Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man: An Unauthorized Biography

Jimmy Page Magus, Musician, Man is a meticulously researched life story of Led Zeppelin s legendary guitarist and producer From his childhood in war torn Britain and his pivotal role in the recording studios that launched the British Invasion of the 60s to his milestone achievements, his dark, nefarious excesses with Led Zeppelin, and his emergence as a revered cultural icon and honored philanthropist, this biography the first ever written about Jimmy Page portrays all his spiritual, artistic, and personal dimensions Swinging London, the Sunset Strip, Bron yr Aur, Kashmir, and Clarksdale Magus, Musician, Man traverses through all of Page s hallowed stomping grounds and tells, at last, the complete story of one of rock n roll s most enigmatic and influential talents. Download Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man: An Unauthorized Biography – kino-fada.fr A perfectly adequate but not very interesting unauthorized biography of Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page It mostly charts the path of his music career with a few interesting tidbits about his personal life including heroin addiction and an interest in Satanism He is one very private and strange guy to put it mildly Nice to know he has mellowed with age and seems like a ordinary and responsible adult now who devotes time and money to his favorite charity Page is a musical prodigy who taught A perfectly adequate ...I m a heavy metal maniac I love guitars and the people who play them There are many guitarists I admire, envy and enjoy.just to name a few Hide, Slash, Joe Perry, Brian May, Zakk Wylde, Warren de Martini, Frank Hannon, Randy Rhoads, Aoi, Uruha, Miyavi, Chachamaru, Ritchie Black, Tony Iommi, Jeff Beck, Rick Nielsen, Rik Emmett, Jimi Hendrix, Angus Young, George Lynch.you get the picture, I am leaving out a multitude I have loved listening to them and hundreds of others my entire I m a heavy metal maniac I love guitars and the people who play them There are many guitarists I admire, envy and enjoy.just to name a few Hide, Slash, Joe Perry, Brian May, Zakk Wylde, Warren de Martini, Frank Hannon, Randy Rhoads, Aoi, Uruha, Miyavi, Chachamaru, Ritchie Black, Tony Iommi, Jeff Beck, Rick Nielsen, Rik Emmett, Jimi Hendrix, Angus Young, George Lynch.you get the picture, I am leaving out a multitude I have loved listening to them and hundreds of others my entire life but there are only two that have made me feel like I was having a holy experience, that I was getting closer to the Gods John McLaughlin, in his Mahavishnu Orchestra days, and Jimmy Pagethey bend those strings like Gods themselves in my very humble opinion Much has been written and said about Jimmy Page, much is unknown since he rightly plays his cards close to his chest ...Any rabid Zeppelin lover won t be stopped by bad reviews So far so good It sheds light on his early session work credits The guitarist for Zeppelin was also the six stringer behind Joe Cocker s roaring cover of I Get By With A Little H...Believe it or not, it took me a long time to really appreciate Led Zeppelin and their Magus guitarist, Jimmy Page And believe it or not, that length of time was determined by two psycho girlfriends who also happened to be obsessive Led Zeppelin fans I connected the two, psychosis and Zep fandom, and only made the...I m a pretty serious fan of Jimmy Page As a guitarist, songwriter and producer, he was largely responsible for the output of one of my favorite bands Led Zeppelin He s been an inspiration to me on several fronts, musical and otherwise For me, guitar inevitably goes back to Page, because that s where, for the most part, my guitar journey began.And all that is leading up to my admitting I expected to be disappointed by this book from the get go Bios just aren t all created equal The eye of I m a pretty serious fan of Jimmy Page As a guitarist, songwriter and producer, he was largely responsible for the output of one of my favorite bands Led Zeppelin He s been an inspiration to me on several fronts, musical and otherwise For me, guitar inevitably goes back to Page, ...3.5 true rating but definitely not worth rounding up to 4, this biography is written by a die hard Zeppelin fan includes specifically technical details of every piece of equipment ever used by Page, minus the bad press of Giants which covered thejuicy aspects of the band s behavior rumors , is not a biography I d recommend if a reader could only choose one.Lacking true facts in countless areas, it often reads like a second hand report or repeat of news or rumors without 3.5 true rating but definitely not worth rounding up to 4, this biography is written by a die hard Zeppelin fan includes specifically technical details of every piece of equipment ever used by Page, minus the bad press of Giants which covered thejuicy aspects of the band s behavior rumors , is not a biography I d recommend if a reader could only choose one.Lacking true facts in countless areas, it often reads like a second hand report or repeat of news or rumors without confirming the truth The author also leaves out most of the sordid reality behind Page as a subject of the book Worst of all, each chapter begins with some occultist quote as if real in...This is one of those biographies that the author received no cooperation from the subject in the writing of the book The author went ahead anyway and researched and wrote the book from existing information from various and wide ranged sources The book is well organized with the sources of the information explicitly documented.The author writes very well I particularly liked how he used his musical background to give insight on how a particular song was written or played.Despite the positives This is one of those biographies that the author received no cooperation from the subject in the writing of the book The author went ahead anyway and researched and wrote the book from existing information from various and wide ranged sources The book is well organized with the sources of the information explicitly docu...HB library I am reading this book as a discovery about myself. I luv Led Zepplin and my favorite is Kasmir I was lucky enough to see LZ 5 times I can remember the 1st time they came out on stage it was as if a canyon was lit with fireworks Bathrooms were off bounds since the drugs and sexual abuse was rampant in or near the bathrooms If I needed to use the pot I had to have a sober...The author gets credit for not sensationlizing what has certainly been a sensational life, but geez, throw me a bone, dude I guess the book is interesting if you want to dissect every chord progression in every Led Zeppelin song ever written, but it doesn t offer much insight into the man behind the power chords I haven t learned anything I didn t alr...Not a bad portrait of a very mysterious and media shy man It s unauthorized, and it uses as it s sources a lot of third hand accounts which makes you wonder as to the veracity of some of the things you read about Page Never the less, it was interesting enough to read all the way through It s obvious that Page has never recovered from the demise of Led Zeppelin drummer, John Bonham and that heroin took it s toll on Page and probably very well hindered his recovery from the disbanding of Led Not a bad portrait of a very mysterious and media shy man It s unauthorized, and it uses as it s sources a lot of third hand accounts which makes you wonder as to the veracity of some of the things you read about Page Neve...

• English
• 05 June 2018
George Case
• Hardcover
• 294 pages
• 1423404076
• George Case
• Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man: An Unauthorized Biography