Jason Bonham


Jason Bonham, son of the late John "Bonzo" Bonham, does not take lightly the responsibility of carrying on his father's legacy. Having made a head start at drumming while he was a child, Jason is now passing on the same lessons to a third generation of Bonham drummers.

John Bonham's death in 1980 left such an impact on the surviving members of Led Zeppelin that they knew immediately they could not continue as they were. Yet Jason Bonham's familiarity with the band made him a shoe-in to join his father's bandmates on the few occasions reunion concerts have taken place.

This year marked the 20th anniversary of Bonham's most successful album release to date, the Platinum-certified disc The Disregard of Timekeeping released by his band, Bonham. To mark the milestone, he recently toured with a new band and played under the banner of "An Evening with Jason Bonham."

In the past, Bonham has also toured and/or recorded with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Foreigner, UFO, Paul Rodgers, Joe Bonamassa, Virginia Wolf, Airrace, Healing Sixes and Motherland. He also acted in the movie Rock Star and appeared on the reality TV show "SuperGroup."

- What's the latest on Jason Bonham?

Tuesday, June 17, 2003

The Garden Tapes site updated to include new Zep DVD, live album

This news originally appeared in an edition of the newsletter "On This Day In Led Zeppelin History."

For the last few years, one of the very few Web sites I ever linked to at my home page was "The Garden Tapes," one fan's comprehensive study of cuts and edits made within the Led Zeppelin film and soundtrack, The Song Remains the Same. Now, the site is expanded to include all of the band's officially released live recordings, including 1997's BBC Sessions and the two recent releases, How the West Was Won and DVD.

The DVD pages, added just Monday, reveal which recordings come from which dates and whether any overdubs, mixes or edits were made in compiling the releases. Of course, there were, and author Eddie Edwards noticed them! Visit "The Garden Tapes" at http://www.thegardentapes.co.uk/ and tell Eddie that Steve "The Lemon" sent you.

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