this anticipated heavy metal?” Donovan says he, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones sowed the seeds for Led Zeppelin and the future of hard rock with this 1968 hit song ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/donovan-on-inspiring-heavy-metal avkuMcmTBXKuwUxZ65GwUd Wed, 08 Oct 2025 12:41:59 +0000 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 12:42:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We played it over and over — it was just this great hypnotic beast.” Jimmy Page on the Led Zeppelin riff he couldn’t stop playing ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jimmy-page-on-the-writing-of-kashmir Ktdu6zA9ZhekNRWsfDgZXb Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:00:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I hadn’t seen him in a while, and I wish I had.” Jimmy Page remembers original Yardbirds guitarist Chris Dreja, who has died at age 79 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jimmy-page-reacts-to-news-of-chris-drejas-death JVLfBwFDWiYGia9RVtAHUa Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:18:21 +0000 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:20:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘My amp is out there past the wing of the plane!’” Buddy Guy’s wild tales about Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King and the Bassman that got left on the runway ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/buddy-guy-on-bb-king-jimi-hendrix-jimmy-page ZyrraDWar2fjAXXCyANizi Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:17:37 +0000 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:24:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Even though he says he wrote it, I wrote it!" Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page never agreed on which of them composed the song Beck called “the first heavy metal riff ever written" ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jeff-beck-jimmy-page-and-the-supergroup-that-never-was T825JK7MPYsxSdZsMU39rh Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:49:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ "There are only three things happening in England: the Rolling Stones, the Beatles and Terry Reid.” Guitarist Terry Reid, who rejected Jimmy Page's invitation to join Led Zeppelin, has died ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/terry-reid-who-turned-down-led-zeppelin-and-deep-purple-has-died VXAK7KxV9iTrTGeegan4sN Tue, 05 Aug 2025 18:27:29 +0000 Tue, 05 Aug 2025 23:34:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Page must be mental giving away such a terrific guitar as this!” Jimmy Page gave away a guitar in 1974. Now it may fetch thousands at auction ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/electric-guitars/jimmy-page-chet-atkins-guitar-heads-to-auction QzdaQ4ubajh8ZtP9Qg6Wvj Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:33:27 +0000 Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:35:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I always felt there was something a little hollow about it.” Keith Richards on Jimmy Page and the one thing the Rolling Stones guitarist said kept Led Zeppelin from taking flight ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/keith-richards-on-jimmy-page-and-led-zeppelin-being-hollow xgSkWjdERAgLx5KfmRz9hW Tue, 22 Jul 2025 18:08:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I was making effects for Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix, I was one of their best-kept secrets.” Roger Mayer on the private world of making custom effects for the 1960s’ biggest guitar players ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/pedals-pedalboards/when-i-was-making-effects-for-jimmy-page-jeff-beck-and-jimi-hendrix c3irxiK4M7exi9KFL4FH8A Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:36:43 +0000 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 22:25:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When Bob sensed I might refuse to appear, he took the gloves off." For Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page and Bob Dylan, Live Aid was a case of bad vibes for a good cause ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/when-bob-sensed-i-might-refuse-to-appear-he-took-the-gloves-off-for-pete-townshend-jimmy-page-and-bob-dylan-live-aid-was-a-case-of-bad-vibes-for-a-good-cause Dbf85r3HsyrqynsfXgrKDn Sat, 12 Jul 2025 15:53:56 +0000 Sat, 12 Jul 2025 17:57:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You can play these riffs on one string, that's how iconic they are.” Zakk Wylde on Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page and the five greatest riffs in rock history ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/zakk-wyldes-five-greatest-riffs ptFYF7JwKL34uiSfCNXWSH Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:57:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I first heard Van Halen’s version of ‘You Really Got Me,’ I laughed. It really misses the point of the whole meaning of the song.” Dave Davies on Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page and the Kinks’ power revolution ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/when-i-first-heard-van-halens-version-of-you-really-got-me-i-laughed-it-really-misses-the-point-of-the-whole-meaning-of-the-song-dave-davies-on-eddie-van-halen-jimmy-page-and-the-kinks-power-revolution AEMrSm9YTpJx8SFkfNQcqG Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:42:34 +0000 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:00:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was like had I died and gone to heaven. It was a really emotional moment.” Jimmy Page on how playing with the Black Crowes redefined the Led Zeppelin live experience ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jimmy-page-on-live-at-the-greek-25-years-on 5iRUfFPe3PFLr9xJ6dqE88 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The further devaluation of music.” Major record labels are working out deals with AI firms. Where does that leave musicians and songwriters? ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/universal-song-suno-udio-and-the-future-of-ai-in-music yGGFKYpMHEZnS5pdPRRnVm Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:29:11 +0000 Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:29:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ I watched 'Becoming Led Zeppelin.' Here's how it shows acoustic guitar's vital role in Jimmy Page's heavy-metal musical vision ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jimmy-page-acoustic-guitar-and-led-zeppelin G6YXArKmsFmxQ5V3b4ndqQ Thu, 15 May 2025 11:55:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ "When 'Dazed and Confused' fell into the loving arms and hands of Jimmy Page..." The guitarist is sued again over “Dazed and Confused” as the Led Zeppelin documentary sparks a fresh lawsuit from the song's composer ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jake-holmes-sues-jimmy-page-and-sony-over-dazed-and-confused 3F96EmFRzTfWCbWMhQzpXj Wed, 07 May 2025 21:22:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I knew he was going to be somebody then. He had that star quality”: Ritchie Blackmore on his first meeting with Jimmy Page and early recording sessions with Jeff Beck ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/ritchie-blackmore-on-meeting-jimmy-page-and-recording-with-jeff-beck LyxdMEPxTWqm2zZqXWv6fX Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:41:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You can't look over and be, 'Omigod! I'm playing with Jimmy Page!'” Twenty-five years after Page and the Black Crowes joined forces, Rich Robinson explains the group’s split with the legend as an expanded ‘Live at the Greek’ arrives ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/rich-robinson-on-jimmy-page-black-crowes-live-at-the-greek-expanded ooDjJndYsLJEzY5LzaKqzE Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:49:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We used the mic amp of the mixing board to get distortion. It almost sounds like a synthesizer." Jimmy Page on creating the magic behind the famous Led Zeppelin riff he didn't write ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/jimmy-page-on-led-zeppelins-black-dog V7bbvP3XQGk6Tcgh8ng6gZ Sat, 08 Mar 2025 18:05:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jimmy Page’s playing on the first Led Zeppelin album —we just hadn’t heard someone let loose like that.” Phil Manzanera talks Page, Beck, Townshend and the 10 albums that changed his life ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/phil-manzanera-the-10-albums-that-changed-my-life mHjZ77KwVb79q99UVXNgLo Sat, 01 Mar 2025 14:56:15 +0000 Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:10:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I showed it to guitarists who went nuts. And that was the silent version." Lost footage of Led Zeppelin playing Denmark in 1979 has surfaced and been restored with original audio ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/led-zeppelin-1979-copenhagen-footage-surfaces-online teGhG4pJkX2N4MtJpAzrge Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:00:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He was everything I hoped he would be. I'll never ever forget that.” Alex Lifeson recalls the thrill of meeting his guitar hero, Jimmy Page ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/alex-lifeson-on-meeting-jimmy-page VFPBLMgKaPccXj5KZSD7eA Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:52:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore and Jimi Hendrix were great at writing them. Now the guitar riff has disappeared from popular music." Dweezil Zappa laments the absence of riffs in modern music and what it means for future guitar players ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/electric-guitars/dweezil-zappa-the-on-lack-of-riffs-in-modern-music Fv69XqT4kNW5mnLAMXJH8C Wed, 05 Feb 2025 12:52:50 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was devastating.” Jimmy Page and company recall Led Zeppelin's rise and first rehearsal in the band's historic new documentary ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/becoming-led-zeppelin-documentary-teaser RxkHfuEycKRdpQ55NV3Pqk Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It's just a shame that I never really had a chance to talk with him or hear him. It would’ve been a thrill to see how he worked.” Jimmy Page on the player he admired most and the word he hates when it comes to describing rock guitarists ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jimmy-page-picks-hisfavorite-guitar-players a5BYFQfoP7y8TQX2xHr6zN Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:37:03 +0000 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:06:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I hadn’t been thinking about how I was going to perform ‘Stairway to Heaven’ live. That’s where the Double-Neck came in.” A more affordable Jimmy Page Double-Neck returns with uncanny accuracy, thanks to 3-D scanning ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/gibson-custom-to-release-jimmy-page-EDS-1275-VOS QekwwGvW4w2PyCj6gb9iKF Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:07:34 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There were parts where it just did not work.” Jimmy Page reflects on the Yardbirds and his short-lived two-guitar tandem with Jeff Beck ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/page-on-beck-yardbirds ZYTF6VYPE69oStsWb5ZLDV Wed, 30 Oct 2024 19:30:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It did all those Led Zeppelin tours and all the recordings. It did flippin’ everything, y’know?” Jimmy Page reveals “the best amp that I’d ever had in my collection” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jimmy-page-names-his-favorite-amp mRpXyimXhGcJgr3Lc4Dck Sat, 26 Oct 2024 09:06:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Not only did he play each of them for three or four minutes, he even suggested that some of them be put in alternate tunings." Jimmy Page made sure there's a little bit of himself on every one of his new Gibson signature SJ-200 models ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/gibson-issues-jimmy-page-sj200-models FiDW88simFtgntFK4UrRRB Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:21:43 +0000 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:47:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ "You have witnessed a revolution.” The closure of Guitar Player magazine marks the end of an era — and the start of a new one ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/guitar-player-print-to-cease SNqSvYBNgg8pHwqo8NLA7T Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:10:03 +0000 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:26:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Joe Walsh insisted that I buy it, and he was right”: Jimmy Page on his "Number 1” 1959 Gibson Les Paul ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/jimmy-page-number-one-les-paul thmJrtURS3BksrwZVnffvm Sun, 06 Oct 2024 13:21:57 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Joe Walsh insisted that I buy it, and he was right”: Jimmy Page on his "Number 1” 1959 Gibson Les Paul ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jimmy-page-number-one-les-paul A9eK4CSJqg2CXM4PwtxerS Sat, 05 Oct 2024 12:04:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The idea was that we would do a half-hour set, but I said, ‘I’m not rehearsing to do a half-hour set! We’ve got Live Aid to correct, and the Atlantic 40th’”: Jimmy Page on how Led Zeppelin's triumphant 2007 reunion took shape, and the tour that never was ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/led-zeppelin-2007-o2-arena-concert 62kuPTUygTCU8atwJw9y5A Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 14:09:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was doing what I was supposed to do, while something totally different was coming from Jeff… There were parts where it just did not work”: Jimmy Page reflects on the Yardbirds, and his short-lived two-guitar tandem with Jeff Beck ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jimmy-page-jeff-beck-yardbirds LDZxZda42N9utJ4keaNPam Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:22:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If we were recording at Olympic Studios, we would often hear Led Zeppelin. I’d see Jimmy Page sitting there, overdubbing in darkness”: Peter Frampton reveals the stories behind five of his classic tracks ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/peter-frampton-my-career-in-five-songs xvtkDk9MajsjpS5bUnHmS Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:50:00 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “What we all used to dream a guitar shop should be”: Gibson opens new Gibson Garage London flagship store in star-studded fashion, unveils new Jimmy Page signature 1971 EDS-1275 double-neck guitar ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/gibson-garage-london-jimmy-page-signature-double-neck pfcoRFQB6tRjUR7F6F2aVD Thu, 22 Feb 2024 20:45:39 +0000 Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:03:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It’s not what you play, it’s what you don’t." Paul Rodgers – the singer's singer who played with the guitar player's guitar players – on what he learned from the likes of Paul Kossoff, Mick Ralphs and Jimmy Page ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/paul-rodgers-on-paul-kossoff-mick-ralphs-and-jimmy-page CepY5jeCChS52VwECucbEh Fri, 26 Jan 2024 18:06:12 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The shot heard around the world”: How the Rolling Stones’ debut appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show launched not only them but also the Gibson Les Paul Standard ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/the-rolling-stones-ed-sullivan-and-the-keith-burst hLBkkndfe7nmkexEo4LtYi Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:22:06 +0000 Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:29:08 +0000