If you have to ask who he is, then read no further LOL. In 1999, the former Led Zeppelin bassist/keyboardist released an album called "Zooma". All instrumental, and a showcase of his multi-instrumental talent.

He did a tour in 2000 with a band that produced an amazing amount of sound from just three guys: JPJ, drummer Terl Bryant and stick player Nick Beggs.

He followed this with "The Thunderthief" in 2001, which did have a few vocals done by the man.

I just wanted to pay homage to one of my favorite musicians, a man who is vastly underrated for his musical contributions as a performer & arranger.

Very very underrated....His keyboard playing is as good as his bass playing..

Coming Down Again

He´s a fantastic musician and since you focused on his work after Zeppelin I have to mention a cd by Diamanda Galas, The Sporting Life from 1994. JPJ produced it at played bass on it and it´s really great. Very special...

I saw one of those shows back in '00. One of the best I've seen. It was over before I knew it, and not for being short.
The man's got a sense of humour, too. A couple of overzealous kids front of stage, obviously Zep fans, kept yelling for certain tunes. JPJ calmly walked over to them, mic in hand, and told them to "get a life." The entire place, kids included, got a huge laugh out of it.

Yeah I actually think that his keyboard playing is better than his playing.imo

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

For anyone who doesn't know, the strings on "She's A Rainbow" were arranged by John Paul Jones. (2 years before he joined Led Zeppelin.)

schillid Wrote:
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> For anyone who doesn't know, the strings on "She's
> A Rainbow" were arranged by John Paul Jones. (2
> years before he joined Led Zeppelin.)


I never knew that. That's why I love this board. You learn new shit everyday.

JPJ also did the string arrangements on several tracks of R.E.M.'s classic "Automatic For The People" CD (incl. "Drive" and "Everybody Hurts").