Hub · 1946

John Paul Jones

Sidcup, England · Bass · Keys · Arranger

Led Zeppelin bassist/keyboardist/arranger; later resurfaced with Grohl and Homme in Them Crooked Vultures.

John Paul Jones, 2010
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Why this hub

Zeppelin’s arrangement spine—then a 2009 hard-rock cross-link via Them Crooked Vultures.

Born 1946. Session arranging background feeds Zeppelin’s folk-to-heavy dynamics, bass lines, and keyboard textures. Rarely chased frontman myth; structural credit is the hub value. Them Crooked Vultures shows late-career mobility among hard-rock peers.

Tenures

  1. Led Zeppelin

    1968–1980

    Bass, Keys

    Open band →

  2. Them Crooked Vultures

    2009–2010

    Bass, Keys, Piano

    Open band →

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