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Post by Monsters of Rock on May 29, 2021 22:32:17 GMT 10
John Paul Jones  A session ace long before he became a rock god onstage as a member of Led Zeppelin, John Paul Jones contributed advanced song arranging skills on par with his proficient bass playing to some of heavy rock's most iconic, adventurous, and inspiring songs. And he almost gave it all up to become a choirmaster! Loudwire |
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Jun 5, 2021 19:31:13 GMT 10
John Paul Jones
Although Led Zeppelin seemed to come out of nowhere, fully formed, in the late Sixties, both guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones had years of session playing behind them. Drawing inspiration from Motown records and jazz bassists like Charles Mingus, Jones played on recordings by Donovan, Jeff Beck, and Dusty Springfield, among others, and he arranged the strings for the Rolling Stones’ “She’s a Rainbow.” So when the time came for him to play the slow-stepping lead lines on “Dazed and Confused” and “What Is and What Should Never Be” or the charging rhythms of “Immigrant Song” and “The Song Remains the Same” — in harmony with Page — it was a cinch. His sense of musicality would guide him well past his time in Led Zeppelin, too. “John silently challenges everyone,” Dave Grohl said around the time he was playing with Jones in Them Crooked Vultures. “His presence makes you play the best you can possibly play, because you don’t want to let him down. And if you can keep up, you’re doing OK.”
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