Mithril46 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Strange, I've never read Page disliking Pink Floyd, and I'm pretty sure in a pre-Knebworth interview he mentions them favorably. Page loved jazz guitar pioneer Django Reinhardt, and you can hear why, Django played fast and fiery, not old man jazz. Jimmy also loved Clarence White of the Byrds, an earlier user of the Tele B-bender, which Jimmy adopted later. Jimmy also thought much of the San Francisco psychedelic scene was laughable. Robert and Jimmy loved Roy Harper, a folk-protest artist who was quite an acquired taste for most listeners. Jimmy thought Hendrix was a genius, and in fact Hendrix wanted to get Bonzo to play with him. Jimmy and Robert really liked Bob Marley and the Wailers, early on in fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z1inspector Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 On 3/6/2008 at 8:56 AM, bonzovonludwig said: Bonzo was friends of the guys from ELO and Sabbath(There's a pic in Thunder Of Drums showing Bonzo standing with Tony Iommi and Ozzy. I think Bev Bevan and Jeff Lynne are in the same pic) can u post that picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reids Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 On 8/24/2017 at 4:00 PM, EaglesOfOneNest said: I really, really dislike Fleetwood Mac, I don't know why, they just set my teeth on edge. At any rate, I remember reading something Jason said about his dad really liking them and playing a Fleetwood Mac 8-track in the car taking him to his motocross events when he wasn't on tour and re-thinking everything positive I had ever thought about Bonzo! Kidding, of course! Remember, the (original) Fleetwood Mac was a blues-based band, with different members (Peter Green on guitars ) and playing a very different style of music versus the pop version of the band it morphed into that we all know today with Buckingham & Nicks. R😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 33 minutes ago, reids said: Remember, the (original) Fleetwood Mac was a blues-based band, with different members (Peter Green on guitars ) and playing a very different style of music versus the pop version of the band it morphed into that we all know today with Buckingham & Nicks. R😎 I reckon Bonham might've quite liked the mid/late 70s Fleetwood Mac, it was late 70s when he was taking Jason to the motocross events which would add up. He was a big Cat Stevens fan as well, I don't think it was all James Brown & Alphonse Mouzon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
76229 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Mook said: I don't think it was all James Brown & Alphonse Mouzon. It's still a musical fantasy of mine to see a drum-off between Bonzo & Clyde Stubblefield though. If only... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 6 hours ago, 76229 said: It's still a musical fantasy of mine to see a drum-off between Bonzo & Clyde Stubblefield though. If only... Clyde Stubbelfield ? never heard that name, must google it.....Ok, James Brown's drummer. soul music has never been my thing that explains it... I'll check him out on YouTube.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesOfOneNest Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 6 hours ago, JTM said: Clyde Stubbelfield ? never heard that name, must google it.....Ok, James Brown's drummer. soul music has never been my thing that explains it... I'll check him out on YouTube.. Take it to the bridge? Where's that confounded bridge?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnOsbourne Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 9 hours ago, reids said: Remember, the (original) Fleetwood Mac was a blues-based band, with different members (Peter Green on guitars ) and playing a very different style of music versus the pop version of the band it morphed into that we all know today with Buckingham & Nicks. R😎 Yes. The old Fleetwood Mac could put out some pretty good jams live. (Got no use for the better known pop lineup.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 13 hours ago, JTM said: Clyde Stubbelfield ? never heard that name, must google it.....Ok, James Brown's drummer. soul music has never been my thing that explains it... I'll check him out on YouTube.. Check out 'Funky Drummer', it's his signature tune & I think the most sampled drum track of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
76229 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 and this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesOfOneNest Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Always a huge fan of James Brown. One of my previous tenants was one of his many children.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porgie66 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 6 hours ago, Mook said: Check out 'Funky Drummer', it's his signature tune & I think the most sampled drum track of all time. I used to see Clyde pretty often. He lived in Madison WI, and played with some friends of mine in a band called the B3 Bombers. He had that incredible feel and pocket and was a very nice dude. Zep loved JB!! The theramin jam section in WLL basically became a tribute to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 6 minutes ago, porgie66 said: I used to see Clyde pretty often. He lived in Madison WI, and played with some friends of mine in a band called the B3 Bombers. He had that incredible feel and pocket and was a very nice dude. Zep loved JB!! The theramin jam section in WLL basically became a tribute to him. A mate of mine made a film about a JBs (I think) trip to Scotland & he said Clyde Stubblefield was as nice & as down to Earth a bloke as you could meet. I didn't get the chance to meet him unfortunately, having said that I got the chance to meet Billy Cobham once & hid behind an amp instead. The James Brown stuff is absolutely brilliant, I defy anyone with ears not to like Mother Popcorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindwillie127 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Pretty sure this is the track/album Bonham was playing to at the Riot House in '75, causing the guests on floors below to flock to the front desk with their noise complaints. I imagine the building was shaking a bit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Mind Transplant is a great album. Someone else on here (can't remember who) said it was the Funky Snakefoot (also Alphonse Mouzon) album Bonham was playing in the hotel, I think he referenced one of the many Zeppelin books as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindwillie127 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 We know they were also very influenced by both Joni Mitchell and CSN&Y. In fact, I'd go as far to say that Plant got his "it makes me wonder" line (which he turned into a refrain), from the song Deja Vu. I also think Zeppelins live 'sit down acoustic sets' were directly inspired by CS&N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
76229 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Mook said: Mind Transplant is a great album. Someone else on here (can't remember who) said it was the Funky Snakefoot (also Alphonse Mouzon) album Bonham was playing in the hotel, I think he referenced one of the many Zeppelin books as well. It's in the "LZ - 75" book by Stephen Salacious. Has the ring of truth about it though... On the topic of James Brown's drummers Mook, there's a lovely interview here with both Clyde and Jabo Starks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porgie66 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 26 minutes ago, blindwillie127 said: We know they were also very influenced by both Joni Mitchell and CSN&Y. In fact, I'd go as far to say that Plant got his "it makes me wonder" line (which he turned into a refrain), from the song Deja Vu. I also think Zeppelins live 'sit down acoustic sets' were directly inspired by CS&N Aye! Bonzo also was mentioned playing along with Joni Mitchell's Court And Spark album. Maybe in Thunder Of Drums or Mick Bonham's book, I don't recall for sure . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindwillie127 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Not sure if this has anything to do with Bonham's opinions on Peter Frampton, but its funny as hell none the less. Sorry for going off topic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSeven Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 For Classic Artists. Led Zeppelin and James Brown are tied for me. Love them both equally. Its funny. Both of them are very powerful live. I don't know if one could out rock the other. James Brown's prime where he was most feirce was 1965 to 1975. Zep 1969 to 1976. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I'm reading Colin Harper's book about John McLaughlin (Echoes from Then) at the moment & Narada Michael Walden mentions Robert Plant hanging out backstage at a Mahavishnu Orchestra gig circa 1974. I've no idea whether he liked them or not but thought it was interesting that he was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
76229 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 7 hours ago, Mook said: I'm reading Colin Harper's book about John McLaughlin (Echoes from Then) at the moment & Narada Michael Walden mentions Robert Plant hanging out backstage at a Mahavishnu Orchestra gig circa 1974. I've no idea whether he liked them or not but thought it was interesting that he was there. There's a link here to John McLaughlin's mid 60s session dates & he crossed paths with JPJ fairly often too. http://www.bathedinlightning.com/bonus material/john_mclaughlin_as_session_man__known_releases__1964_67_.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithril46 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Page did mention he thought Mahavishnu John Mclaughlin's playing was interesting, and Miles Davis fusion stuff as well. He sort of pointed out that Jazz was becoming much more electric guitar orientated or centered, and that many R'n'Roll elements were creeping into Jazz. Jimmy also praised EVH for coming up with a new style, and actually said he tried to play some of his stuff, but just couldn't get it. Jimmy also praised Santana's rhythm section after jamming with them when both were on tour in Europe in 80'. Jimmy said that there was a much bigger range of what you could do on guitar with that kind of polyrhythmic backing, or words to that effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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