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August Artist of the Month: John Paul Jones

Every month I select an artist to feature. You can hear a track from the artist about once an hour on the station and come to this page for artist information and links.

Artist Bio

The artist of the month for August is John Paul Jones. Born January 3rd 1946, John Paul Jones became a prolific musical director and arranger of a huge range of prominent sixties artist before forming Led Zeppelin with Jimmy Page in 1968. Since 1980 his collaborators have included Paul McCartney, La Fura Dels Baus, Brian Eno, REM, The Butthole Surfers and Diamanda Galas. His debut solo album Zooma was released in September 1999, followed by The Thunderthief in 2001. He has left his mark on rock & roll music history as an innovative musician, arranger, and director.