He is such a cool and polite guitar genius. He doesn't put down other guitarists, although some have put him down. Let's not forget, he produced all the zepplins music
@@tvbrasil80 I don't know why Ritchie has to always pop up when praising Jimmy Genius! They are two, totally different players, Ritchie a complete virtuoso who any knowledgeable fan of rock is in awe of, and Jimmy Page, the leader of the greatest band to ever take a stage! BOTH are on the short list of greatest guitarists ever, along with Poison's CC DeVille.......😁😁😁
@@tvbrasil80 Of course Richie AND Tony but Jimmy is the best. Long Live all of them. Bringing their music across the pond in the late 60's and all of the 70's to the States. Still Rock those bands and always will.
I have eight guitars, but only one that is truly my baby (Jimmy likened it to his wife or mistress). I busk quite a lot, people always come up to me and ask if they can use my guitar and play. I just shake my head and ask, "Do you also go up to Mother's with babies and ask if you can hold them? Hell no, you're not going near my guitar, she's my baby!"
@@WillieBojangles501 Yes sir Mr.Bojangles. I say if Plant does not want to go out for one more small tour, wow I'm getting old, I used to know everyone's name. He did the album in the early 90's with Jimmy. DeepPurple and White Snake singer. As soon as someone says his name I will say how did I forget. I'm thinking. Just turned 60 and I'm losing my mind. Well everyone should know his name, I will remember it later.
Just hearing the emotional connection when talking about his number one. It was brought into his life as a tool and a workhorse and he’s fallen in love with it. It’s so special what they both produced through the years.
And just thru his own playing Hotel California is better than Stairway to Heaven in my opinion... In every metric Not least of which the solo I expect I'll get little support from that notion in this comment thread
Yes it is a 59 les paul. And I much prefer it. Fun fact for the day. Did you know that most of the first 2 albums was recorded with Jimmy using a telecaster.
So true, just saw a post the other day and they, Rock icons range from around 72 to 82!! Sorry to say, they're going to be dropping like flies. I think Willie Nelson is around 90?
This man has lived the most charmed life anyone could've lived. His riffs and solos and songwriting is some of the most iconic music ever created. Yet he is so humble and never has a bad word to say about anyone. A true master and musician.
Always amazes me listening to how proper and polite he is…as if he could be working in a library. Yet he wrote some of the most devastating guitar riffs in music history. It doesn’t add up. Lol. He’s like jekyl and Hyde.
Jimmy came to see my band play in London many years ago, he’s a really lovely down to Earth man. I spent some time talking about Zep recordings much of which he couldn’t recall the details but he tried to pass on as much info as he could and was ultra complimentary about my playing and the band. I didn’t ask for a photo which I regret but thankfully I took a Jimmy Page front cover guitar world mag for him to sign which I treasure 🙂❤️
He reminds me of Hendrix in that they are incredibly Humble. Clapton grew to be humble in later years but Page and Hendrix, Beck, etc..were from the start. Steve wineood, Peter Green..the list goes on...SRV, Buddy Guy, Gallagher...
Many years ago a fella named Deen came into our showroom and wanted to drive the Acura NSX we had inside. I ask him if he is REALLY interested in buying it before we have to move half a dozen other cars and open the huge bay doors. He says yep, I’m REALLY interested and yes I have the money to buy it. About that time my sales manager walks in and says hi to the guy. Seems they knew each other. After some friendly banter this Deen asks me “so, is it really that fast?” I tell him beats me, I’ve never driven one. He becomes aghast and hands me the keys and tells me I HAVE to drive it. My boss is standing behind him and shaking his head NO! at me. Deen couldn’t see him. Deen kept insisting, I kept seeing my boss with his hands slashing his throat and mouthing NO! Deen says he won’t buy the car unless I drive it. Boss still shakes his head no. Needing to keep my job I never drove the car and true to his word Deen Castronovo didn’t buy it, but he was one helluva nice, normal fella. I had no idea who he was at the time.
I have always been a fan of Jimmy Page, and saw Led Zeppelin in concert in the 1970s. He is a brilliant guitarist who is one of the best. Thank you for sharing this video.
When we were teenagers in the 1970's, if you didn't get to see Led Zeppelin in Concert, someone like Jimmy Page was just this mystic super guitar god, like he really didn't exist. His guitar playing put us into drug induced meditative fantasy la-la land. We had no clue that many of the Zeppelin songs required different guitars, nor did we care. Amazing to see it was "all for real", through RUclips, 50 years later.
Gerald… I’m with you on this one… Born in 60 and literally raised on Rock and Roll. And I still enjoy every time a Led Zeppelin song comes on my radio. I had an eight track, portable, single speaker precursor to the boom box that I wore out lots of D batteries and a Led Zeppelin One eight track cassette on…
I was in my early twenties when I seen Zeppelin the first time, then again @ 1973 and nobody, NOBODY could put out the music they made. It was magical!
Seeing him play riffs that are SOO Iconic and knowing that HE is the guy who Made them, who invented them, is just a trip! What a Legend! hes Just a Man. but then again, hes Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page was a big influence on me along with Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan BB King Buddy Guy Albert King Albert Collins and so on I am so glad I saw Led Zeppelin one time at the Pontiac Silverdome 1977 Jimmy Page with the Black Crowes what a cool cat truly one of the greatest I don't care how people criticize him about his live performances Long Live Jimmy Page
Ive always loved Page's playing. A great scene with him is the moment in "it might bet loud" when starts playing 'whole lotta love' and Edge and Jack White are blown away.
WOW! Thank you, Jimmy Page for allowing us to see your beautiful guitars. What an amazing collection and I'm sure that's not everything. That was nice of him to show those guitars and play a little bit. He's still got it. He can still play. He's amazing.
I’ve been playing guitar for nearly 50 years and Jimmy Page is one of the most influential players in my musical journey. His sense of rhythm and timing is spot on. Eddie and Jimi are the other two major influences.
15:24 Reelin' In The Years ♫ in the background...nice...Jimmy said on more than one occasion that that was his favorite guitar solo. Great pick for sure!
6:40 That little tidbit from "What is and What should never be", after Whole Lotta Love, always wondered how it was done. Thanks for playing it Jimmy!!
Listen to the live album over and over until it sinks in: This guy was like no other. If you're a guitarist (like me) I challenge you to play the song, "The Song Remains The Same" as he did, with hybrid picking technique while shuffling and playfully dancing on stage. You won't be able to even sitting down for a year.
@Matthew Morrison Dude. I'm a guitarist, drummer and media composer. Stravinsky is my ultimate hero. I know them all. They are ALL great. They all have their special approach. I love Alan but sometimes I want earthy rock music. And for that? Page was king.
After hearing Jimmy play live in his early days and my criticism that he was a sloppy player I was not much of a fan. After many years as I became a better guitar player I gained more appreciation for his work. When I finally buckled down to learn a large portion of the guitar work I was enlightened to finally understand what so many others had known all along that he was a genius. His tunings and voicings were cutting edge into the realm of guitar work never heard before. Thanks Jimmy.
Loved reading this! Key words being TUNINGS and VOICINGS! We won't hear another player like Jimmy Page, he is special, utterly and completely unique....not of this world, basically. Jimmy is able to speak completely from his soul with his playing, which very few can do so eloquently!
When he wants to be. After all rock and roll is a drunken Man's music and he put that feel right in there with Zeppelin. I'm pretty sure his Studio tracks were clean. The samples I found on RUclips of his session work don't sound sloppy
One of the greatest and most influential of our and all history of Guitar universes. the rawness in his playing is so expressive and intriguing. Storytelling. Not just technique or style but a trademark of expression
Now that Jeff Beck has passed, RIP. 💐 He saved his guitars and is putting them on exhibit for a Museum. He’s so damn smart and thinking about his legacy and how he will be remembered. He doesn’t have to worry because his playing and music with Zeppelin is legendary. They have so many great albums so I think they will be remembered for years to come. And Don’t Rappers still sample the Drums from Levee Breaks? That Bass and Drum sound is huge because he recorded it at Headley Range and used the space inside. He put the drums in the middle and ran the Mics up the Stairwell for extra room! The result was the Huge Drum and Bass sound that everyone wants to sample.
15:24 Jimmy sums up the whole thing about guitars. It’s self expression. Even when you copy someone your own personality always leaks out. It’s a visceral process and a guitarist’s sound is like his finger prints.
@@theoloutlaw I think Page gets to much criticism for all of his supposed copying. Most Artist have taken from other artist and then make it their own. If you listen to any of the session guitar work he did in the early and mid 1960's, the songs were 'one off' original Mod/Freakbeat songs, of which were first time original guitar works by himself. As an example, listen to "Leave My Kitten Alone" by First Gear 1966.
@@geraldtanderson9044 Yeah, I'm familiar with Jimmy's work, especially the early material, and no doubt he is a great guitarist, and I'm not knocking his abilities at all. I think he is terribly overrated however, as much I think Clapton is also. I enjoy both players however, but being a guitarist and digging further into the past, there is not a lot that the likes of Page was doing that wasn't or hadn't already been done. It's good be gathered it all and presented it to a new audience, but to some of us old timers, we see what he is doing, and good on him for being the one that did it. It was a smart move to 'copy' the greats and repackage it for his own group. You mention the song 'Leave My Kitten', that solo is right out of the playing style of James Burton. Check out any of Rick Nelson's late 50's to early 60's recordings with James, and you'll hear what Jimmy was clearly listening to.
@@theoloutlawI have to disagree. My 7 examples below show why. Jimmy developed his own guitar sound(s) from years of being a session musician and with Yardbirds. 1. Babe I’m Going to Leave You and Ann Bredon? 100% only lyrics and had nothing to do with what Jimmy did on the guitar. Led Zeppelin was covering Joan Baez’s version which was “Traditional” and open to public domain. However, Baez took her lyrics from Bredon’s original version without credit. 2. Rock and Roll and Little Richard? Although Jimmy riff is an homage to Chuck Berry, it’s nothing like anything Chuck Berry ever did. While jamming, John Bonham started with a drum beat almost identical to Little Richards beginning of You Keep a Knock But You Can’t Come In. 3. Bring it on Home and Willie Dixon? Officially this was a cover that Robert Plant was the instigator behind. The only thing throught the song that’s completely different from Willie’s original version was Jimmy’s guitar. 4. Whole Lotta Love and Willie Dixon? That was also Robert Plant and lyrics. Nothing involving Jimmy. 5. Stairway to Heaven and Spirit? Only similarities between the song Taurus and Stairway to Heaven was each song had a cord progression in Am played on an acoustic guitar. Cord progression was legally deemed not to be a form of copyright infringement, thus Led Zeppelin winning the lawsuit. 6. Dazed and Confused and Jake Holmes? Yes, what Jimmy did in LED Zeppelin’s version was directly taken from what the Yardbirds did in their version, but it was Jimmy who came up with it when he was with the Yardbirds. With Jake Holmes version, the problem was over seven words Led Zeppelin used in their lyrics. Other than that, two completely different songs. 7. Black Mountain Side and Bert Jansch? This is ‘maybe’ the only arguable thing you have since Jimmy did admit that the guitar tablature Bert Jansch used in his Black Water Side inspired his in Black Mountain Side. Other than that, what Jimmy did in Black Mountain Side is considerably different and much more intricate than what Bert did in Black Water Side. Ultimately, though, the Black Water Side song and its guitar tab was public domain when Bert Jansch originally used it for his version.
Just awesome, I've always wanted to hear this stuff from JP. Two guitars have been special to me, one I still have, nearly forty years later, my other, my first, I stupidly sold. Amps come and go - although my Carvin valve amp has been with me since the early 1990s, iirc. So nice to hear Jimmy with similar love of and for his kit and the reasoning behind him having such✌️✌️💜 Thanks for sharing ✌️👍💜😊
I saw Jimmy play with the Zep in 1971 and part of the show I enjoyed the most was when he sat down in a metal folding chair. I was 16 and watched him play his Danelectro lipstick pickup guitar solo..
Loved, Love and will always Love Jimmy Page eternally! He is absolutely an Icon and Gennius of the guitar, ever! And Led Zeppelin is my Favourite hard Rock band!
I could sit and listen to Page talk about music and equipment all day. I've been lucky enough to see him play live 9 times. Five with Led Zeppelin, the greatest rock band of all time. JMHO.
Jimmy was a total pioneer without a doubt. In my opinion it was two albums that showed his innovation and mastery. The 1st album “Led Zeppelin” was a musical breakthrough for the time………And if you ask me, the “Presence” album was the best work the whole band ever did…..great musicianship for sure🎶🎶🎶
I also felt LZ1 was the best but my other would b Physical graffiti... I grew up hearing stories about led Zeppelin from my dad n still hear the same ones to this day lol. But he talks about how when LZ1 came out in 1969 his older brother got the vinyl n brought it home (I think my dad was 9 his older brother 12) n they drove his mom n neighbors crazy
Some people are critical when it comes to his guitar playing, personally I think he's genius. He hand picked the band members and wrote the music. That in itself is amazing.
Of all the guitars that came to Jim over the years, and the one we should be most thankful for was the one left behind by a family who moved out of the house the Page’s moved in to when he was a kid. Imagine? What were the chances that in a totally vacated house, a lone guitar was left behind…only to fall into the hands of whom would become the greatest guitarist the world will ever know. James Patrick Page: the Paganini of the electric guitar! There will only ever be one.
I wonder if anyone has ever tracked down that family and given them a proper thanks and quite a large check? I'm willing to donate to that cause! PEACE LOVE LED ZEPPELIN
@@melodymakermark Hahaha Jeff Beck not even close or perhaps you're referring to Slow Hand as he didn't get that name for nothing. Don't forget he put his guitar down when Hendrix got on stage. Opinions are like well it takes one to know one!
1977 I think it was zep came to Oklahoma and I went sans any friends. I wanted Togo straight and leave straight so I could really study and take the band in. They were individually superb and as a group they were just fantastically superb. Jimmie was such a treat to watch
I'm a Fan, my name is Giovanni (John), 👍💪🤟 and I'm 70 years old, and I'm in possession of a Gibson Les Paul Jimmy Page Signature with the 4 splits of the potentiometers of the 1965 year, and I'm happy because it sounds really good, great Rock Sound...
The best, most influential, unmatched guitarist ever!!! The ultimate master musician's musician! His outstanding music will be played for hundreds of years : )
Got to see him front row at syracuse war memorial for the Outrider tour ( best seat in the house) and he was so on that night...Jimmy just exudes this crazy energy when he plays like hes from another planet and was just engulfed in everything he was doing.. didnt miss a damn note that night...it was stunning.. out of every guitarist ive seen front row ..and it was alot (worked at ticketmaster!).only Page had that super energy thing going on iit was surreal....Plant had it in spades too ...but no one else had it like Jimmy Page ... Magickal....93
@@stonefly69 My comment had zero to due with LZ as you call them. Reply a little less if your strategy is to take things out of context. One relaxed dude out!
@@twintriode Back in the 90s I worked at a Ticketmaster outlet myself (Blockbuster Music, if you remember those) and no, TM employees didn't get any special advantage unless they cheated in the random number drawing. Thing was, there were no online sales back then so folks had to be there in person at 10am when tickets went on sale and a lot of rock fans don't get up and out to the store that early, so just by being there at work employees always managed to get pretty good seats!
He wrote 'The Rain Song'. That alone is an amazing piece of work. He is the master of riffs that moved the world. There is like 2 parts in Dazed N Confused from Song Remains The Same from 6:15-10:15 & 18:20-20:00 that still inspire me. Songs like 'Ten Years Gone'! I mean come on even the whole album Led Zepplin II is considered a studio masterpiece from beginning to end. I can't stress enough if you're a musician or even more importantly a guitarist, listen to Jimmy Page's work for a whole season and then listen to Zeppelin II on shrooms beside a fire under the stars w/ friends n lovers. You'll experience magic, like every good lad shall. 😉
I think Achilles last stand is one of Jimmy's works that went above and beyond, regarding Led Zep 2 the more I listen to that album the more I'm convinced it was their best.
There was another acoustic guitar that was presented to him by Andy Allen of Maton guitars. I believe he used it on the tour Robert and he did with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra around 2012. It was made of all Australian forest woods and was magnificent, Andy was a guitar tech for Jimmy on that tour. Everything this guy touches he makes sound great.!!
Lucky to see them twice in the early 70's at the Montreal Forum. Both shows were within the first 3 rows! What is and what should never be was a hilight with the sound shifting from right to left, back and forth!
Jimmy is a handsome old gentleman; and the arthritis seems minimal. I can't bend my fingers the way I used to. He still flows the same spirit through those old bones.
Of all the guitar guru's that I've listened to Jimmy Page has always been my guitar hero. His tone has always resonated with me. I set up my LP just like his Number One.
Stairway to heaven’s Lead guitar solo, voted number one greatest guitar solo ever written in music history. That just shows you how great Jimmy Page is and always will be.
No disrespect to Jimmy whatsoever or one of the greatest classic rock songs ever written by a band called "Stairway To Heaven." Yet, who, what, when & where did you find this so-called info claiming Page's STH guitar solo was voted the no.1 greatest solo ever in music history my friend? Cuz I must have missed that show, so help a brother out & show me I'm all ears. Jimmy's STH solo definitely kicks-azz & maybe one of the best ever. But almost every Top-10 lists I've ever seen that's always on top @no.1 greatest solo is David Gilmour's solo work on "Comfortably Numb." So, again show me where you read that Page's solo was voted no.1 in music history. 🤔 Just saying... ++Peace & Rock n' Roll 4 Your Soul My Friend++ 🤘😜🤘
Don’t trust anyone who doesn’t love Led Zeppelin ♠️ And never bring into your closest circle, anyone who doesn’t openly acknowledge Jimmy Page as The most important rock guitarist of all time ♠️♠️
He played redundantly. A influence to alot of musicians. The greatest? I don't understand how he could even be in the conversation. Just like everyone gives the blues credit for rock and roll. Well, where do people think the blues came from? It was a stepping stone to rock and roll. Then along comes Jimmy Page. He took a bit of everything and created a new style of music. It's called Led Zeppelin Not one in a million. One of a kind. @@randybailin4902
Thank's So Much, Jimmy Page and the LED ZEPPELIN, for teaching us to sing and play your music all these years, thank you very much, we will never forget your songs, they were part of our lives...💪👍🎼🎵🎶🎸
He is such a cool and polite guitar genius. He doesn't put down other guitarists, although some have put him down. Let's not forget, he produced all the zepplins music
Hellooo , Blackmore?
Best guitarist, songwriter and producer. Ever.
The class act of all acts.
Still the gold standard in my book.
@@tvbrasil80 I don't know why Ritchie has to always pop up when praising Jimmy Genius! They are two, totally different players, Ritchie a complete virtuoso who any knowledgeable fan of rock is in awe of, and Jimmy Page, the leader of the greatest band to ever take a stage! BOTH are on the short list of greatest guitarists ever, along with Poison's CC DeVille.......😁😁😁
@@tvbrasil80 Of course Richie AND Tony but Jimmy is the best. Long Live all of them. Bringing their music across the pond in the late 60's and all of the 70's to the States.
Still Rock those bands and always will.
I love how Jimmy expresses how important #1 guitar is to him. He loves that thing.
I have eight guitars, but only one that is truly my baby (Jimmy likened it to his wife or mistress). I busk quite a lot, people always come up to me and ask if they can use my guitar and play. I just shake my head and ask, "Do you also go up to Mother's with babies and ask if you can hold them? Hell no, you're not going near my guitar, she's my baby!"
@@EnzoFerenczyo Even if I could I wouldn't play your shitty guitar. I'm not important and neither are you. Get over it Budda.
Dude you can chill you know 😂
My favorite guitarist. The most melodic and wrote the music to some of the most amazing songs ever. Genius!!!
My favorite, by a mile, Page plays the coolest riffs, solos, acoustic beauty.....his tones are without equal!
Can we all just be thankful that we lived in the age when Jimmy Page walked the earth?
I am. he's phenomenal IMO.
Yes.
ABSOLUTELY DAMN RIGHT!
I feel that way about him, and several others.
@@WillieBojangles501 Yes sir Mr.Bojangles. I say if Plant does not want to go out for one more small tour, wow I'm getting old, I used to know everyone's name. He did the album in the early 90's with Jimmy. DeepPurple and White Snake singer. As soon as someone says his name I will say how did I forget. I'm thinking. Just turned 60 and I'm losing my mind. Well everyone should know his name, I will remember it later.
Just hearing the emotional connection when talking about his number one. It was brought into his life as a tool and a workhorse and he’s fallen in love with it. It’s so special what they both produced through the years.
I wonder if Joe Walsh has any regrets.
And ‘it won’t beat you up for alimony’ 😂😀
Master of his craft. Pure genius. Idolized by many for a reason.
Indeed
Hear hear 🙏🏻🪞
Abused 13yr old Lori Mattix… yeah what a legend
Joe Walsh had a huge impact on Rock & Roll just by convincing Jimmy to buy that Les Paul.
@Gordon 59
A 59’ Les Paul
And just thru his own playing
Hotel California is better than Stairway to Heaven in my opinion... In every metric
Not least of which the solo
I expect I'll get little support from that notion in this comment thread
Yes it is a 59 les paul. And I much prefer it. Fun fact for the day. Did you know that most of the first 2 albums was recorded with Jimmy using a telecaster.
@@chucklee347 Just the first album, was recorded with the telecaster.
Not many of these icons left,a great musician
So true, just saw a post the other day and they, Rock icons range from around 72 to 82!! Sorry to say, they're going to be dropping like flies. I think Willie Nelson is around 90?
Master Guitarist Jimmy Page, 🎸
3-21-75 Seattle. I was there. Robert's comment at the end of Dazed & Confused at that Concert.
LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹
This man has lived the most charmed life anyone could've lived. His riffs and solos and songwriting is some of the most iconic music ever created. Yet he is so humble and never has a bad word to say about anyone. A true master and musician.
Always amazes me listening to how proper and polite he is…as if he could be working in a library. Yet he wrote some of the most devastating guitar riffs in music history. It doesn’t add up. Lol. He’s like jekyl and Hyde.
It's a lesson in not underestimating the quiet and polite types. :)
Very true
He`s a gentleman ! Now Bonzo that`s a whole nother story ! lol
Never underestimate the Only Child.
Being covered in tattoos and dragging around stoned stupid is not a prerequiste for being a superb creative.
Jimmy came to see my band play in London many years ago, he’s a really lovely down to Earth man. I spent some time talking about Zep recordings much of which he couldn’t recall the details but he tried to pass on as much info as he could and was ultra complimentary about my playing and the band. I didn’t ask for a photo which I regret but thankfully I took a Jimmy Page front cover guitar world mag for him to sign which I treasure 🙂❤️
Treasure it for the rest of your life! I wish I had something of his...anything!
Holy shit dude, congrats. What did he like about your playing?
@@ElevatedLevetatorthat’s what I want to know!
Jimmy Page is a legend and is always will be
Didn't he have sex with teenagers
I think people should refer to Jimmy Page as The Legend 👍😎🎸
He is the legend for Russians too with free mind and sensitive for elite music ❤
Always amazes me how down to earth these guys are.
He reminds me of Hendrix in that they are incredibly Humble. Clapton grew to be humble in later years but Page and Hendrix, Beck, etc..were from the start. Steve wineood, Peter Green..the list goes on...SRV, Buddy Guy, Gallagher...
Many years ago a fella named Deen came into our showroom and wanted to drive the Acura NSX we had inside. I ask him if he is REALLY interested in buying it before we have to move half a dozen other cars and open the huge bay doors. He says yep, I’m REALLY interested and yes I have the money to buy it. About that time my sales manager walks in and says hi to the guy. Seems they knew each other. After some friendly banter this Deen asks me “so, is it really that fast?” I tell him beats me, I’ve never driven one. He becomes aghast and hands me the keys and tells me I HAVE to drive it.
My boss is standing behind him and shaking his head NO! at me. Deen couldn’t see him. Deen kept insisting, I kept seeing my boss with his hands slashing his throat and mouthing NO!
Deen says he won’t buy the car unless I drive it. Boss still shakes his head no. Needing to keep my job I never drove the car and true to his word Deen Castronovo didn’t buy it, but he was one helluva nice, normal fella. I had no idea who he was at the time.
I think it's because they honestly really only care about the music
True that it really does blow you away sometimes
He likes little girls and I guess you do to
No one has ever since combined folk, blues and rock, acoustic and electric, as has this man; genius.
Gretta van fleet, if you enjoy Zep then give them a listen.
I always thought The Black Crowes has that sort of vibe too 😎👍
Jimmy was a child prodigy on guitar. At 9 he was better than 99% of guitarist.
David Gilmore was just as good, you can't forget Pink Floyd
They were both great at doing this.
@@bobbg9041Gilmore started at 19 as a student though.
I have always been a fan of Jimmy Page, and saw Led Zeppelin in concert in the 1970s. He is a brilliant guitarist who is one of the best. Thank you for sharing this video.
...a living monument to not just rock & roll, but to music!...
The way Jimmy plays...it's like his fingerprints - they're unique, impossible to be duplicated ❤
No seriously I have such a hard time sometimes matching the tone for the main riff on ten years gone when the drums drop
He plays like shit.. especially his heroin induced guitar solos. Absolutely horrendous.
That's a natural fact
Very true. Not many people can play as sloppy as him.
ironically he couldnt even do his solos the same way twice....XD still an amazing guitar player though,no doubt
It was such a honor and privilege to see the greatest and best rock band ever !!!!! I was 16 and now 60 will always cherish that moment...
When we were teenagers in the 1970's, if you didn't get to see Led Zeppelin in Concert, someone like Jimmy Page was just this mystic super guitar god, like he really didn't exist. His guitar playing put us into drug induced meditative fantasy la-la land. We had no clue that many of the Zeppelin songs required different guitars, nor did we care. Amazing to see it was "all for real", through RUclips, 50 years later.
True. Like the song Kasmir... Who would have known that tuning to DADGAD would make it playable.
Gerald… I’m with you on this one… Born in 60 and literally raised on Rock and Roll. And I still enjoy every time a Led Zeppelin song comes on my radio. I had an eight track, portable, single speaker precursor to the boom box that I wore out lots of D batteries and a Led Zeppelin One eight track cassette on…
@@dennis652 That's cool!
I was in my early twenties when I seen Zeppelin the first time, then again @ 1973 and nobody, NOBODY could put out the music they made. It was magical!
Led Zep was really huge. Just about every dude knew at least one song. Now the average guy under 30 can’t even name one classic rock song.
Seeing him play riffs that are SOO Iconic and knowing that HE is the guy who Made them, who invented them, is just a trip! What a Legend! hes Just a Man. but then again, hes Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page was a big influence on me along with Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan BB King Buddy Guy Albert King Albert Collins and so on I am so glad I saw Led Zeppelin one time at the Pontiac Silverdome 1977 Jimmy Page with the Black Crowes what a cool cat truly one of the greatest I don't care how people criticize him about his live performances Long Live Jimmy Page
Ive always loved Page's playing. A great scene with him is the moment in "it might bet loud" when starts playing 'whole lotta love' and Edge and Jack White are blown away.
Right on!
Jimmy’s just so cool and a fantastic guitarist that has created so much amazing music!! ❤️
Its so easy to spot someone when they're talking about something that excites them.
WOW! Thank you, Jimmy Page for allowing us to see your beautiful guitars. What an amazing collection and I'm sure that's not everything. That was nice of him to show those guitars and play a little bit. He's still got it. He can still play. He's amazing.
The man is a legend.
He invented incredible chord progressions and wrote very good songs.
He is a hero .......
Lhd😂aavxv
Yes he did: i learned by ear in the 70’s to play his riffs…
I’ve been playing guitar for nearly 50 years and Jimmy Page is one of the most influential players in my musical journey. His sense of rhythm and timing is spot on. Eddie and Jimi are the other two major influences.
He`s The Goat !
You're right. His chord playing is up there with Pete Townshend.
15:24 Reelin' In The Years ♫ in the background...nice...Jimmy said on more than one occasion that that was his favorite guitar solo. Great pick for sure!
Yes for sure
Met him in a music store in Nashville off the beaten path. I was starstruck. Got his Autograph and chatted a bit
@@daniellaudman8580 You are so lucky.I would. LOVE to talk to Jimmy Page.
A treasured memory to be sure❤
Enthralled. Mesmerized. Amazed. Thank you.
What an incredibly gracious and knowledgeable man.
An incredibly evil man
@@JimmybarthYes. Mr Crowley.
6:40 That little tidbit from "What is and What should never be", after Whole Lotta Love, always wondered how it was done. Thanks for playing it Jimmy!!
Listen to the live album over and over until it sinks in: This guy was like no other. If you're a guitarist (like me) I challenge you to play the song, "The Song Remains The Same" as he did, with hybrid picking technique while shuffling and playfully dancing on stage. You won't be able to even sitting down for a year.
@Matthew Morrison Dude. I'm a guitarist, drummer and media composer. Stravinsky is my ultimate hero. I know them all. They are ALL great. They all have their special approach. I love Alan but sometimes I want earthy rock music. And for that? Page was king.
After hearing Jimmy play live in his early days and my criticism that he was a sloppy player I was not much of a fan. After many years as I became a better guitar player I gained more appreciation for his work. When I finally buckled down to learn a large portion of the guitar work I was enlightened to finally understand what so many others had known all along that he was a genius. His tunings and voicings were cutting edge into the realm of guitar work never heard before. Thanks Jimmy.
Loved reading this! Key words being TUNINGS and VOICINGS! We won't hear another player like Jimmy Page, he is special, utterly and completely unique....not of this world, basically. Jimmy is able to speak completely from his soul with his playing, which very few can do so eloquently!
I was very glad that I got to see them in 1977😊
You are right Page is a genius!
He IS a sloppy guitar player!
When he wants to be. After all rock and roll is a drunken Man's music and he put that feel right in there with Zeppelin. I'm pretty sure his Studio tracks were clean. The samples I found on RUclips of his session work don't sound sloppy
Amazing Joe Walsh connection !!! I'm a huge fan of the original James Gang trio and that direct influence is fabulous.
Always loved Jimmy.I could converse with him forever,and listen to him play even longer.👏👏👏
One of the greatest and most influential of our and all history of Guitar universes. the rawness in his playing is so expressive and intriguing. Storytelling. Not just technique or style but a trademark of expression
Now that Jeff Beck has passed, RIP. 💐
He saved his guitars and is putting them on exhibit for a Museum. He’s so damn smart and thinking about his legacy and how he will be remembered. He doesn’t have to worry because his playing and music with Zeppelin is legendary.
They have so many great albums so I think they will be remembered for years to come. And Don’t Rappers still sample the Drums from Levee Breaks? That Bass and Drum sound is huge because he recorded it at Headley Range and used the space inside. He put the drums in the middle and ran the Mics up the Stairwell for extra room! The result was the Huge Drum and Bass sound that everyone wants to sample.
15:24 Jimmy sums up the whole thing about guitars. It’s self expression. Even when you copy someone your own personality always leaks out. It’s a visceral process and a guitarist’s sound is like his finger prints.
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People hate Jimmy Page because he did it all before they could.
People hate Jimmy Page because he copied everything everyone else did before him.... just sayin'.
@@theoloutlaw Les Paul played every riff possible in the 1930s. Everyone since then has just been copying everything. Deal with it.
@@theoloutlaw I think Page gets to much criticism for all of his supposed copying. Most Artist have taken from other artist and then make it their own. If you listen to any of the session guitar work he did in the early and mid 1960's, the songs were 'one off' original Mod/Freakbeat songs, of which were first time original guitar works by himself. As an example, listen to "Leave My Kitten Alone" by First Gear 1966.
@@geraldtanderson9044 Yeah, I'm familiar with Jimmy's work, especially the early material, and no doubt he is a great guitarist, and I'm not knocking his abilities at all. I think he is terribly overrated however, as much I think Clapton is also. I enjoy both players however, but being a guitarist and digging further into the past, there is not a lot that the likes of Page was doing that wasn't or hadn't already been done. It's good be gathered it all and presented it to a new audience, but to some of us old timers, we see what he is doing, and good on him for being the one that did it. It was a smart move to 'copy' the greats and repackage it for his own group. You mention the song 'Leave My Kitten', that solo is right out of the playing style of James Burton. Check out any of Rick Nelson's late 50's to early 60's recordings with James, and you'll hear what Jimmy was clearly listening to.
@@theoloutlawI have to disagree. My 7 examples below show why. Jimmy developed his own guitar sound(s) from years of being a session musician and with Yardbirds.
1. Babe I’m Going to Leave You and Ann Bredon? 100% only lyrics and had nothing to do with what Jimmy did on the guitar. Led Zeppelin was covering Joan Baez’s version which was “Traditional” and open to public domain. However, Baez took her lyrics from Bredon’s original version without credit.
2. Rock and Roll and Little Richard? Although Jimmy riff is an homage to Chuck Berry, it’s nothing like anything Chuck Berry ever did. While jamming, John Bonham started with a drum beat almost identical to Little Richards beginning of You Keep a Knock But You Can’t Come In.
3. Bring it on Home and Willie Dixon? Officially this was a cover that Robert Plant was the instigator behind. The only thing throught the song that’s completely different from Willie’s original version was Jimmy’s guitar.
4. Whole Lotta Love and Willie Dixon? That was also Robert Plant and lyrics. Nothing involving Jimmy.
5. Stairway to Heaven and Spirit? Only similarities between the song Taurus and Stairway to Heaven was each song had a cord progression in Am played on an acoustic guitar. Cord progression was legally deemed not to be a form of copyright infringement, thus Led Zeppelin winning the lawsuit.
6. Dazed and Confused and Jake Holmes? Yes, what Jimmy did in LED Zeppelin’s version was directly taken from what the Yardbirds did in their version, but it was Jimmy who came up with it when he was with the Yardbirds. With Jake Holmes version, the problem was over seven words Led Zeppelin used in their lyrics. Other than that, two completely different songs.
7. Black Mountain Side and Bert Jansch? This is ‘maybe’ the only arguable thing you have since Jimmy did admit that the guitar tablature Bert Jansch used in his Black Water Side inspired his in Black Mountain Side. Other than that, what Jimmy did in Black Mountain Side is considerably different and much more intricate than what Bert did in Black Water Side. Ultimately, though, the Black Water Side song and its guitar tab was public domain when Bert Jansch originally used it for his version.
Page is to me the best guitar player ever and symbol of the true ROCK.
Somewhere there's a short bus on its way to pick you up
@@markhardwick7791you need help
Absolutely right!
Duane Allman.. Very versatile, very precise. Never sloppy.
Just awesome, I've always wanted to hear this stuff from JP.
Two guitars have been special to me, one I still have, nearly forty years later, my other, my first, I stupidly sold. Amps come and go - although my Carvin valve amp has been with me since the early 1990s, iirc.
So nice to hear Jimmy with similar love of and for his kit and the reasoning behind him having such✌️✌️💜
Thanks for sharing ✌️👍💜😊
Thank you jimmy and robert for making the soundtrack for my life!!! Cheers mates!!
Not only a genius but a beautiful humble and generous human being Led Zeppelin played the soundtrack to my life God bless you Jimmy
Don't forget that he loved to bang 14 year old chicks too! Heck of a guy.
The greatest living rock and roll guitarist bar none.
I saw Jimmy play with the Zep in 1971 and part of the show I enjoyed the most was when he sat down in a metal folding chair. I was 16 and watched him play his Danelectro lipstick pickup guitar solo..
Loved, Love and will always Love Jimmy Page eternally!
He is absolutely an Icon and Gennius of the guitar, ever!
And Led Zeppelin is my Favourite hard Rock band!
I could sit and listen to Page talk about music and equipment all day. I've been lucky enough to see him play live 9 times. Five with Led Zeppelin, the greatest rock band of all time. JMHO.
Thanks for being a great musical influence on me and many others Jimmy!!
You can tell he wrote what he plays. It sounds like what he recorded. Fascinating.
The Rain Song could be one of the greatest songs ever written just for the tuning and having to make up the chords.
That used to be my favorite Zeppelin song.. then I heard Achilles Last Stand.. just a guitaring was awesome...
I read somewhere George harrison said they couldn't do a ballad, so they answered with the rain song.
It’s stunning and still gives me chills
@@Guitaroverkill The Rain Song is my favorite song to play on my Les Paul,or acoustic.❤️Beautiful song.
Rain song is amazing. My college girlfriend and I used to love listening to it while tripping on shrooms. Beautiful memories
Jimmy Page your such a nice guy. I was never a LZ fan, but your guitar playing inspired me all those years ago, so thanks for that 👍🏻
Well, you should be a Zeppelin fan. How dare you !!! Lol!!
Love that he mentions the mystique of the Peter Green Les Paul
ONE OF THE GREATEST GUITARIST EVER 🎸HE WAS MEANT TO BE!!🎸🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶👍✌️😎BOB!
Jimmy was a total pioneer without a doubt. In my opinion it was two albums that showed his innovation and mastery. The 1st album “Led Zeppelin” was a musical breakthrough for the time………And if you ask me, the “Presence” album was the best work the whole band ever did…..great musicianship for sure🎶🎶🎶
The guitar after the middle of Carouselambra is haunting if you hear it loud... seems like each week another solo of his pops in my head.
I also felt LZ1 was the best but my other would b Physical graffiti... I grew up hearing stories about led Zeppelin from my dad n still hear the same ones to this day lol. But he talks about how when LZ1 came out in 1969 his older brother got the vinyl n brought it home (I think my dad was 9 his older brother 12) n they drove his mom n neighbors crazy
Some people are critical when it comes to his guitar playing, personally I think he's genius. He hand picked the band members and wrote the music. That in itself is amazing.
Critical due to jealousy, he’s an absolute legend
People knock Stairway to Heaven all the time I get it.
Radio overplayed it but imagine hearing it for the first time again.
Definitely a masterpiece
one movie made it a bit toxic! was it even a good movie?
Every night at midnight on FM radio New Haven CT circa 74!
Find the Kennedy Center honors version. Awesome beyond
Hearing it the first time by the band Spirit and named Taurus you mean?
Stairway to Heaven is to Led Zep as Hey Jude is to The Beatles....the two biggest of the biggies of the their careers.
Of all the guitars that came to Jim over the years, and the one we should be most thankful for was the one left behind by a family who moved out of the house the Page’s moved in to when he was a kid. Imagine? What were the chances that in a totally vacated house, a lone guitar was left behind…only to fall into the hands of whom would become the greatest guitarist the world will ever know. James Patrick Page: the Paganini of the electric guitar! There will only ever be one.
I love your comment! Jimmy Page is a legend!
Sure. Happens all the time.
I wonder if anyone has ever tracked down that family and given them a proper thanks and quite a large check?
I'm willing to donate to that cause!
PEACE
LOVE
LED ZEPPELIN
The greatest guitarist the world will ever know? He wasn’t even the greatest guitarist in the Yardbirds. He’s Jimmy Page though, and that’s awesome.
@@melodymakermark Hahaha
Jeff Beck not even close or perhaps you're referring to Slow Hand as he didn't get that name for nothing. Don't forget he put his guitar down when Hendrix got on stage.
Opinions are like well it takes one to know one!
Best guitar phrasing in rock history. I love everything you've done Jimmy.
When we’re talking about JIMMY PAGE. LET ME SAY ONE OF THE BEST GUITAR PLAYERS OF ALL TIME. THX JIMMY. That’s for sure!! Brian, 🎸🎶🎵
Such a great guy.
He's the reason I play the guitar. Others influence me, but Jimmy got me to pick it up.
1977 I think it was zep came to Oklahoma and I went sans any friends. I wanted Togo straight and leave straight so I could really study and take the band in. They were individually superb and as a group they were just fantastically superb. Jimmie was such a treat to watch
i wonder if he and his bandmates know how much their songs mean to us all? they mean a LOT to me. very special. far beyond being a 'fan'
I'm a Fan, my name is Giovanni (John), 👍💪🤟 and I'm 70 years old, and I'm in possession of a Gibson Les Paul Jimmy Page Signature with the 4 splits of the potentiometers of the 1965 year, and I'm happy because it sounds really good, great Rock Sound...
The best, most influential, unmatched guitarist ever!!!
The ultimate master musician's musician! His outstanding music will be played for hundreds of years : )
Most enjoyable. Jimmy being laid back, as he mostly is, is educational and fun. Living History. Thanks.
Got to see him front row at syracuse war memorial for the Outrider tour ( best seat in the house) and he was so on that night...Jimmy just exudes this crazy energy when he plays like hes from another planet and was just engulfed in everything he was doing.. didnt miss a damn note that night...it was stunning.. out of every guitarist ive seen front row ..and it was alot (worked at ticketmaster!).only Page had that super energy thing going on iit was surreal....Plant had it in spades too ...but no one else had it like Jimmy Page ... Magickal....93
Oh great just found a new reason to hate Ticketmaster. So in addition to the super high service fees, the employees cherry pick the best seats?
@@twintriode Most of LZ was long before Ticketmaster existed. Relax.
@@stonefly69 My comment had zero to due with LZ as you call them. Reply a little less if your strategy is to take things out of context. One relaxed dude out!
@@twintriode Back in the 90s I worked at a Ticketmaster outlet myself (Blockbuster Music, if you remember those) and no, TM employees didn't get any special advantage unless they cheated in the random number drawing. Thing was, there were no online sales back then so folks had to be there in person at 10am when tickets went on sale and a lot of rock fans don't get up and out to the store that early, so just by being there at work employees always managed to get pretty good seats!
@@Jaysthename OK fair enough. I do not remember Blockbuster music, and I was certainly around for all of the 90's. Maybe a regional thing?
He created the greatest band ever , then wrote the greatest songs ever , then revolutionised recording techniques , he's a legend imo 👍
That’s not an opinion
You mean the Beatles?@WhySilverWhyNow
On the sad day far in the future when we lose Mr. Page, that will be the day Rock truly dies. As long as we have him Rock n Roll Lives.
OH, Please don't even talk about it. He seems like he is very healthy, so hopefully he's with us for a long time to come. He can still play great too.
@@NalaRichenbach80 in December.
Never get tired of Jimmy Page !!!
He wrote 'The Rain Song'. That alone is an amazing piece of work. He is the master of riffs that moved the world. There is like 2 parts in Dazed N Confused from Song Remains The Same from 6:15-10:15 & 18:20-20:00 that still inspire me. Songs like 'Ten Years Gone'! I mean come on even the whole album Led Zepplin II is considered a studio masterpiece from beginning to end. I can't stress enough if you're a musician or even more importantly a guitarist, listen to Jimmy Page's work for a whole season and then listen to Zeppelin II on shrooms beside a fire under the stars w/ friends n lovers. You'll experience magic, like every good lad shall. 😉
I think Achilles last stand is one of Jimmy's works that went above and beyond, regarding Led Zep 2 the more I listen to that album the more I'm convinced it was their best.
Love this stuff..thanks so much for posting
I can see why jimmy and joe Walsh are friends , they are both down to earth .
Great discussion of his number one les paul
One very decent compilation.
Thank you 👍🏻🙂
There was another acoustic guitar that was presented to him by Andy Allen of Maton guitars. I believe he used it on the tour Robert and he did with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra around 2012. It was made of all Australian forest woods and was magnificent, Andy was a guitar tech for Jimmy on that tour. Everything this guy touches he makes sound great.!!
Wow great channel thank you for your time and effort to put this all together
Lucky to see them twice in the early 70's at the Montreal Forum. Both shows were within the first 3 rows! What is and what should never be was a hilight with the sound shifting from right to left, back and forth!
Jimmy Page is an absolute genius, it's incredible.
Fantastic recollection! Would love to hear more about it.
Jimmy is a handsome old gentleman; and the arthritis seems minimal. I can't bend my fingers the way I used to. He still flows the same spirit through those old bones.
I own a Les Paul because of Jimmy Page.🎸❤He is,and will always be the greatest guitarist.
Video is perfect on this subject. Thanks.
Of all the guitar guru's that I've listened to Jimmy Page has always been my guitar hero. His tone has always resonated with me. I set up my LP just like his Number One.
Stairway to heaven’s Lead guitar solo, voted number one greatest guitar solo ever written in music history. That just shows you how great Jimmy Page is and always will be.
I agree, it’s never been rivaled
No disrespect to Jimmy whatsoever or one of the greatest classic rock songs ever written by a band called "Stairway To Heaven." Yet, who, what, when & where did you find this so-called info claiming Page's STH guitar solo was voted the no.1 greatest solo ever in music history my friend? Cuz I must have missed that show, so help a brother out & show me I'm all ears. Jimmy's STH solo definitely kicks-azz & maybe one of the best ever. But almost every Top-10 lists I've ever seen that's always on top @no.1 greatest solo is David Gilmour's solo work on "Comfortably Numb." So, again show me where you read that Page's solo was voted no.1 in music history. 🤔 Just saying... ++Peace & Rock n' Roll 4 Your Soul My Friend++ 🤘😜🤘
That opening with the headstocks… I could smell that vintage smell of the room!!!
Don’t trust anyone who doesn’t love Led Zeppelin ♠️
And never bring into your closest circle, anyone who doesn’t openly acknowledge Jimmy Page as The most important rock guitarist of all time ♠️♠️
Chuck Berry was the most important rock guitarist of all time. He created the template.
@@randybailin4902 ooo you dun it now. ... .
Ridiculous
He played redundantly. A influence to alot of musicians. The greatest? I don't understand how he could even be in the conversation. Just like everyone gives the blues credit for rock and roll. Well, where do people think the blues came from? It was a stepping stone to rock and roll.
Then along comes Jimmy Page. He took a bit of everything and created a new style of music.
It's called Led Zeppelin
Not one in a million. One of a kind.
@@randybailin4902
Just listening to Jimmy strum those chords from Stairway is bliss. There is something that tugs at my heart when I hear that song.
Jimmy will always be the guitar man
You said it right THE guitar man... Everyone else is a pretender to the throne
Thank's So Much, Jimmy Page and the LED ZEPPELIN, for teaching us to sing and play your music all these years, thank you very much, we will never forget your songs, they were part of our lives...💪👍🎼🎵🎶🎸
He is "down to earth" - the best I can say about a real human person - although he is iconic too 😅
Fascinating. Saw him twice in 1988 and he nailed "In my time of dying'.
The lead breaks on the track 'The Song Remains the Same' on the live 1976 TSRTS album (double neck SG) are extraordinary.
Thanks for posting!
Very cool! It would be nice if the person sent to interview him actually knew something about guitars! I think Jimmy would appreciate it too.
Rick Beato!
A truly beautiful man. There aren’t words to explain what a great influence he’s been to us all.
He is a riff master and a guitar god
Loved hearing all the tid bits and details ty❤️💯🤘
Jimmy is a remarkable guitar maestro
When you say guitar to me, I automatically think of Mr. Jimmy, because he is a Master when it comes to guitars. Thanks Mr. Jimmy!