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Jimmy Page Leading British Guitarist - Poll
LONDON (Reuters) - Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page has been voted the ``Prime
Minister of Guitarists'' in a spoof poll to elect a British ``guitar
government.''

The survey, carried out by Total Guitar magazine to coincide with the
general election and published on Friday, asked music fans across the
country to select the best guitarist from their region to form the 12-seat
assembly.

The magazine said it had received hundreds of votes by post and email.

Page -- like the Labor government -- won by a landslide, with a huge
majority in Greater London over Queen's Brian May and The Who's Pete
Townsend.

Eric Clapton claimed victory in the southeast, over Radiohead's Jonny
Greenwood and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones.

A coalition was formed in the southwest after polls revealed a dead heat
between Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore and Matt Bellamy of newcomers Muse.

Johnny Marr of The Smiths narrowly beat off competition from George Harrison
in the northwest, gaining just 2 percent more of the vote.

A recount was called in the northeast after The Shadows' Hank Marvin
triumphed over Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler by just one percentage point.

In the west Midlands, Slash of Guns N' Roses thrashed opponent Tony Iommi of
Black Sabbath despite living most of his adult life in the U.S.

Marillion's Steve Rothery took Yorkshire and Humberside; Dave Gilmour of
Pink Floyd triumphed in East Anglia and Alvin Lee of Ten Years After won in
the east Midlands.

Scotland was claimed by Glasgow's Angus Young of AC/DC, while Welsh music
fans voted James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers as their
favorite strummer.

Gary Moore took the vote in Northern Ireland.

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