The Story Behind Jimmy Page's Relationship With Jeff Beck

April 2024 ยท 1 minute read

Jeff Beck told Louder Sound that he remembers his sister's hand in connecting him to Jimmy Page. "There's a weirdo at school, he's got a weird guitar like yours," his sister told him. Page had a tape recorder that they often used during their jam sessions. As for Page, he recalled their handmade guitars and shared enthusiasm for perfecting their craft to Guitarist Magazine in 2014 (per Music Radar).

Page became friends with future legend Eric Clapton, who was a member of The Yardbirds. As their careers took shape, it was Page who helped get Beck to take the place of Clapton. Beck was only with the Yardbirds for a year (per Britannica), but he thanked Page for getting him the gig by gifting him a Fender Telecaster guitar. Page used the guitar in the early days of Led Zeppelin and added dragon art to it, according to Far Out. The dragon on the guitar foreshadowed Page's dragon suit.

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