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"When they said they wanted the whole full-length version of Whole Lotta Love, I said, Really?": what happened when Jimmy Page took a Led Zeppelin classic to China

Jimmy Page, Leona Lewis, and a double-decker bus that transforms into a privet hedge: it can only be the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics

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“An absolute groundbreaker as a player”: His Telecaster mastery was the backbone of records by Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, and countless others – watch James Burton demonstrate his incredible chicken pickin’ technique

Beloved by Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Brian May, and innumerable other rock guitar giants, Burton's skill and list of stage and studio credits are mind-boggling

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For 30 years, this Japanese guitarist has dedicated his life to becoming Jimmy Page – watch the first trailer for Mr. Jimmy, a documentary about his incredible story

See the remarkable tale of Akio Sakurai, who recreated Led Zeppelin concerts note-for-note in small Tokyo clubs, until a meeting with Page changed his life forever

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"You take me back to that time. You remind me what I did on the stage": Jimmy Page on the Japanese fan with the obsession that's been turned into a film

Watch the trailer for Mr Jimmy, a film about Japanese guitarist Akio Sakurai's obsession with Jimmy Page

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“I'm still slammed with orders. Each B-Bender is made with care and love, just like I did with the first one for Clarence White”: How Gene Parsons reinvented electric guitar playing with the B-Bender

He was the drummer for the Byrds, but Parsons is best known in guitar circles for pioneering the Parsons/White B-Bender, a mind-bending mechanical contraption that changed the face of country guitar playing and beyond, finding fame in the hands of Marty Stuart, Ricky Skaggs and Jimmy Page

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“We’ve had a few Floyd moments… we got a giant ghetto blaster on a boat and parked it in the harbour… we closed down an airport for six hours!” The Orb were prog all along

Accidental albums with David Gilmour and Robert Fripp aren’t the only connections Alex Paterson’s psychedelic electronic group have with the progressive genre

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Robbie Williams ‘facing planning conflicts with neighbour over decaying tree’ at £17.5m mansion

The ‘Take That’ singer purchased his Grade II west London home in 2013 for £17.5m

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Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page are some of guitar’s greatest trailblazers – learn their styles and level up your playing with this rock guitar deep-dive

The styles of Slash, Eric Clapton, Ritchie Blackmore and a suite of other rock gods are placed under the microscope for this comprehensive lesson – tabs and audio included

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"We had no idea we were going to do it": That time Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge saluted the Band with a surprise campfire cover of The Weight

The impromptu acoustic jam closes out the 2008 guitar-themed documentary, It Might Get Loud

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“The kids just went ape”: This menacing riff shaped the playing of Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend and Jeff Beck – and had a guitar tone so aggressive it was banned from the radio

Finally set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this year, Link Wray was a guitar pioneer who – when he released Rumble in 1958 – made the instrument sound more dangerous than anyone before him

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Here’s what you voted the greatest acoustic guitar song of all time – and the winner might be controversial

The track beat Eric Clapton’s Tears In Heaven and Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here to the top spot

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Brian May says this Queen song inspired Eddie Van Halen’s two-hand tapping technique

Along with Jimmy Page's Heartbreaker solo, May's tap-heavy lead effort from a 1977 Queen song proved to be an influential force in EVH's own approach

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“I knew exactly what I wanted to do in every respect”: How Jimmy Page built Led Zeppelin from the ashes of the Yardbirds

Using knowledge gleaned from his time as a first-call session pro – and his brief but crucial tenure alongside Jeff Beck in the Yardbirds – Page formed a rock colossus from the ground up

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Eric Clapton and Van Halen covered his songs, and he led Jimmy Page's favorite American band: Watch overlooked guitar genius Lowell George demonstrate his slide technique on German TV

A guitarist for Frank Zappa before forming and taking the reins of Little Feat, George's influence has long overshadowed his recognition

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“Jimmy Page and Jim Sullivan were getting a lot of work, but I was always getting plenty of calls – and that increased after I did the Jack Bruce sessions”: The confessions of session pro Chris Spedding

The British session ace on being asked to audition for the Rolling Stones, producing the Sex Pistols’ early demos and recording Robert Gordon’s final album

Guitar World

Introducing the “up-and-down” fingerstyle approach – a new guitar technique designed to get you playing faster than ever

The brainchild of Gio Guido, up-and-down fingerpicking is inspired by Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin – but takes things one step further

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In praise of the Fender Electric XII, the 12-string electric loved by Jimmy Page that brought jangle to ‘60s rock

No Electric XII, no Stairway... Well, not quite. But while the Ricky always gets the glory, it's time to show some appreciation for Fender's 12-string for the iconic tones it gave to iconic tracks

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“There was an extraordinary amount of tension...” Inside Led Zeppelin’s final US tour

Led Zeppelin's record-breaking final run of shows coincided with trouble and tragedy

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"Why don’t you give Jimmy Page a ring?" How John Paul Jones came to join Led Zeppelin

All it took was a bit of encouragement from his wife, one phone call, and just like that bassist John Paul Jones joined forces with a little band called Led Zeppelin

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“I wrote Black Dog on a train. There was a Muddy Waters song with a riff that never ended...” How John Paul Jones wrote Led Zeppelin's Black Dog

Despite Jimmy Page’s masterful guitar playing, Black Dog was written by Led Zeppelin's bass hero John Paul Jones

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"Zeppelin wasn’t safe, but we had such a following that virtually everything was accepted" - How Robert Plant made peace with the end of Led Zeppelin

In 1982, Robert Plant gave his first ever post-Led Zeppelin interview, and Classic Rock's Geoff Barton was the man with the tape recorder

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Zakk Wylde: “It’s not just about Dime’s chops – it’s about what he created. That’s his legacy – and it’s way, way bigger than just being a great lead player”

Just how to do you replicate the hyper-aggression of Dimebag's guitar? Well, as Zakk Wylde explains, you need a noise gate, you need to let things rip, and you might need some magic, too

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Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes: Live at the Greek - Album Of The Week Club review

Live At The Greek wasn't quite what it should have been due to contractual obligations, but it was the most animated Jimmy Page had sounded in years

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Celebs at war with neighbours - 'Vandal' Robbie Williams to 'disgusting' Gordon Ramsay

From Gordon Ramsay angering locals in Cornwall to Holly Willoughby's bust ups over an extension, here's which celebs are warring with their neighbours

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“You could record yourself on a computer”: John Frusciante once wrote Jimmy Page a letter asking him to appear on his best friend’s album

Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante wanted Jimmy Page to appear on The Mars Volta’s Frances The Mute album

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