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John Paul Jones breaks down his Led Zeppelin bass approach – and what separated his and Jimmy Page's riffs

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“I wrote Black Dog on a train. There was a Muddy Waters song with a riff that never ended...” How John Paul Jones wrote Led Zeppelin's Black Dog

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Paul Jones with his 1962 Fender Jazz Bass Armed with years of experience as a session bassist and arranger, John Paul Jones ...
American Songwriter

John Paul Jones Called This Led Zeppelin Riff the Most Difficult He Ever Wrote, but It’s Not the One You Might Think

When we think of complicated Led Zeppelin riffs, songs like “Black Dog” and “Stairway To Heaven” are often the first to come to mind. But for bassist John Paul Jones, one of his earliest fretboard ...
The Cheat Sheet

The Classic Riff That Inspired the Beatles’ ‘I Feel Fine’ and Led Zeppelin’s ‘Moby Dick’

Paul McCartney once said The Beatles only steal as much from musicians as others steal from them. That seems reasonable enough, and McCartney was the first to acknowledge he lifted the bass line from ...
American Songwriter

Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones Explains Why You’re Playing That “Black Dog” Riff Wrong (And Why the Original Was Even Harder)

No matter how hard we may try to play it as accurately as possible, sometimes a classic guitar riff never ends up sounding quite like the official version, and Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog” riff is ...
Wall Street Journal

John Paul Jones, from Led Zeppelin to Them Crooked Vultures

Since anchoring Led Zeppelin, bass player John Paul Jones has played the role of journeyman artist. A multi-instrumentalist, his unpredictable resume includes composing a score for the Merce ...