Recalled with a Gibson double neck.
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He didn’t get the evidence out, but we’ll keep taking it. Jimmy Page made a surprise appearance at this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, marking the first time in nearly a decade that the guitar legend and his equally legendary ponytail had performed live in any capacity. the reason? To toast the rage against the machine. I’m just kidding. He made the trip overseas to induct Link Wray, his “hero,” into the Rock Hall, with a pre-recorded message and performance of “Rumble” — the sexy, distorted morphine drop of a song that made a young Page listen to it. Pick up the guitar. “What’s that? In those days, there were a lot of instruments on the guitar, but when I was a 14-year-old kid who could barely play the guitar, it had a real impact on me,” Page recalls. “The vigor, the power, the power in it.” . And you know something else, he was fearless. It was just a phenomenon. Cool essence. It’s just a masterpiece and it melted into the fibers of my body and eyes to the point of drama you could make with six strings. It’s the kind of thing that can’t be taught. It’s the kind of thing you feel.”
While his Led Zeppelin godbrother, Robert Plant, continues to tour and perform extensively, Page has surrendered himself to a quieter musical life since three short shows in 2014. Some of his more exciting recent activities include the long-running London music Palace feud with Robbie Williams and Forced To testify in the “Stairway to Heaven” trial.
