| Authors: |
Tolinski, Brad
Page, Jimmy.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Rock musicians -- England -- Interviews.
Page, Jimmy -- Interviews.
Led Zeppelin (Musical group)
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Crown, c2012. |
| Description: |
xvi, 298 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780307985712 (hbk.) 0307985717 (hbk.) |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-298). |
| Contents: |
"There was a fight almost every time we performed" -- "I wanted to play loud" ; The Yardbirds according to Chris Dreja -- "I wanted artistic control in a vise grip" ; A conversation with John Paul Jones -- "Fuck the sixties! We're going to chart the new decade" ; A conversation with Jimmy Page and Jack White -- "They told us we were committing professional suicide" -- "The tours were exercises in pure hedonism" -- "It was my life -- that fusion of magick and music" ; A conversation with Led Zeppelin publicist Danny Goldbert ; Top ten Led Zeppelin guitar moments -- "I was knocked sideways" ; A conversation with Bad Company and Firm vocalist Paul Rodgers -- "I still had a lot to offer and say musically" ; An inventory of Jimmy Page's primary guitars, amps, and effects -- "We're older and wiser" ; A conversation with men's fashion designer John Varvatos -- The astrology of Jimmy Page. |
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| Summary: |
Draws on twenty years of personal interviews to cover Page's early work with such artists as Tom Jones and Eric Clapton, the creative years of Led Zeppelin, and his post-Zeppelin relationships with Robert Plant and John Paul Jones. |