No Lessons
You may have thought that arguably the best drummer in history needed lessons to achieve such a high skill level. However, John Bonham never had a formal lesson for drumming a day in his life. Bonham started drumming at age five. Well, at five he mostly used coffee tins and containers as drums. Alas, when he turned ten, his mother bought him a snare drum and then a real drum kit at fifteen years old.
No Lessons
Tricky Guitar Solo
Like any young aspiring musician, nailing a song can be tricky. Jimmy Page had some difficulties getting the “Stairway to Heaven” guitar solo, so John Paul Jones tried to help in the studio by saying, “You’re making me paranoid!” To which, Page responded, “You’re making *me* paranoid!” The two laughed, and a few takes later, he got it down. Of course, you know the song became a huge hit, but in 1988 Robert Plant admitted, “I’d break out in hives if I had to sing that song in every show. I wrote those lyrics and found that song to be of some importance and consequence in 1971, but 17 years later, I don’t know. It’s just not for me.”
Tricky Guitar Solo