JIMMY PAGE
The Beginning
Jimmy Page, born James Patrick page, was born January 9th 1944.Page was born in the West London suburb of Heston, which today forms part of the London Borough of Hounslow. His father was an industrial personnel manager and his mother was a doctor's secretary. He started playing guitar when he was 12 and took lessons nearby, but was mostly self-taught. Page states that his first guitar was a second-hand 1959 Futurama Grazioso. It was left in a house his family had moved into at the time.
Page began his career as a studio session guitarist in London. He left school at around 14 years old and was discovered by by singer Neil Christian and asked to join his band The Crusaders. Page toured with Christian for approximately two years and later played on several of his records, including the November 1962 single, "The Road to Love". During his run with The Crusaders, he fell seriously ill with Glandular Fever and couldn't continue touring. While recovering, he decided to put his musical career on hold and concentrate on his other love, painting, and enrolled at Sutton Art College. Page contributed to The Kinks' debut album, and he played six-string rhythm guitar on the sessions for The Who's first single "I Can't Explain". In 1965 Page was hired by Rolling Stones manager, Oldham, to act as house producer and A&R man for the newly-formed Immediate Records label, which also allowed him to play on and/or produce tracks by Eric Clapton and others. He decided shortly after this to move on from studio work,
Let's Try the Band Thing
In 1966 Page attended a Yardbirds concert at Oxford. After the show he went backstage where band member Paul Samwell-Smith announced he was leaving the group. Page offered to take the empty spot and was excepted my the group. He was a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968. He initially played electric bass with the Yardbirds before finally switching to twin lead guitar when Chris Dreja moved to bass. In 1968, after the others band members departed the group, Page reconfigured the group with a new line-up to fulfill unfinished tour dates in Scandinavia. Page recruited vocalist Robert Plant and drummer John Bonham, and he was also contacted by John " Paul" Jones who asked to join during the Scandinavia Tour. During this time the new group appeared as "The New Yardbirds", but soon changed it "Led Zeppelin". Page has explained that he had a very specific idea in mind as to what he wanted Led Zeppelin to be from the very beginning. " I had a lot of ideas from my days with The Yardbirds. The Yardbirds allowed me to improvise a lot in live performance and I started building a textbook of ideas that I eventually used in Zeppelin. In addition to those ideas, I wanted to add acoustic textures. Ultimately, I wanted Zeppelin to be a marriage of blues, hard rock and acoustic music topped with heavy choruses -- a combination that had never been done before. Lots of light and shade in the music." has said Page.
even though, he has stated that his time as a session player served as extremely good schooling for his development as a musician.
History
In the early 1970's Page owned an occult bookshop and publishing house, "The Equinox Booksellers and Publishers" in London, eventually closing it as the increasing success of Led Zeppelin resulted in his having insufficient time to devote to it. Page had relatonships with a number of rock groupies.French model, Charlotte Martin, was Page's partner from 1970 to about 1982. Page called her 'My Lady'. Together they have a daughter, Scarlet Page, born 1971 who is a photographer. From 1986 to 1995 Page was married to Patricia Ecker, a waitress turned model. They have a son, James Patrick Page III, born 1988. Page later married Jimena Gómez-Paratcha, whom he met in Brazil on tour. He adopted her oldest daughter Jana, born in 1994, and they have two children together Zofia Jade, born 1997 and Ashen Josan, born 1999.
The Beginning
Jimmy Page, born James Patrick page, was born January 9th 1944.Page was born in the West London suburb of Heston, which today forms part of the London Borough of Hounslow. His father was an industrial personnel manager and his mother was a doctor's secretary. He started playing guitar when he was 12 and took lessons nearby, but was mostly self-taught. Page states that his first guitar was a second-hand 1959 Futurama Grazioso. It was left in a house his family had moved into at the time.
Page began his career as a studio session guitarist in London. He left school at around 14 years old and was discovered by by singer Neil Christian and asked to join his band The Crusaders. Page toured with Christian for approximately two years and later played on several of his records, including the November 1962 single, "The Road to Love". During his run with The Crusaders, he fell seriously ill with Glandular Fever and couldn't continue touring. While recovering, he decided to put his musical career on hold and concentrate on his other love, painting, and enrolled at Sutton Art College. Page contributed to The Kinks' debut album, and he played six-string rhythm guitar on the sessions for The Who's first single "I Can't Explain". In 1965 Page was hired by Rolling Stones manager, Oldham, to act as house producer and A&R man for the newly-formed Immediate Records label, which also allowed him to play on and/or produce tracks by Eric Clapton and others. He decided shortly after this to move on from studio work,
Let's Try the Band Thing
In 1966 Page attended a Yardbirds concert at Oxford. After the show he went backstage where band member Paul Samwell-Smith announced he was leaving the group. Page offered to take the empty spot and was excepted my the group. He was a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968. He initially played electric bass with the Yardbirds before finally switching to twin lead guitar when Chris Dreja moved to bass. In 1968, after the others band members departed the group, Page reconfigured the group with a new line-up to fulfill unfinished tour dates in Scandinavia. Page recruited vocalist Robert Plant and drummer John Bonham, and he was also contacted by John " Paul" Jones who asked to join during the Scandinavia Tour. During this time the new group appeared as "The New Yardbirds", but soon changed it "Led Zeppelin". Page has explained that he had a very specific idea in mind as to what he wanted Led Zeppelin to be from the very beginning. " I had a lot of ideas from my days with The Yardbirds. The Yardbirds allowed me to improvise a lot in live performance and I started building a textbook of ideas that I eventually used in Zeppelin. In addition to those ideas, I wanted to add acoustic textures. Ultimately, I wanted Zeppelin to be a marriage of blues, hard rock and acoustic music topped with heavy choruses -- a combination that had never been done before. Lots of light and shade in the music." has said Page.
even though, he has stated that his time as a session player served as extremely good schooling for his development as a musician.
History
In the early 1970's Page owned an occult bookshop and publishing house, "The Equinox Booksellers and Publishers" in London, eventually closing it as the increasing success of Led Zeppelin resulted in his having insufficient time to devote to it. Page had relatonships with a number of rock groupies.French model, Charlotte Martin, was Page's partner from 1970 to about 1982. Page called her 'My Lady'. Together they have a daughter, Scarlet Page, born 1971 who is a photographer. From 1986 to 1995 Page was married to Patricia Ecker, a waitress turned model. They have a son, James Patrick Page III, born 1988. Page later married Jimena Gómez-Paratcha, whom he met in Brazil on tour. He adopted her oldest daughter Jana, born in 1994, and they have two children together Zofia Jade, born 1997 and Ashen Josan, born 1999.
For some time Page refused to touch a guitar out of sadness for the loss of his friend Bonham, whom had died in 1980, but he eventually made a return to the stage at a Jeff Beck show in March 1981 at the Hammersmith Odeon. In 1982 Page collaborated with director Micheal Winner to record the Death Wish II soundtrack. This, and several subsequent Page recordings including Death Wish III soundtrack (1985), were recorded and produced at his own recording studio, The Sol in Cockham. Also in 1984 he recorded with former Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant andHoneydippers on the album The Honeydipper's Volume I, and with John Paul Jones on the film soundtrack Sream for Help. Page released a solo album , Outrider, in 1988 which featured contributions from Robert Plant, with Page contributing in turn to Plant's solo album Now and Zen, which was released the same year. In 2010, Jimmy Page was ranked #2 in Gibson's list of "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". He has been inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame twice; once in 1992, as a member of The Yardbirds and once as a member of Led Zeppelin in 1995. No future plans to reunite Led Zeppelin are in the works as of now and it doesn't look like they ever will be again.
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