After Led Zeppelin’s disbandment in 1980, John Paul Jones seemed not to look back. At least, not as often as his former bandmates, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page.
The bassist worked with numerous names, from Brian Eno to Marc Bolan, and seemed to often experiment with jazz, blues, and rock in his collabs or solo works.
So, while talking to Guitar Magazine in 2010 and discussing his love for ‘experimenting,’ the host asked Jones if he felt his bandmates, Plant and Page, had also expanded musically and ‘reached out’ the way he had. However, the rocker seemed indifferent as he answered:
“No, they’re not reaching out the way I have, because I’m me and they’re them. I haven’t heard Page and the Black Crowes he could be playing a whole load of blues for all I know.”
Jones then revealed why he was disappointed by Plant and Page’s joint album, 1998’s ‘Walking into Clarksdale:’
“I heard Page and Plant’s ‘Walking into Clarksdale,’ and was disappointed that there wasn’t more Page on it. I like to hear lots of Page. But they’re doing what they’re doing. They ain’t bothering me.”
Although the bassist felt disappointed by the album for not featuring more of Page’s riffs, the record was a commercial success and won a Grammy award for ‘Best Hard Rock Performance’ for the song, ‘Most High.’
Plant also re-recorded a piece from the album with Alison Krauss in 2007 for the duo’s Grammy-winning album ‘Raising Sand.’
