Tag: bass
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The Quiet One Who Made the Noise Possible: John Paul Jones and the Architecture of Led Zeppelin
Last time I wrote about Jimmy Page the producer. This week I want to talk about the other half of Led Zeppelin’s secret — the multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and musical polymath who was doing fifty arrangements a month before he ever picked up a bass guitar in anger. If you have read my piece on Jimmy…
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The Harmonies Nobody Noticed Disappearing: Howie Epstein and the Quiet Loss at the Heart of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers
He wasn’t the frontman, the lead guitarist, or the founding member. He was the bass player and harmony singer who made the Heartbreakers sound like the Heartbreakers for twenty years — and whose absence most fans only recognised after he was gone. By David Cohen, Crosswinds Daily There is a particular kind of musician whose…