Jimmy Page: The Definitive Biography. Chris Salewicz

      

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      First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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      © Chris Salewicz 2018

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      Extract from I’m With the Band: Confessions of a Groupie by Pamela Des Barres published by Omnibus Press © Panela Des Barres

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      Source ISBN: 9780008149291

      Ebook Edition © July 2018 ISBN: 9780008149307

      Version: 2018-06-21

       Dedication

      For Alex and Cole

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Preface

       Introduction

       1 SPANISH GUITAR IN SURREY

       2 FROM NELSON STORM TO SESSION PLAYER

3 SHE JUST SATISFIES

4 BECK’S BOLERO

5 BLOW-UPS

6 ‘YOU’RE GOING TO KILL ME FOR A THOUSAND DOLLARS?’

       7 ‘LIKE A LEAD ZEPPELIN’

       8 AMERICAN ADVANCES

       9 ‘WHOLE LOTTA LOVE’

       10 LED ZEPPELIN II

       11 ‘DO WHAT THOU WILT’

       12 THE BEAST 666

       13 ALL THAT GLITTERS

       14 THE LEGEND OF ZOSO

       15 CITY OF ANGELS

       16 THE KING AND JIMMY PAGE

       17 COCAINE NIGHTS AND HAUNTED HOUSES

       18 AN ACCIDENT IN EXILE

       19 THE KENNETH ANGER CURSE

       20 FACE TO FACE

       21 THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

       22 BONZO’S LAST STAND

       23 THE HERMIT

       24 MIDDLE-AGED GUITAR GOD

       25 THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE

       26 PHOENIX RISING

       Picture Section

       Sources

       Acknowledgements

       Index of Searchable Terms

       About the Publisher