Guitarist Jimmy Page: biography, early career, work as a session musician, creation of Led Zeppelin
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Rock musicThe Beatles, who emerged as the dominant force in the late 1960s with the development of The Beatles and the formation of a unique style based on guitar riffs and a clear rhythm section, were hungry for new heroes. In order to become a really great rock musician, it was necessary to combine not only leadership qualities but also the ability to innovationto create something extraordinary musically. It was the only way to make his name famous in the rock party.
The article is about one of the heroes 1970swho remains an important figure in rock music to this day, third is on the no less important list of Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" after Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. We are talking about the permanent leader of the titans of hard rock, the band Led Zeppelin Jimmy Pagetwho has devoted more than 65 years of his life to his favourite cause - music.
Early love
Jimmy Page was born in glorious London to a simple family, but moved to a less cluttered city at a fairly early age. As a child, Jimmy had hardly any friends, and grew up being a lonerHowever, this did not prevent him from being fully socialised later in life and had little effect on his desire to pursue his studies. musically.
"I did find myself in a state of isolation back when I was a kid, but that only played to my advantage: a lot of people just don't understand how you can live your life without communicating with anyone, but for me being alone just attracts me and helps me in a way...," Jimmy Page told me in an interview.
The future star had his first acoustic guitar at the age of 12, and he learnt to play the instrument through playing songs Elvis Presley and going to music school. Young Jimmy honed his skills on his own, inspired by Scotty Moore and James Burton. At the age of 14, Page was given a real one electric guitarand a copy of the Fender Stratocaster, and that's when he realised that music was his thing, he would do it forever.
The best tracks of the "pre-Zeppelin" era
Jimmy began his career as a member of various unnamed Skiffle bands, but his real breakthrough came when he established himself to the point where he was invited by big names to record guitar parts. Paige Sessions made a name for himself around the world before he became a rock legend with Led Zeppelin. Let's take a look back at some of his best works from the pre-Zeppelin era.
Nico - "The Last Mile"
In 1965, 21-year-old Jimmy helps a young and ambitious model Christe Päffgen (Nico) in the recording of the second lead single titled "The Last Mile".
This composition was the result of Nico's fruitful work with a member of The Rolling Stones Brian Jonesand the acoustic guitar part was played by none other than Jimmy Page! The critics said it was an excellent combination sound and style scales and the guitarist's excellent work with rhythm.
The Manish Boys - "I Pity the Fool"
Another one work Jimmy as a session musician - an original interpretation of a blues classic Bobby Bland and his song "I Pity the Fool" performed by future world legend David Bowie, who was then a member of the band The Manish Boys. The real "highlight" of the track remains Page's beautiful solo in the middle of the composition.
As Bowie himself admitted, it was Jimmy who gave him riff during one of the jams, which the former later uses for a song "The Supermen.".
Jet Harris - "Diamonds"
The First Musical sessionJimmy was invited to play rhythm guitar in 1963, when the young musician was scheduled to play rhythm guitar on the programme. acoustics. It happened during the recording of a song Jett Harris called Diamonds.
Even though Page doesn't have a starring role in this song, thanks to the fact that he did have a very gifted man, fame did come to Jimmy, he became a very in demand in the music market.
Shirley Bassey, "Goldfinger."
"Goldfinger." - the lead track on the soundtrack to the James film of the same name. Bondereleased in 1964. Interestingly, this song consists of a melodic reprise of another famous song, "Moon River".
On the recording, you can hear how Jimmy skilfully creates acoustic background for a fuller sound and moves the song "forward".
The Kinks - "I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter"
Also in 1964, Jimmy became a session musician for underrated heroes British Invasion The Kinks. The song "I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter" is a cover of the song of the same name Jay Miller.
Paige performed the part 12-string guitarwhich fills the track perfectly and gives the arrangement a charm. Characteristic "rawness" of the song and rhythmic pattern styles country music was created because of Jimmy!
Petula Clark - "Downtown"
A song by a British singer Petula Clarkthat was a hit number 1 The song was also recorded with the participation of a young Jimmy Page. In general, this song is very different from the British guitarist's later work, as it was recorded with the participation of a young Jimmy Page. style It's more like a soul song.
Contribution Jimmy it's also hard to trace here because his acoustic guitar. eclipses orchestral arrangement. However, it cannot be overlooked that the instrument Page wields creates a more full sound.
It's time to move on
In 1968. Jimmy gets tired of sessional work, he wants to create his own work, and having had some success with The Yardbirds, which didn't last long, Page assembles a new line-up of a band, then called the Led Zeppelin.
Since 1968 LZ engaged in producing groundbreaking elements in rock music, were able to quickly rise to the top of musical Olympus and created the unique sound. Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham will forever go down in history as pioneers of hard rock music and blues heavy metal, and "Whole Lotta Love", "Stairway To Heaven", "Black Dog" and others will remain blues-rock classics. And all this is largely thanks to Jimmy Page!