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John Paul Jones fan club?

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And a long overdue membership update :bassist:

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#144
John Paul Jones is The Mang. He is one of my earliest, perhapas the earliest bass influence. He might be tied with John Deacon but I'm not sure. My favorite JPJ bass playing is on The Song Remains The Same. His bass sounds nice, round, & bouncy :cool: I always thought it was cool that he's a multinstrumentalist too.

If there were a Holy Trinity of '70s rock bassists, he'd be in there. Is there a Holy Trinity of '70s rock bassists?

Herrick has no need for a number.
 
#145
Herrick said:
John Paul Jones is The Mang. He is one of my earliest, perhapas the earliest bass influence. He might be tied with John Deacon but I'm not sure. My favorite JPJ bass playing is on The Song Remains The Same. His bass sounds nice, round, & bouncy :cool: I always thought it was cool that he's a multinstrumentalist too.

If there were a Holy Trinity of '70s rock bassists, he'd be in there. Is there a Holy Trinity of '70s rock bassists?

Herrick has no need for a number.
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Hmmm, I like the 70s Holy Trinity idea... How about Carl Radle? Another absolutely killer pocket player... Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Derek and the Dominos, all Clapton's solo work, plus no shortage of session material... or is that considered "rock" enough? :hmm:
 
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walterw said:
the old story is that everybody in LZ signed that deal with the devil for fame and fortune except JPJ, so he stayed in the background during the wild glory days but walked away unscathed when it all came crashing down.
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Exactly what came crashing down ? They are still hugely famous, legendary actually, and selling albums and they could make millions if they ever reunited. The only thing that is really different is that John Bonham is gone. They could have as much glory as they want today.
 
#152
Wow, Pandora just cued up one of JPJ's solo albums. I'm totally blown away. I've always been ambivalent about Led Zep but his solo work is awesome. Quick and aggressive like Primus but much more groovy and linear to my liking.
 
#154
Vince Klortho said:
Exactly what came crashing down ?
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Lots.

Let's see, Page falling into heroin addiction round about '75. Plant crashing his car that same year, his future as a performer in question for a while due to his injuries. Bonham, manager Grant, and road mananger Cole arrested for assault on the '77 tour, followed by the sudden death of Plant's young son early in the tour, ending it abruptly. 78/79, as they attempt to move forward, Plant and Jones do most of the writing for In Through the Out Door as Page and Bonham were not very functional due to heroin and alcohol. Bright spot at the Knebworth Festival in 79, followed by an inconsistent (performance wise) tour of Europe in 1980 (again, thanks to heroin and alcohol), al culminating in Bonham drinking himself to death.

Not a pretty picture, really.

Mind you, I'm not bashing them - not many bigger fans of the music than me. But, lets get real, that's a sad downward spiral, beginning around '75.

Drugs are bad, 'em kay?

Oh, and the deal with the devil bit is just stupid. That said, karma is a bitch.
 

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