Jimmy Page Wanted to Cure Cancer (VIDEO)

Jimmy Page

Years before Jimmy Page joined The Yardbirds or Led Zeppelin and became one of the greatest guitarists of his generation, he was a member of a teenage quarter that played skiffle music (basically, very bare bones rock ‘n roll.) In this video of one of his earliest known performances, Page gives a brief interview to Huw Wheldon, the host of All Your Own, a children’s program  on the BBC.

In response to one of Wheldon’s question, Page offers a candid response about what he dreamed of growing up to be. Hint: not a musician. Turns out Page wanted to be a biologist and do cancer research.

The interview starts at the 2:30 mark.

[Video via openculture.com]

Image courtesy of Wikimedia.

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