Latest about Jimmy Page
“To embody Jimmy Page, I need the tone, the guitar performance and the emotions to come together”: Akio Sakurai aka Mr. Jimmy has spent 30 years honing the perfect Led Zeppelin guitar sound. As he explains, “tone is the most important thing”
In this exclusive clip from new documentary Mr. Jimmy, Sakurai’s lifelong dedication to mastering Jimmy Page’s tone, playing style and look is laid bare
“People were saying, ‘Oh, Led Zeppelin’s gone acoustic.’ Well, what happened to your ears on the first and second album?” How Jimmy Page redefined the role of acoustic guitar in rock
Led Zeppelin might have taken electric guitar to bold new places, but the acoustic was no second-stringer in their sound – and Page’s desire to unplug was there from the start
“It needs a tune – but we’ll do that free of charge!” Meet the Gibson Firebird that Jimmy Page lost in a drinking game with John Bonham
This heavily modified Non-Reverse Gibson Firebird III is a lost Led Zeppelin guitar with a fascinating history – we get the story behind the Page-owned beauty and the buoyant market for Gibson’s under-appreciated cult hero
For 30 years, this Japanese guitarist has dedicated his life to becoming Jimmy Page – watch the first trailer for Mr. Jimmy, a documentary about his incredible story
See the remarkable tale of Akio Sakurai, who recreated Led Zeppelin concerts note-for-note in small Tokyo clubs, until a meeting with Page changed his life forever
"We had no idea we were going to do it": That time Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge saluted the Band with a surprise campfire cover of The Weight
The impromptu acoustic jam closes out the 2008 guitar-themed documentary, It Might Get Loud
“I knew exactly what I wanted to do in every respect”: How Jimmy Page built Led Zeppelin from the ashes of the Yardbirds
Using knowledge gleaned from his time as a first-call session pro – and his brief but crucial tenure alongside Jeff Beck in the Yardbirds – Page formed a rock colossus from the ground up
“I wrote Black Dog on a train. There was a Muddy Waters song with a riff that never ended...” How John Paul Jones wrote Led Zeppelin's Black Dog
Despite Jimmy Page’s masterful guitar playing, Black Dog was written by Led Zeppelin's bass hero John Paul Jones
Pete Thorn explains why mistakes are part of Jimmy Page’s magic
Though Page's production prowess and legendary chops are usually the focus of praise, Thorn gave credit to a more human aspect of the Led Zeppelin legend's playing
