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Every musician in Led Zeppelin<\/a> could justifiably be described as a virtuoso. Being the first significant supergroup that the rock world had ever seen, Jimmy Page had assembled the best players in the English rock scene to fill out his new outfit after The Yardbirds, with every member bringing their sonic spice to the mix. Although Page may have been able to ignite a guitar riff better than most, he was always matched by the intensity of John Paul Jones.<\/p>\n Both veterans of the session world, Jones and Page were known to have different feels when working on Zeppelin\u2019s signature tunes. While drummer John Bonham was known to play behind the beat most of the time, Page was slightly ahead of the beat, whereas Jones was right up the middle, driving the song forward at every turn.<\/p>\n Even though the bulk of Led Zeppelin\u2019s debut was comprised of blues standards they had been playing for years around the London club scene, the few originals heralded the beginnings of hard rock. Across tracks like \u2018Communication Breakdown\u2019<\/a> and \u2018Dazed and Confused\u2019, the band were paving the way for what the next generation of rock stars would sound like, with Page pushing the guitar to its limits by using different bows across the strings.<\/p>\n Although Jones could manage to morph his sound into anything he wanted, the first track that fans heard from the new outfit was known to trip him up. Despite the basic bluesy structure behind \u2018Good Times Bad Times\u2019, Jones would remark how difficult it was to settle into the groove when first putting the track down.<\/p>\n Discussing the power of the song during the band\u2019s reunion in 2007, Jones would tell Rolling Stone, \u201cThat\u2019s the hardest riff I ever wrote, the hardest to play.\u201d Jones wasn\u2019t the only one who was thrown for a loop when putting the track together. \u201c\u2018Good Times, Bad Times,\u2019 as usual, came out of a riff with a great deal of John Paul Jones on bass\u2019, as Page would recall in Guitar Greats, \u201cIt really knocked everybody sideways when they heard the bass drum pattern because I think everyone was laying bets that Bonzo was using two bass drums, but he only had one.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The legendary Led Zeppelin. (Credits: Alamy)<\/p>\n