January 27, 2007, 12:29 PM
by Tom Watson.
From the introduction by Tom Wheeler: John Page is an artist, and he has had an appropriately romantic artist’s life. He was a rebellious preacher’s kid, runaway, Pup ‘n’ Taco worker, and oil field janitor who discovered Elvis and the Beatles and was transformed by rock and roll. He has practiced several forms of art, with formal training in none of them. He started his first band at 14, right around the time he built his first guitar. This surfer/songwriter from the buttoned-down town of Whittier, California may seem like a dubious candidate for a leadership role of enormous responsibility at a big international company, but when you consider the company is Fender guitars, it all begins to fall into place...