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I'd rather not. But Happy Birthday Jonesy. :booze

That "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" early live is righteous! Great clip.....

I've always wondered why the band Chicago didn't get in plagerism trouble for stealing the guitar line in that song.... :-?

Happy birthday, JPJ! ;D

Happy Birthday J.P.J. a very talented Bassist & Keyboard player, he also was a studio musician before Led Zep, he arranged "She's A Rainbow"

happy birthday JPJ!!! you rock!!!

yeah happy birthday to him for sure.  i can deal without a 5+ minute pick a dilly boring going to california put me to sleep waste of time song tho.

wrote on Jan 4^th, 2009 at 12:38pm:

yeah happy birthday to him for sure.  i can deal without a 5+ minute pick a dilly boring going to california put me to sleep waste of time song tho.

Believe me Platter, Led Zep. had a ton of fantastic songs, & Going to California is the least of them, I was waiting for a bus this morning, & this car pulls up, at a red light, &  this guy is playing "The Lemon Song" full blast, it sounded so great, in the winter of '69, their first album came out, I remember it, it was so different to everything else around at that time, & then their 2nd album was even better.

Their is NOTHING wrong with GoingTo California...And a tribute to Zep that they could rock as hard as anyone and yet still also do great ballads.

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Jan 4^th, 2009 at 1:46pm:

Their is NOTHING wrong with GoingTo California...

Yeah, I've been to California. Make sure you have flowers in your hair! :smile

Edith Grove wrote on Jan 4^th, 2009 at 2:08pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Jan 4th, 2009 at 1:46pm: Their is NOTHING wrong with GoingTo California... Yeah, I've been to California. Make sure you have flowers in your hair! :smile

To qoute Mick "Thank you for your wine California" :booze

I saw John Paul Jones play solo in a biker bar Jaxx in Sweet VA.  I believe his band was called Zuma.  

JPJ is a great musician.   I wish I coulfd have seen him with Page and Plant in 2008.

Happy Birthday, John Paul Jones.  Thank you for the great music.

Going to California is a great song. A really good Zep song. Love the first album...and the second as well. The tide was changing by then {not as bluesy}, but good stuff none-the-less.

Am I the only person who doesn't like D'yer Mak'er though???  :interestingstuffronnie

Sioux wrote on Jan 4^th, 2009 at 3:51pm:

Going to California is a great song. A really good Zep song. Love the first album...and the second as well. The tide was changing by then {not as bluesy}, but good stuff none-the-less. Am I the only person who doesn't like D'yer Mak'er though???  :interestingstuffronnie

You may be tne only one.   ;)  

On a different note,  I tried to like Drive By Truckers.  But, I just can't.

Sioux wrote on Jan 4^th, 2009 at 3:51pm:

Going to California is a great song. A really good Zep song. Love the first album...and the second as well. The tide was changing by then {not as bluesy}, but good stuff none-the-less. Am I the only person who doesn't like D'yer Mak'er though???  :interestingstuffronnie

To be honest Sioux, Going to california wasn't a great Zep Song with me, but then again, it's only my opinion, everybody is different, it wasn't until Stairway that I found folk with rock that was a great classic (On their 4th album) I still love their 1st 2 albums, their 3rd, I didn't think that much of, I loved "since I've Been Loving You" a fantastic blues song, & I loved "That's The Way" but as far as their 3rd album goes, it wasn't that great, but their 4th album was a masterpiece.

Factory Girl wrote on Jan 4^th, 2009 at 4:30pm:

Sioux wrote on Jan 4th, 2009 at 3:51pm: Going to California is a great song. A really good Zep song. Love the first album...and the second as well. The tide was changing by then {not as bluesy}, but good stuff none-the-less. Am I the only person who doesn't like D'yer Mak'er though???  :interestingstuffronnie You may be tne only one.   ;)   On a different note,  I tried to like Drive By Truckers.  But, I just can't.

Try this one....very stonesy.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwOE-1yAlck

polytoxic wrote on Jan 6^th, 2009 at 4:16pm:

Factory Girl wrote on Jan 4th, 2009 at 4:30pm: Sioux wrote on Jan 4th, 2009 at 3:51pm: Going to California is a great song. A really good Zep song. Love the first album...and the second as well. The tide was changing by then {not as bluesy}, but good stuff none-the-less. Am I the only person who doesn't like D'yer Mak'er though???  :interestingstuffronnie You may be tne only one.   ;)   On a different note,  I tried to like Drive By Truckers.  But, I just can't. Try this one....very stonesy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwOE-1yAlck

Yeah,that's a good one. So is Gravity's Gone....Another Stones type rocker.

Heart Of Stone wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2009 at 5:22pm:

Happy Birthday J.P.J. a very talented Bassist & Keyboard player, he also was a studio musician before Led Zep, he arranged "She's A Rainbow"

Yep - very prolific pre-Zeppelin.

Taken from his page on Wikipedia:


Jones joined his first band, The Deltas, at 15. He then played bass for jazz-rock London group, Jett Blacks, a collective that included guitarist John McLaughlin.[4] Jones' big break came in 1962 when he was hired by Jet Harris and Tony Meehan of the successful British group the Shadows for a two-year stint. Shortly before hiring Jones, Harris and Meehan had just had a Number 1 hit with "Diamonds" (a track on which Jones' bandmate-to-be Jimmy Page had played.) Jones' collaboration with the Shadows nearly prevented the future formation of Led Zeppelin, when the parties engaged in talks about the possibility of Jones replacing their ex-bassist Brian Locking. This never eventuated as John Rostill was ultimately chosen to fill the position.

In 1964, on the recommendation of Meehan, Jones began studio session work with Decca Records. From then until 1968, he played his 1961 Fender Jazz Bass on hundreds of recording sessions.[5] He soon expanded his studio work by playing keyboards, arranging and undertaking general studio direction, resulting in his services coming under much demand. He worked with numerous artists including the Rolling Stones on Their Satanic Majesties Request (Jones' string arrangement is heard on "She's A Rainbow")[6]; Herman's Hermits; Donovan (on "Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow"); Jeff Beck; Cat Stevens; Rod Stewart; Shirley Bassey; Lulu; and numerous others. As well as recording sessions with Dusty Springfield, Jones also played bass for her Talk of the Town series of performances. His arranging and playing on Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" resulted in producer Mickie Most using his services as choice arranger for many of his own projects, with Tom Jones, Nico, Wayne Fontana, the Walker Brothers, and many others.

It was during his time as a session player that Jones adopted the stage name "John Paul Jones". The name was suggested to him by a friend, Andrew Loog Oldham, who'd seen a poster for the film of that name in France.[7]

Jones has stated that, as a session musician, he was completing two and three sessions a day, six and seven days a week.[8] However, by 1968 he was quickly feeling burnt out due to the heavy workload: "I was arranging 50 or 60 things a month and it was starting to kill me."[9]