Former LED ZEPPELIN Bassist Says Solo Album Is 'Still A Very High Priority'
October 4, 2005Former LED ZEPPELIN bassist John Paul Jones has posted the following message on his official web site:
"Hi all. An update of sorts. Still not much further with the album, although it's coming clearer in concept and I am practicing like crazy! The Merce Cunningham event was brilliant, 75 minutes of free improvisation was pretty exciting, and it was good fun working with the other musicians (Steven Montague & John King first show, Takehisa Kosugi & Kaffe Mathews the second). It was a really interesting experience and artistically more food for thought.
"I have also been playing mandolin and my new mandocello, with Robyn Hitchcock on a couple of shows, and I sang 'Anthony' with NICKEL CREEK when they came to London last month to promote their new record 'Why Should the Fire Die'. Mo and I took them out to a great Indian restaurant, which everyone enjoyed until some of the younger ones got involved in a chilli-eating contest…
"I am taking a week out to go to Lunel again, only this time I shall play a short solo show. I am taking the triple-neck mandolin and Kyma (as heard on 'Down to the River to Pray' on 'Thunderthief'). I will use it with a looping set-up and also with some processing that I created for the John Cage and Merce Cunningham events. I'm also looking forward to seeing (and hearing) mandolinist Mike Marshall again. It was he that invited me last year, a brilliant musician.
"So there you are, the album is still a very high priority but it must be right!"
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