John Paul Jones

John Richard Baldwin born 3 January 1946 better known by his stage name John Paul Jones is an English musician composer and record producer who was the bassist and keyboardist for the rock band Led Zeppelin Prior to forming the band with Jimmy Page in 1968 he was a session musician and arranger After the death of drummer John Bonham in 1980 Led Zeppelin disbanded and Jones developed a solo career He has collaborated with musicians across a variety of genres including the supergroup Them Crooked Vultures with Dave Grohl and Josh Homme He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 as a member of Led Zeppelin Description above from the Wikipedia article John Paul Jones musician licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia