Article: The Bassist Remains The Same; Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones Strums On, Solo

Rock-and-roll is alive and well and shrieking beside a bus. The bus belongs to John Paul Jones, the former bass player for Led Zeppelin, and the shrieking belongs to a twenty-something damsel who is pirouetting on the sidewalk and waving a T-shirt.

"I was on the bus and he signed my shirt!" she shouts to everyone. "HE SIGNED MY SHIRT!"

It's true. The garment, however, is emblazoned with the words "Page and Plant," a souvenir from a tour by Zeppelin founders Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. To his chagrin, Jones wasn't invited on that round-the-world jaunt, so asking him to sign this particular jersey was a bit like asking John McCain to slap a "Bush for President" bumper sticker on his minivan.

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