Subj : Lyric
To   : richardw
From : richardw
Date : Mon Jun 13 2005 04:34 pm

  Re: Lyric
  By: richardw to Grymmjack on Mon Jun 13 2005 03:30 pm

 >  >  >  > J.B. is a very well respected drummer. He did some really cool stuf
 >  >  >  > ahead of his time in the chops department. But he's best known for 
 >  >  >  > "groove". Something I didn't appreciate (enough) when I was a young
 >  >  >
 >  >  > He's definately one of my favorite drummers.  Very syncopated.  It's e
 >  >  > to see why his demise meant the end of the band, he would not have bee
 >  >  > easily replaced.
 >  >
 >  > yeah agree there. i think only JPJ could be replaced without a problem. h
 >  > was after all, just the bass player ;P
 >  >
 >  > did he actually ever write any tunes?
 >  >
 >  > btw.. i'm talking out of my butt..
 > 
 > Actually, JPJ would also have been very hard to replace.  He was an
 > extremely acomplished studio musician before Zep ever formed.  And, he
 > played keyboards, as well as bass.  He really was integral to the overall
 > sound of the band.
 > 
 > That band was a perfect combination of 4 guys.  I don't think it would
 > have happened if any one of them would have been someone else.

And... I think he wrote all of "In Through The Out Door."


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