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Chris Jisi

“I remember when Led Zeppelin II came out and hearing The Lemon Song. That bass solo is one of my favorite bass parts ever”: Why The Lemon Song is John Paul Jones’ finest moment in Led Zeppelin

John Paul Jones, John Bonham and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin perform live on stage at Gladsaxe Teen Club, Copenhagen, Denmark, 15th March 1969.

A choirmaster, organist and expert in many archaic music styles, John Paul Jones also happened to play bass guitar in Led Zeppelin, the biggest heavy rock band there has ever been or ever will be.

Whether anchoring those chunky riffs with huge grooves or adorning them with subtle upper-register flourishes, Jones inhabited the bass parts with the greatest of ease.

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