Lee vs. Bonham (Jason, that is)

["James Bonal" <bonal71@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've read several posts asserting that Jason Bonham either should have been 
the drummer for any Page/Plant collaborations or should be for any future 
endeavors by those two, or the three remaining members (well, stranger 
things have happened ... I think).

What's the consensus regarding Jason as a drummer?  Personally, I've never 
thought he was a good replacement for his father.  Yes, he does know all the 
drum parts and fills better than anyone else ... frankly, sometimes I'm 
surprised to hear him throw in a fill from the '77 version of this or the 
'73 version of that.  However, technical skills aside, I don't think he 
produces a powerful sound like his father did.

Before a bunch of you jump in and respond with:  "Well, who did?!?" let me 
qualify that remark.  I mean that Jason's sound has always been a little bit 
light ... hollow ... thin ... or something along those lines.  I never 
really thought that he had the "right sound" during his stints at Atlantic 
Records or on the Outrider Tour.

Michael Lee, on the other hand, may not mirror all of Bonzo's fills, but he 
does possess that powerful Bonham-esque sound.  In fact, when I first heard 
him on the Fate of Nations tour, I thought, "Wow, Robert's finally found a 
proper drummer for his sound."  I always felt that Michael Lee was, by far, 
the one drummer associated associated with the post-Zeppelin Page or Plant, 
who got closest to producing that Zeppelin-esque sound.

Any thoughts?