... all of the great sounds that James Burton and Jimmy Bryant were getting, came out of Telecasters Albert Lee More Quotes by Albert Lee More Quotes From Albert Lee I first met Jimmy Page in London in 1961, and he was listening to James Burton, Scotty Moore and Cliff Gallup with Gene Vincent, as was I ... these were the rock and roll guys who really sparked our interest in the guitar, and later we delved into other things and went different directions ... during my time with Eric Clapton, we talked about what we'd listened to early on, and he was a huge fan of Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis Albert Lee rock-and-roll guitar music I never really paid much attention to music that was going on in the UK. I was always looking towards the States for my inspiration. Albert Lee states inspiration attention ... Jimmy Page bought a Les Paul because he liked mine, but it was stolen, so he bought a Standard everybody raved about .. that's what he's famous for, but his first Les Paul was a Custom like mine ... I can remember he played a Gretsch before that Albert Lee pages music firsts
