How many guitarists, or other musicians, can claim to have the legacy that James Patrick Page has? After picking up the guitar at an early age, the six-string wizard has been shaping rock’n’roll for decades, whether on early sessions as a hired hand, with his groundbreaking work with The Yardbirds and then as the mastermind of a little band you might have heard of called Led Zeppelin. Needless to say, it’s been quite the life thus far. This month we managed to collar Jimmy for The Classic Rock Interview (p26), in which the music legend takes us through the years from his ‘Excalibur’ guitar moment, through his incredible body of work, right up to what he’s got planned for the future.
Elsewhere we look back at Black Sabbath’s Paranoid - an album celebrating its half-century, hang out at Abbey Road Studios with Joe Bonamassa, learn the Gospel According To Skin, and so much more. Enjoy!