When Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry talks about his biggest influences, two names are always bound to come up: Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. And in an interview with Q magazine in the early 2000s, Perry explained exactly why Page and Beck were so inspiring for him.
Perry began by naming a handful of albums that have had a major influence on his own playing. These included The Yardbirds’ Little Games (1967), recorded with Page as the sole guitarist; the first four albums Page created with Led Zeppelin; Beck’s solo debut Truth (1968) and The Jeff Beck Group’s Beck-Ola (1969); and John Mayall’s Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton, aka The Beano Album (1966).
