This month we celebrate the genius of Led Zeppelin’s legendary guitarist, Jimmy Page. Few can claim to be as influential as Page. As a producer, he innovated on every album the band recorded. As a guitarist, he’s one of the most extraordinary riff writers of all time. Exhibits A, B and C: Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker,Kashmir. There are many more, of course. And just listen to Led Zeppelin’s studio albums, each an evolution in sound and style on its predecessor. Jimmy says Led Zeppelin were an ‘album band, not a singles band’; he also admitted that he always had a plan for the band’s career path - I don’t doubt it.
This month, I spoke with Jimmy about the making of some of Led Zeppelin’s greatest tracks and his new book, Jimmy Page: The Anthology, which documents his career through photography from Jimmy’s personal archive. You can read the interview starting on p34, and top TG tutor Steve Allsworth has produced a six-page lesson on his style, sound and technique which begins on p56.