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The Tortoise and The Hare, Or.. Why John Paul Jones > Jimmy Page

Mojozoso — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:39:03 +0000

Vale, Youdopia. John Paul Jones’ new band is totally awesome. I don’t like them, but they kick nine different varieties of ass. And… when you see the footage, and hear the harmonies, bass, keyboards, etc… you cannot find the senior citizen in the group. Them Crooked Vultures is a great band. A real band. A tight band. And, the kids are all worked up. Mainly they’re excited to have Josh Homme from QOTSA and Dave Grohl together (again), but they’re all astonished at how badass Jonesy is. That’s because he has always been badass. He wrote the Black Dog riff. He plays the mandolin on Going to California… he is amazing. He’s just got the star quality of …. a bass player. He scored the orchestration to Kashmir…. and for Donovan’s Mellow Yellow as well. He’s been on as many sessions as Jimmy, but he was never in the Firm, or Coverdale/Page.

When Zeppelin broke up he taught Electronic Composition at college. Jimmy well… did this. I love Jimmy, I do. He is still my hero. Jonesy is just.. who I would rather be in a band with. Here’s a little pro shot video snippet of Them Crooked Vultures:

And here is a live song they played at the same festival as Faith No More, last week (8/09) It sounds kind of like Cream, but their other songs don’t, and they did no covers. No Nirvana, no Zep, no QOTSA, no Foo for you. Listen to the Grohl/Jones harmonies. It’s a really tight band.

Coolest Shit Ever: Led Zeppelin Plays Georgia On My Mind (Live, Salt Lake City 1973)

Mojozoso — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:35:54 +0000

Howdy youdopia. My friend Gus, who goes by August, now that he’s in the September of his years, says Youdopia hasn’t been updated since January. He is, of course, lying because I told him cold fusion doesn’t work. Anyhoo, this last month has been … how do you say… shitty and amazing. So I blog Led Zeppelin. One of the reasons I love Zeppelin so much, and Jimmy Page in particular, is that they would cover almost any song. I never, ever, in my wildest dreams, would expect the boys to launch into Ray Charles’ Georgia On My Mind, but they did. And it’s good. Jimmy Page is absent, which leads me to believe that this was an off the cuff vamp while Jimmy changed a string. Listen to the soul in John Paul Jones’ Fender Rhodes. That’s a band, ladies and gentlemen, and I think it’s the Coolest Shit Ever. God, I love music.

John Paul Jones Talks About Led Zeppelin Tour With/Without Robert Plant

Mojozoso — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:27:53 +0000

Youdopians, I love John Paul Jones! He had a Q&A at a guitar clinic recently, and this is what he had to say about a tour with Jimmy Page, and Jason Bonham. Robert Plant? Probably not. I would love to see the boys play again. They hit it out of the park at the 02 reunion. We’ll see. They may not call it Led Zeppelin, but I’d love to see it, whoever they have singing.

Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones & The Foo Fighters 6/7/08 Video

Mojozoso — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:42:13 +0000

This one’s all for Daddy. It’s Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones jamming with the Foo Fighters. When was this? Oh, yesterday. Yup. gotta love video cell phones, and the internet… and Led Zeppelin. All Hail.