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Paul Elliott

"We just went in and just destroyed San Francisco, and that was it": Jimmy Page on Led Zeppelin's historic arrival in America

Jimmy Page studio portrait.

In 2015, Led Zeppelin founder Jimmy Page spoke to Classic Rock about his life and work, from the first recordings he made as a naïve teenager to the legacy that rock’s greatest band leaves behind. He recalled the magic of Zeppelin's first time playing together, the battles with bootleggers and the press, the brilliance of the late John Bonham, and the joke song that backfired on him. And he explained why playing with the Black Crowes was the closest he’d come to replacing the feeling of Led Zeppelin.

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