JPJ on AOL Interview as of 8:19 pm

[Tim Friez <zepper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question:	Did the XYZ (former Yes and Zeppelin) project ever really
exist?
John P Zep:	No!  It was pretty much a pressthing, I think.
John P Zep:	It was one of those things you read about
John P Zep:	and wonder, "Are they talking
John P Zep:	about us?"
HubMeg:	Welcome to Hub Music's chat with John Paul Jones of Led
HubMeg:	Zeppelin!
Question:	Did you make up the bass solo in the Lemon Song on the spot?
John P Zep:	The word is improvise--
John P Zep:	And YES!
Question:	What's the best thing about this Live at the BBC album?
John P Zep:	It's teh sound of a young, enthusiastic band.
John P Zep:	It's a very raw sound.
John P Zep:	A cocky young band at the height of its powers.
John P Zep:	And John Bonham,
HubMeg:	You are chatting with one of the greatest rockers of all time --
HubMeg:	John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin!
Question:	Jonesy, on your upcoming solo album, is it going to be
entirely musical? No 	vocals, or
Question:	do you sing? And are you doing and No Quarter style jazz
improv on it?
HubMeg:	10 part question!
John P Zep:	Entirely musical?  Don't you mean instrumental?
John P Zep:	The answer is yes--
HubMeg:	You'd make a good editor.
John P Zep:	it is instrumental --
John P Zep:	no vocals
John P Zep:	no guitar
John P Zep:	no jazz
John P Zep:	Pure Rock!
John P Zep:	(with some funny noises)
HubMeg:	Ho1Ho asks:
Question:	you have such a smooth driving bass style who was your
influence
John P Zep:	A lot of bass players from a lot of different
John P Zep:	styles of music
John P Zep:	To name a few...
John P Zep:	James Jameson
John P Zep:	from motown
John P Zep:	Duck Dunne (booker t & the mgs)
John P Zep:	and some of the great jazz players
John P Zep:	such as charles mingus
John P Zep:	and Scott LaFaro
HubMeg:	When you buy Led Zeppelin: BBC Sessions through Tower
HubMeg:	Records, you get a bonus CD featuring the new video for
HubMeg:	"Whole Lotta Love" and an exclusive montage featuring every
HubMeg:	song that the band ever recorded.  It's trippy.  Check it out by
HubMeg:	clicking button 5 on your Hub Clicker (keyword Clicker).
HubMeg:	Kickpedal asks:
Question:	Will we be seeing any professional live video i.e. Earls Court
'75, Seattle '77 	released
Question:	in the future for public consumption
John P Zep:	it's always possible.
John P Zep:	every now and again we feel we ought to
John P Zep:	look at this stuff
John P Zep:	some of it is good, some not so good
John P Zep:	it would be nice
John P Zep:	to see some of it out there
HubMeg:	MRKITE asks:
Question:	I know that  you have worked with Lenny Kravitz in the past do
you consider 	him to be
Question:	one of the most talented younger musicians today as i do?oh by
the way you 	do realize you are
Question:	the best bass player in rock music historyright?
John P Zep:	Is that Lenny Kravitz writing in?
John P Zep:	if it is, i better say that he's pretty good too.
John P Zep:	he actually approached me
John P Zep:	by saying that his bass player left
John P Zep:	just before the MTV video awards
John P Zep:	he was trying to think of who to use
John P Zep:	and he said to me
John P Zep:	"why not call the guy i took it all from in the first
place?"
HubMeg:	Here's another from the audience for John Paul Jones:
Question:	Tell us abou the new "Whole Lotta Love" video.  I beleive some
of the footage 	has never
Question:	been seen before.
John P Zep:	Yes, it certainly surprised me!
John P Zep:	There's a funny little bit where
John P Zep:	Robert and I seem to be doing some strange
John P Zep:	Martian dance together.
John P Zep:	Don't knwo where tehy found it.
John P Zep:	but it's a good video.  i must be biased.