He actually wasn't really all that quiet he was just quiet in comparison to the other 3 who had over the top personalities. Jones was actually quite loud
He did everything right -joined- ⁽ᵉᵈᶦᵗᵉᵈ ˢᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖᵉᵈᵃⁿᵗˢ ʷᶦˡˡ ˢᵗᶠᵘ⁾ was in one of the greatest bands of all time, kept the worst excesses of rock and roll at arm's length while enjoying the wealth but remaining in the shadows compared to his bandmates. Carried on doing what he loved throughout the years and is still doing so at 78. Bravo Jonesy🥰
@@0501Cocoa-si3rs Thanks! 😀I'm reminded of a quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: " Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time, place, and company."
@@0501Cocoa-si3rs didn't he in effect 'join' the remnants of the Yardbirds cos his wife suggested it? plus am pretty sure Page did the recruiting, not JPJ.
@patrickwalling1636 Jimmy Page was the producer, and the one responsible for the final sound, not JPJ. Don't get me wrong Jonesy was and still is a phenomenal musician .
I was privileged to meet him after one of the Madison Square Garden concerts in July 1973. I was the bag caddy for our local newspaper's music reporter. Mr. Jones noticed me quietly standing off to the side as Paul was speaking with Robert and Jimmy. He approached, held out his hand, asked my name and why I was there. He was very kind to this then 16 year old. He was pleased to hear me tell him that my uncle Ed had brought me to see them in Boston in January 1969 on their 1st US tour as an early 12th birthday present.
@@Jeff-qs6nd We are in agreement. Another I've met is Steven Winwood, class act. Also, I have been able to speak with Don "Buck Dharma" Roeser a few times over the decades. He is a sweetheart.
Greatest concert ever preformed where you there the 27th that was the best one I can’t believe not only where you there but you met him did you see the other guys?
I got to meet Entwistle in the early 90s... that dude was huge. Robert Plant came into my work once, and he was super tall too... but I didn't go near him. It was too much seeing the singer of my favorite band as a real person... and the guy seems like an alien, he practically glows... it's hard to explain. I also met Bowie, but he was such a funny and personable guy it was like meeting a guy you work with for drinks... no big deal.
Looking at my Led Zeppelin ticket stubs from 1971,1972,and 1975 I don’t know what happen to my 1973 stub from Albuquerque NM but will keep the other three until I die. Simply the best JPJ.
Supposedly when Plant refused to do more shows after the 02 show, Page, Jones and Jason discussed the idea of going out without a singer at all and just doing the stuff instrumental and jamming, too bad they didn't!
in my opinion they all wouldn’t have been that big without the other. they all brought such a unique element to the band. it wouldn’t have been the same without plant, page, jones, or bonham. though jones is the most talented musician in the band, i think.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HA1gytJDo_E.html - Plant made sure that Jonesy sat next to Dave, and the result is hilarious. "How many 'Nos' do you want?" 🤣
I saw him in 2000. He was with the drummer from The Black Crows (who plays Bonham with ease and finess as he also did with Page Live at The Greek)and a stick player. He played 14 songs with 10 diffrent instruments. It was INSANE! Definitely the most diverse member of Zeppelin and far often not respected or appreciated!
The Glue Behind Zeppelin. Along With Bonzo, The Backbone and Back Beat Behind Zep. The Secret Weapon Indeed. A Humble Genius. Long Live JPJ and Led Zeppelin. A Grateful Forever Fan!!!
In a classic band line up, the team on bass and drums are as essential as the assholes on guitar and vocals. As, in my past and still currently recording, being one of the assholes on guitar and now sometimes vocals, I would never have made the music I have without the brilliant drummer and bass player in my completely unknown band. Accelerate that upwards to the levels of JPJ and Bonham, Entwhistle/Moon, Ian Paice/Roger Glover, and even later bands like The Jam (Buckler/Foxton) - key thing is, they are so often the beating heart of music and I will love them all as much as the guys in the spotlight 😍
@@RobXHEphotosPs37.29 Nah, cuz Waters main contribution was songwriting and lyrics. Jones is a great musician that can play many instruments. That Pink Fraud group brought in many outside writers to try to make those songs sound a little like Floyd. The original songs put forth by Gilmour at that time were rejected for not sounding like Floyd.
@@stickman1742 True regarding Jones….many different views as far as Waters…..it was nice that “Pink Fraud” was very lyrically diverse, instead of Waters WW2 & Syd obsessions.
For those who don't know, the name of the first piece he plays is "Nosumi Blues" from his 1999 album Zooma. "When the Levee Breaks" starts around 1:53.
Wow! What a treat! Jonsey front n center! I never understood why he was always heard but not seen. His contribution to the music world is enormous . Deserves to be acknowledged and honored.
Good to hear him on his own, he is wonderful here, its often sometimes hard to distinguish what part he plays other than the keyboard, its hard to pick up in the songs his contribution, when he plays the guitar! so happy to see it was him playing this in When the Levee Breaks, its a beautifully composed piece of music that adds that eastern vibe like what made zeps music to my mind! I dont say any of them is better than the other it was the 4 of them that created that great symphony and synergy of energy that made them who they are, their energies caught fire and burned bright and they are still burning bright today! Their flame will never die! ❤
Yep, Jimmy's giving more interviews....and the embellishments of his are becoming more and more over the top. Too much Ludwig von Page in his head. His boastings, which need no exaggerations, are becoming excruciating. Wish my hero would just play something/anything. Tick tok.
been a Zep fan my whole life...58 now, JPJ and JB were the driving force, RP and JP are legend of course but can we all just imagine what they would have produced if tragedy didn't end the Band?
It is like he is FINALLY getting the respect he totally deserves, late in life while he is in his golden years. I love hearing the fans cheer for this underappreciated musical master. Zeppelin would not have been nearly as good without him. And that is no overstatement.
Those of us who grew up with zep and others as the soundtrack to our lives could name 100 rockers that perhaps 1 in 10 others have heard of. I have a lady friend in her 50's who couldn't name the guitar player in Led Zeppelin let alone the bass player. Jack Black did the intro for Zep at the Kennedy Center. He mentioned Bonzo and the audience did not get the reference. My point? Jpj gets his due respect but he is after all merely the bass player in the band that performed STH.
John Paul Jones. The secret weapon of Led Zeppelin. I understand why they didn’t go on after Bonham passed. Each one brought something unique to the group.
The very best underrated musician I've heard and seen. It's too bad his peers don't acknowledge him the way they should. They can learn from him too, the genius that he is. Keep going JPJ.
Read the comments. Underrated and Jonesy don't belong in the same sentence or paragraph. Millions of people think of him as a legendary musician. He's just quiet and humble about it.
Every time i hear JPJ play just about anything i haven't heard before i think: "this is the sound ive been waiting to hear my whole life". That tone is colossal.
I was lucky enough to see him play with Them Crooked Vultures. He segued in to No Quarter at one point and I was briefly in rock n roll heaven. Absolute legend and an incredibly talented keyboard and bass player 🙌
still remember the first time i came across led zeppelin, it was the summer of 75. i woke & walked into the stereo/record player room i seen a new album there...Led Zeppelin IV, i sat with the headphones on for hours on end listening over & over, music was always a huge thing in my life, Next i found Hendrix & the journey to learn how to play guitar was on!!
Good old John Baldwin - at the end of the day, he was the most reliable, most professional and most foundational member of the band. He was the rock in a sea of madness. When all these other guys were partying, getting drunk, doing heroin, fist-fighting, tossing televisions out of the upper floor of some hotel, etc. _he_ was in the studio constantly creating; constantly doing myriad projects that most people never knew he was doing. He'll outlive them all in the end, too.
