HammondDave Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Came across this fabulous video of Zep’s Stairway to Heaven during their prime. Love JPJ’s incredible Mellotron lines during this. Not one wobbling note! He was truly the best musician on stage. His arsenal included the Mellotron M400, Clavinet D6, Rhodes, and Maestro Phase Shifter…. Enjoy. 1 1 Quote '55 and '59 B3's; Leslies 147, 122, 21H; MODX 7+; NUMA Piano X 88; Motif XS7; Mellotrons M300 and M400’s; Wurlitzer 206; Gibson G101; Vox Continental; Mojo 61; Launchkey 88 Mk III; Korg Module; B3X; Model D6; Moog Model D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwin Funster Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Whew! I thought this was gonna be another RIP thread. 1 Quote FunMachine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wd8dky Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Thank you for that! It took me back to a wonderful time in our lives (wife and I). Quote http://www.weisersound.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammondDave Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 11 hours ago, wd8dky said: Thank you for that! It took me back to a wonderful time in our lives (wife and I). Yes, I saw Zep live during their first North America tour in the very early 70's. Awesome show. I always thought that like John Entwhistle, John Paul Jones was incredibly under-appreciated as a musician and was overshadowed by their flashy colleagues. Quote '55 and '59 B3's; Leslies 147, 122, 21H; MODX 7+; NUMA Piano X 88; Motif XS7; Mellotrons M300 and M400’s; Wurlitzer 206; Gibson G101; Vox Continental; Mojo 61; Launchkey 88 Mk III; Korg Module; B3X; Model D6; Moog Model D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwin Funster Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 It should be the new etiquette to title threads about aging persons of notability as "name here is not dead", or IND. JPJ played mandolin for a number of gigs with dave rawlings and gillian welch. Talk about getting around. 3 Quote FunMachine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuelBLupowitz Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 As someone who doubles on keys and bass, JPJ has been one of my musical heroes since I was 13 or 14. I truly believe he was Led Zeppelin's secret weapon (there was nothing secretive about the other three). His keyboard contributions are always so thoughtful and deliberate... and boy, he can lay down that Motown stuff on the bass. I also blame him for my obsession with bass pedals and otherwise trying cover more parts than I should at the same time onstage. But he had a way of doing it that was solid, unobtrusive, and elegant. I'm still working on that part. I also enjoyed getting to witness a more modern take on his Zeppelin bassist-doubling-on-keys-and-other-weird-string-instruments role when he, Dave Grohl, and Josh Homme teamed up for Them Crooked Vultures in 2009. I was always bummed they only made the one album, but they're all busy guys. 1 Quote Samuel B. Lupowitz Musician. Songwriter. Food Enthusiast. Bad Pun Aficionado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polychrest Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 JPJ is certainly alive and well and still making good music: 1 Quote "I like rock and roll, man, I don't like much else." John Lennon 1970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJUSCULE Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t immediately acknowledge that JPJ is the heart and soul and best musician of Zeppelin. 2 Quote Eric Website Gear page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuelBLupowitz Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Here's JPJ grooving his butt off at the 2007 Zep reunion at the O2. Some great shots of him working the bass pedals (in some very stylish footwear!). This is one of my favorite Led Zeppelin jams; I have covered it in a LOT of bands. That clavinet part is so much fun. Quote Samuel B. Lupowitz Musician. Songwriter. Food Enthusiast. Bad Pun Aficionado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammondDave Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 16 hours ago, Polychrest said: JPJ is certainly alive and well and still making good music: This video is amazing! 2 Quote '55 and '59 B3's; Leslies 147, 122, 21H; MODX 7+; NUMA Piano X 88; Motif XS7; Mellotrons M300 and M400’s; Wurlitzer 206; Gibson G101; Vox Continental; Mojo 61; Launchkey 88 Mk III; Korg Module; B3X; Model D6; Moog Model D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammondDave Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 and then you have this... For those who struggle to play the M400, you will appreciate this. 1 Quote '55 and '59 B3's; Leslies 147, 122, 21H; MODX 7+; NUMA Piano X 88; Motif XS7; Mellotrons M300 and M400’s; Wurlitzer 206; Gibson G101; Vox Continental; Mojo 61; Launchkey 88 Mk III; Korg Module; B3X; Model D6; Moog Model D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuelBLupowitz Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 1 hour ago, HammondDave said: and then you have this... For those who struggle to play the M400, you will appreciate this. Thanks for sharing, I don't think I've ever actually seen a live performance of Kashmir from when he still used the Mellotron. By the Knebworth shows in 1979, he had the big Yamaha Dream Machine synth. Much like Rick Wakeman, he loathed the Mellotron for its unreliability and ditched it the first chance he got. Boy, the keys are mixed criminally low for most of this performance, though; makes the tune a little flaccid. I guess all you need to know about how important to the band John Paul Jones was is to mix him out! Quote Samuel B. Lupowitz Musician. Songwriter. Food Enthusiast. Bad Pun Aficionado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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