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re: Who vs Zep



Mark, you wrote-

<<This much I will say, because I should have said it before:
The main reason they were so good live early on was Plant. His voice was
unbelievable. Page was great, and Bonham too (JPJ was only playing bass back
then, and not outstanding), but it was Plant that made them so powerful.>>

I used to have the Danish TV special, it was killing!  It, dozens of other
"rare" videos and hundreds of CD's as well as two guitars were stolen from me
in Chicago, but enough of that...

I just want to add something to your comments on JPJ's bass playing.  There
are different schools of thought on what a bassists' role is.  There is the
Entwistle school, and no one could argue with his greatness.  There is also a
school of thought that the bass player should work in conjunction with the
drummer to set a groove and play the bottom of the chord.  Say what you will,
but as an example, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts were ONE.  I have a friend
who is a phenomenal bass player (he worked for years with Johnny Winter, and
does many jingles and album dates).  We were talking about Zep, and I asked
him what he thought of JPJ.  "Incredible-that's what bass-playing is all
about".  As you know, Page wasn't the only former studio player in Zep.

Scott