Jimmy Page
Electric Guitar Solo on
Black Dog

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Jimmy Page's electric guitar solo is the sole improvisation on this recording. Set at a medium-up 160 BPM with a rock feel in A, the solo runs approximately 1:16. The song was the opening track and first single from the album, and Page's guitar solo became one of his most celebrated moments, combining blues vocabulary with the aggressive distortion and dynamic range that made Led Zeppelin the defining hard rock band of their era. Jimmy Page was 26 to 27 years old at the time of this 1971 recording.

Jimmy Page was 26 to 27 years old at the time.