- Charlie Jones (musician)
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Charlie Jones is a British bassist, songwriter and record producer. He has toured and recorded with Robert Plant,[1] Page and Plant, The Strange Sensation, Goldfrapp and many others. He was married to Robert Plant's daughter Carmen Plant, they divorced in 2010.
Jones is from the Bristol area of the UKHe started playing electric and double Bass from a young age. Prior to him joining Robert Plant and later with Page and Plant he was a member of Violent Blue with session guitarist Neil Taylor. Jones received a grammy in 2009 as a cowriter of the song "Please Read The Letter" from the Album "Raising Sand" by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Jones has toured and recorded playing both electric and double bass but is most associated with playing a clear acrylic bass. One of his current gigs is bassist for Goldfrapp. Outside of that he works on other peoples albums as a session player,producer and composer.
Discography
- with Violent Blue* 1985 - I Won't Give In (Losing You)
- with Ofra Haza
- 1988 - Shaday
- with Robert Plant
- 1990 - Manic Nirvana
- 1993 - Fate of Nations
- 2002 - Dreamland
- 2004 - Sixty Six to Timbuktu
- 2006 - Nine Lives
- with Page & Plant
- with Goldfrapp
- 2003 - Black Cherry
- 2006 - Supernature
- 2008 - Seventh Tree
- 2010 - Head First
- with Siouxsie Sioux
- 2007 - MantaRay
- with Merz
- 2008 - Moi Et Mon Camion
- with Shelleyan Orphan
- 2008 - We Have Everything We Need
- with Jim Kerr (Simple Minds)
- 2010 - Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr
- 2010 With {David Rhodes}" Bitter Sweet."
References
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles; Peel, John (2004-10-25). The great rock discography. Canongate U.S.. pp. 873–. ISBN 9781841956152. http://books.google.com/books?id=_WoRAPJQ58sC&pg=PA873. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
External links
- http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Jones,%20Charlie/a/Charlie%20Jones.htm
- http://en.allexperts.com/q/Led-Zeppelin-501/Robert-plant-Charlie-Jones.htm
- http://www.crimsonguitars.com/charlie_jones-goldfrapp.html
- http://www.discogs.com/artist/Charlie+Jones
Robert Plant Strange Sensation: Liam "Skin" Tyson · Billy Fuller · Justin Adams · John Baggott · Clive Deamer
Charlie Jones · Porl Thompson · Michael LeeStudio albums
and EPsPictures at Eleven · The Principle of Moments · The Honeydrippers: Volume One · Shaken 'n' Stirred · Now and Zen · Manic Nirvana · Fate of Nations · Walking into Clarksdale (with Jimmy Page) · Dreamland · Mighty ReArranger (with Strange Sensation) · Raising Sand (with Alison Krauss) · Band of Joy (with Band of Joy)Live albums Compilations DVDs Soundstage: Robert Plant and the Strange SensationRelated articles This article about a British musician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.