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John Paul Jones fan club?
- Thread starter SasquatchDude
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I want in on this club...Love me some J P J ...
.. I own vintage Acoustic head [ 1974 370..If that counts] and wife owns ZEP vinyl, cassette and Cd's as well as 'Them Buzzards'.
Wife's fave drummer is Bonzo, whereas I may tie between Mitch Michell and Bonzo.
I have seen Led Zeppelin twice in Atlanta in the 1970's....Jason Bonham here, twice with other classic rock bands as well.
Number, please??
.. I own vintage Acoustic head [ 1974 370..If that counts] and wife owns ZEP vinyl, cassette and Cd's as well as 'Them Buzzards'.
Wife's fave drummer is Bonzo, whereas I may tie between Mitch Michell and Bonzo.
I have seen Led Zeppelin twice in Atlanta in the 1970's....Jason Bonham here, twice with other classic rock bands as well.
Number, please??
Another JPJ fan. As much as I loved his playing on Zep's first album, it was thier 2nd album that really blew my mind. As far as I was concerned he owned that album and as others have said, his playing on "The Lemon Song" is what really shook me to the core. I was just starting to learn bass at that time and it just blew me away. It was like..."what's he doing?? I love it!!"
To this day I listen to "The Lemon Song" and still get goose bumps from what that man layed down that long ago.
To this day I listen to "The Lemon Song" and still get goose bumps from what that man layed down that long ago.
Led Zep II, along with JPJ stellar bass lines, was also one of the best recorded LP's I've ever heard. I forget who the engineer was ( one of the Johns brothers ? ), but that whole recording is so thick, chunky, and chewy sounding, like the old Chess recordings of the '50's.
His writing w/ Zep wasn't just limited to the bass parts. He contributed to the melodies, and came up w/ the signature riffs for many Zep tunes.
Actually, if you listen, I'll bet the ones where he plays in unison w/ the guitar are ones he contributed directly to. Just a guess, and someone with better knowledge of music theory than I have is welcome to counter, here.
(Bass Player mag. interview; circa 1994 - wish I still had the copy. I know it was when he was starting to work with Diamanda Galas, as part of the interview was to promote that work.)
Don't even get me started on his keyboard work and proficiency w/ the bass pedals. But that's for another post.
After learning a ton of their library for a tribute band, I was really surprised how many times they so tastefully used the flat 5 and not just as a blue note.
Lemon song might be the trickiest one though, just because of all the content which may SEEM like just a jam but it's done so well it's worth lifting note for note.
Another thing that makes it tricky is your bandmates, in the thick of it , it's tricky to remember the dynamics, which are dictated by the bass volume and not anyone else , if you get the dynamic wrong [ie your bandmates, it's always their fault
]
you may be fooled into playing the next section dynamically and the tune doesn't end up travelling properly.
Lemon song might be the trickiest one though, just because of all the content which may SEEM like just a jam but it's done so well it's worth lifting note for note.
Another thing that makes it tricky is your bandmates, in the thick of it , it's tricky to remember the dynamics, which are dictated by the bass volume and not anyone else , if you get the dynamic wrong [ie your bandmates, it's always their fault
]you may be fooled into playing the next section dynamically and the tune doesn't end up travelling properly.
Count me in, he's my all time favorite. I have copped several Zep tunes note for note just to do it, Good Times Bad Times, Ramble On, What Is and What Should Never Be, etc.
Besides of the so so drums this is a pretty good version of the bass breakdown from the lemon song. Not sure if anyone here has seen this yet or not, but it's too good to not share
http://youtu.be/l9-DNTY8ONw
http://youtu.be/l9-DNTY8ONw
I love me some JPJ. He's one of my all time favorite bassists. I own an acoustic 370 (similar to his 360 rig) and play vintage jazz bass and fretless precision basses because of him. I've been playing in a Led Zeppelin Tribute band for about 8 months and this has been my favorite musical venture thus far. We're playing our 8th and 9th gigs next week. We also played with and recorded some of their tracks in the studio for fun...
https://soundcloud.com/garmenteros/sets/led-zeppelin-r-d-tribute-2
One of my major accomplishments as a musician was playing and pulling off achilles last stand. That song has got some balls to it. We do the lemon song but I don't play it note for note. I do most of it though and have fun with the rest.
People overlook JPJ'S work on Them Crooked Vultures. EXCELLENT album and group. Try pulling of his riffs and lines in Elephants... it'll make you break a sweat. I was hooked on that song and had to learn the whole thing.
https://soundcloud.com/garmenteros/sets/led-zeppelin-r-d-tribute-2
One of my major accomplishments as a musician was playing and pulling off achilles last stand. That song has got some balls to it. We do the lemon song but I don't play it note for note. I do most of it though and have fun with the rest.
People overlook JPJ'S work on Them Crooked Vultures. EXCELLENT album and group. Try pulling of his riffs and lines in Elephants... it'll make you break a sweat. I was hooked on that song and had to learn the whole thing.
If you play no quarter in D you can play the keyboard melody with harmonics minus the C natural.
You can thank me later.
Add some phaser wobble and ....voila.
You can thank me later.
Add some phaser wobble and ....voila.
JPJ practically needs a separate wiki page for all the different instruments he played!
"On guitar Jimmy, on drums John, on vox Robert, on the 4 string, 8 string, 10 & 12 string and fretless bass, the mandolin, the acoustic guitar, the organ, the the piano, the synthisizer..... (5 minutes later), and singing backup, John Paul Jones!"
"On guitar Jimmy, on drums John, on vox Robert, on the 4 string, 8 string, 10 & 12 string and fretless bass, the mandolin, the acoustic guitar, the organ, the the piano, the synthisizer..... (5 minutes later), and singing backup, John Paul Jones!"
Not to get side tracked, but a big yes to Jimmy. He's the reason why I bought a Les Paul Standard! I loved the tones he got on Zep's "How The West Was Won" CD and on the DVD that came out around the same time.
