Charlie Jones (musician)
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.
Jones is from the Bristol area of the UK.[citation needed] He started playing electric and double bass from a young age.[citation needed]
He was married to Robert Plant's daughter Carmen Plant, but they separated in 2010.[citation needed]
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 people's albums as a session player, producer and composer.
On 16 September 2013, Jones released his debut solo album "Love Form" through Stranger Records.
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
- 1994 - No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded
- 1998 - Walking Into Clarksdale
- with Tom McRae
- 2003 - Just Like Blood
- with Goldfrapp
- 2003 - Black Cherry
- 2006 - Supernature
- 2008 - Seventh Tree
- 2010 - Head First
- 2012 - The Singles
- 2013 - Tales Of Us
- with Loreena McKennitt
- 2006 - An Ancient Muse
- with Siouxsie Sioux
- 2007 - MantaRay
- with Merz
- 2008 - Moi Et Mon Camion
- with Shelleyan Orphan
- 2008 - We Have Everything We Need
- With David Rhodes
- 2010 - Bitter Sweet
- 2013 - Rhodes
- with Jim Kerr (Simple Minds)
- 2010 - Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr
- with Littlemen
- 2011 - Present: Debut Album
- Solo
- 2013 - Love Form
References
- ↑ Strong, Martin Charles; Peel, John (2004-10-25). The great rock discography. Canongate U.S. pp. 873–. ISBN 978-1-84195-615-2. 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
- http://www.charliejones.net
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