john paul jones sang backup on thank you by led zeppelin and played bass guitar for the band.
john paul jones sang backup on thank you by led zeppelin and played bass guitar for the band.
who sings backup on thank you by led zeppelin and plays bass guitar for the band?
john paul jones
kennedy's name received a great amount of press coverage in late 2008 regarding a rumor that he was going to be joining led zeppelin, although it later turned out to be an audition for a different project featuring members of led zeppelin. after led zeppelin's one-off reunion in 2007, guitarist jimmy page and bassist john paul jones reportedly felt as if led zeppelin "still had something to offer." as reported by bbc news, page and jones were in the studio with jason bonham writing and recording new material that was reportedly going to be used for a new led zeppelin album. however, according to bonham, singer robert plant was not involved in the recording sessions. page, jones, and bonham were auditioning new singers to replace plant on tour. the rumors continued when it was reported that page, jones, and bonham had attended an alter bridge concert. the reports were also addressed by twisted sister frontman dee snider, who said that page, jones, and bonham were offering kennedy to join led zeppelin in order to persuade plant to reconsider. alter bridge guitarist mark tremonti also addressed the rumors, saying that kennedy "deserves" to play with led zeppelin. kennedy remained silent about the rumors for the most part until january 2009. he denied that he would be performing with or fronting a group with them, saying, "i am not singing in led zeppelin or any offshoot of led zeppelin, but i did have a great opportunity and it was something that i'm very grateful for. but alter bridge will go on, and that's that." he later confirmed, however, that he had actually written songs and rehearsed with jimmy page, john paul jones, and jason bonham. he also said that it was bonham who "got the ball rolling" since the two had met on the set of the 2001 film "rock star". it is unconfirmed if the songs he wrote with page, jones, and bonham will ever be released, and kennedy maintains that the band, had it materialized, would not have been called led zeppelin.
myles kennedy
in 1969, led zeppelin i was released. this was the bands' first album. plant stated that "during led zeppelin i, as far as i was concerned i thought that i was going to [leave the band] anyway. ... i was quite nervous and didn't get into enjoying it until ii." released only a few months later was the band's second album, led zeppelin ii, which many referred to as a piece-together album. the group worked on this album while on the road, so many of the songs were recorded at separate times rather than in one sitting. this album sparked much controversy due to the fact that some songs on the album, "the lemon song" and "whole lotta love", showed similarities to songs previously written by other artists. this created legal trouble for the band over whether or not they plagiarized these songs. during led zeppelin iii, which was released in 1970, page and plant's relationship began to grow stronger. the two got to know each other on a more personal level through writing the songs on this album, forming a close connection. the songs for this album were mostly created in a welsh cottage, and welsh culture was reflected in many of the songs on this album. this album sold one of the lowest numbers of copies out of all the band's albums. this was surprising to the band, but many critics argued that the songs on the album were too soft, too aggressive, or for "druggies". led zeppelin iv, released in 1971, was similar to led zeppelin iii in the mythic storytelling sense. this album included one of the band's best known songs and greatest hit, "stairway to heaven". led zeppelin iv was a huge hit and sold 37 million copies throughout the world, making it the band's best selling album. led zeppelin belonged to atlantic records and contributed to one-fourth of the profits for that record company. the band also created their own record label, swan song, in 1974-1975.
robert plant