Jimmy Page

An English musician songwriter multiinstrumentalist and record producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and leader of the rock band Led Zeppelin Page began his career as a studio session musician in London and by the mid1960s he had become the most soughtafter session guitarist in England He was a member of the Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968 In late 1968 he founded Led Zeppelin Page is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time Rolling Stone magazine has described Page as the pontiff of power riffing and ranked him number 3 in their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time In 2010 he was ranked number two in Gibsons list of Top 50 Guitarists of All Time and in 2007 number four on Classic Rocks 100 Wildest Guitar Heroes He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice once as a member of the Yardbirds 1992 and once as a member of Led Zeppelin 1995 Page has been described by Uncut as rocks greatest and most mysterious guitar hero Los Angeles Times magazine voted Jimmy Page the 2nd Greatest Guitarist of all time From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia