LED ZEPPELIN - MCCALLUM'S FATHER GAVE PAGE BOW/GUITAR IDEA

MCCALLUM'S FATHER GAVE PAGE BOW/GUITAR IDEA

LED ZEPPELIN star JIMMY PAGE owes his legendary bow and guitar sound to actor DAVID MCCALLUM's father.
The rocker admits the idea of play guitar with a violin bow was proposed to him in the studio by MCCallum Sr, a classically trained violinist.
Page tells Rolling Stone magazine, "String players would keep to themselves, but this guy was quite friendly.
"He said to me one day... 'Have you ever tried bowing the guitar?' I said it wouldn't work - the strings aren't arched over the guitar, the way they are on a violin.
"He said, 'Have a go.' He gave me a bow. I tried it and realised there was something in it."