Guitarist Jimmy Page

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AaqIgpICyoZo1y1ag_X8p6BgPWXSnoIEJFHvYXig9Pk_MkFOUObVufaZde2-TjWZcWofIJvDCJLizEz-XxGLvApX76iju3agV7VrBxjGUBEoTDT85dQxWszZwWF8sqPj0UURJFJXIYs/s1600/jimmy-page-biography-book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AaqIgpICyoZo1y1ag_X8p6BgPWXSnoIEJFHvYXig9Pk_MkFOUObVufaZde2-TjWZcWofIJvDCJLizEz-XxGLvApX76iju3agV7VrBxjGUBEoTDT85dQxWszZwWF8sqPj0UURJFJXIYs/s1600/jimmy-page-biography-book.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUaRJXrsFxfkHj7QmLsLAZFwBQ-YvdiQBdQZHvaQsvFnLIIbCCDgZ7GyioilM6MyATUqVu8IrfVHIG6f3O92QH_BXu_uUZwVLKWtC9_1JgI5ZVJxlZP4f9hMbhji7_T2wgSnwwnJSVpKY/s1600/jimmy-page.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUaRJXrsFxfkHj7QmLsLAZFwBQ-YvdiQBdQZHvaQsvFnLIIbCCDgZ7GyioilM6MyATUqVu8IrfVHIG6f3O92QH_BXu_uUZwVLKWtC9_1JgI5ZVJxlZP4f9hMbhji7_T2wgSnwwnJSVpKY/s320/jimmy-page.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><b>James Patrick "Jimmy" Page</b>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">OBE</a> (born January 9, 1944) is an English <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-instrumentalist" title="Multi-instrumentalist">multi-instrumentalist</a>, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_guitarist" title="Session guitarist">session guitarist</a> in London and was subsequently a member of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yardbirds" title="The Yardbirds">The Yardbirds</a> from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a>.<br />Often viewed by critics and fans alike as one of the most influential and important guitarists and songwriters ever in rock music,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Page#cite_note-0"><span></span><span></span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Page#cite_note-1"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> Page was described by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allmusic" title="Allmusic">Allmusic</a> as "unquestionably one of the all-time most influential, important, and versatile guitarists and songwriters in rock history",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-allmusicpage_2-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Page#cite_note-allmusicpage-2"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> and by <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone_magazine" title="Rolling Stone magazine">Rolling Stone</a></i> magazine as "the pontiff of power riffing & probably the most digitally sampled artist in pop today after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-fricke_3-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Page#cite_note-fricke-3"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> In 2010, Jimmy Page was ranked #2 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Guitar_Corporation" title="Gibson Guitar Corporation">Gibson</a>'s list of "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Gibson_4-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Page#cite_note-Gibson-4"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> and, in 2007, #4 on <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Rock_Magazine" title="Classic Rock Magazine">Classic Rock Magazine</a>'</i>s "100 Wildest Guitar Heroes".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Page#cite_note-5"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> Page was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitarist#Rolling_Stone" title="Guitarist">ranked ninth</a> in <i>Rolling Stone</i> magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" in 2003.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RS931_6-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Page#cite_note-RS931-6"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> He has been inducted into the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> twice; once as a member of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yardbirds" title="The Yardbirds">The Yardbirds</a> (1992),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Page#cite_note-7"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> and once as a member of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a> (1995) en.wikipedia.org

Guitarist Jimmy Page

James Patrick "Jimmy" Page , OBE (born January 9, 1944) is an English multi-instrumentalist , songwriter, and record producer. He...

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