Jimmy Page: I Didn't Take Guitar Lessons. I Learned From a Book Called 'Play in a Day'

Mr. Page also remembers his first TV appearance way back when he was just 13 years old. Led Zeppelin guitar icon Jimmy Page talked about the very beginnings of his musical journey and how he mastered the guitar, telling AAA (transcribed by UG): "I didn't take lessons. I learned from a book called 'Play in a Day.' I learned from 'Play in a Day' and many years later I became a studio musician, and the way that the notation was in 'Play in a Day' was exactly the way they wrote out chord charts. So yeah, it was very useful. "I completed my studies at school and I decided to dive right into music. I left school and I was already playing in a group on weekends. "They were a London group, and I was living in Epsom which is some distance. It wasn't as though I was living in London but I was headhunted out of Epsom to join this band. And I was still in school, I was fast approaching my exams. So after my exams we were able to do more concerts. And we were touring around all over England." Focusing on his relationship with the guitar,...

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