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JIMMY PAGE Presents 1957 LES PAUL Guitar To RIFFATHON Winner - July 29, 2005

According to Led-Zeppelin.com, the Hammersmith Palais rocked on Sunday night (July 24) with ten absolutely awesome performances of an extraordinary level of guitar playing for the Riffathon charity guitar competition final. Jimmy Page (LED ZEPPELIN) and Brian May (QUEEN) were judging the show, along with Dan Hawkins from THE DARKNESS. They were all blown away by the high standard, and the decision to find a winner was proven extremely difficult. Martin Tomkins from Kettering stole the show and first prize with his awe-inspiring performance of LED ZEPPELIN's "Rock & Roll". He couldn't get the grin off his face all night — especially after being presented a 1957 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top, which he called a "dream guitar," by Jimmy Page, who introduced the winner as "this guy without doubt played it ('Rock n' Roll') better than I have done." Check out a photo at this location.

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	COMMENT \| DAN HAWKINS posted by : sixsixsixtynine 7/29/2005 10:51:03 AM

	DESERVES TO BE WITH THOSE LEDGENDS HE IS THE GREATEST GUITARIST SINCE ZAKK WYLDE

	COMMENT \| JAMES PATRICK PAGE is #1 Guitarist ever! posted by : InThroughTheOutDoor 7/29/2005 10:52:45 AM

	If I ever had the choice to meet a Rock Star, PAGE would be it!!

	COMMENT \| 6669... posted by : BondedbyBlood 7/29/2005 10:52:49 AM

	You cannot be bloody serious...

	COMMENT \| BondedbyBlood posted by : sixsixsixtynine 7/29/2005 10:58:18 AM

	YOUR RIGHT I'M NOT BLOODY SERIOUS, I'M JUST SERIOUS LISTEN TO THE GUY PLAY ON ANY DARKNESS SONG THOSE RIFFS AND SOLOS ARE THE GREATEST FOR THE TIMES WE ARE LIVING IN

	COMMENT \| Les Paul posted by : CronosWarchild 7/29/2005 11:08:43 AM

	If that's a real '57 (and not simply a reissue, which I think it is) it's worth tens of thousands of dollars...

	COMMENT \| The Darkness? posted by : CronosWarchild 7/29/2005 11:10:30 AM

	I don't know them, and never heard anything by them, but general opinion as far as I gather is that they are not taken seriously (which, in a way, is worse than that they suck). And Jimmy Page is the most overrated guitarist of all time, #2 is Carlos Santana. Sloppy, sloppy. Better songwriter than player.

	COMMENT \| ... posted by : Nvrmr 7/29/2005 11:22:14 AM

	one name. Jeff Loomis. need I say more?

	COMMENT \| The Darkness posted by : H3LL5P4WN 7/29/2005 12:20:34 PM

	...blow hard. Hawkins in no way deserves his own signiture model.

	COMMENT \| Page Overrated? posted by : evilernie 7/29/2005 4:31:07 PM

	He was sloppy, but he had attitude. That counts for a lot. I agree that he was a better songwriter than player, he wrote some of the greatest songs of all time.

	COMMENT \| PAGE posted by : RiotAct666 7/29/2005 9:43:34 PM

	IS A GUITAR GOD!

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