Jason is a great drummer just like his dad. However, I grew up with Led Zeppelin so for me, while these musicians are really good, there is no substitute for Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones but Jason is just as good and maybe better than his dad John. I will admit that I really liked the rendition of Stairway to Heaven done by Jason, Heart and a choir at the Kennedy Center Honors with Robert, Jimmy and John in the audience along with the Obama's.
I don’t intend this as an argument, but Dad is on a whole ‘nother level from not only Jason, but any other drummer in rock I can think of. It’s not his level of chops that makes me say that, but rather incomparable good taste, and a groove so deep it spawned some of the greatest music in pop history. I’ve worked with Jason with Foreigner. He did a great job and he’s come a long way since. A lovely man to make music with, to have onstage. It must be a bit intimidating to be compared to his Dad all the time, like looking up at Everest, wondering what it must take to get there.
Love Zeppelin but I’ve heard so many covers that blow the originals away, I think they were amazing for their time but I think it’s their writing and arrangements that stand out for me.
@@Yosser70 Zeps ability to write and what they did live (the improv and never playing the song the same way twice) is what separates them from their contemporaries.
@@christopherekin1747 I mentioned their writing, so not sure why you bring that up. Not playing songs the same way live every time is pretty normal, not saying they weren’t good at improving, just nothing unique about it.
Akio “Jimmy” Sakurai has dedicated the past 40 years of his life to studying the music of Mr. Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin. Currently the touring guitarist in Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening
Look for the vid where the real Jimmy visits Asian Jimmy at a Asian Jimmy gig in a small bar I think in Japan. Real Jimmy is in awe watching himself on stage 😎
Wow, the bass player is playing vintage Acoustic 370 I believe. JPJ was my idol going up in rock and roll biz. Had the same amp and bass as this bassis in 1978, still today I have my Sunburst 1967 Jazz
One of Zep’s best songs. I’ve seen Jason several times but my question is why does he have the first album Hindendburg icon instead of this Dad’s the rings?? Maybe from respect, maybe from legacy but he is blood and a damn good drummer in his own right.
So glad I got to see Led Zeppelin live in 1978. Yes I’m that old but that concert lives in my memory like it was yesterday. They are the beast of rock ‘n’ roll rollers. So good!
My favorite band. They always played here in Michigan when they toured, but only in Detroit and Pontiac. I didn't have my driver's license in the 1970s, so no go.
That guitar player is the ghost from Jimmy's past, they twins! I have seen him play for Jimmy Page and he gave him a standing ovation. Yeah, Jason has some talent don't he though!
He said he’s playing along with his old man, so I guess the recording of his old man is not accurately isolated from the original recording? Some harmonica leak 😂
Saw them outdoors on a beautiful night in Raleigh, NC a few years ago. It was beyond fantastic. Played every song to perfection and awesome sound!!! Wish they would come back.
I just purchased an S.L.P. Big black panther 8 by 14 snare from TAMA and the main reason? It sounds so similar to boham’s and Alex Van Halen big Ludwig endorsers this dudes will make pots sound fantastic
This rendition reminds me of John Paul Jones' version of When The Levee Breaks ( Playing for Change) which has over 8,000,000 views on RUclips. Nevertheless, I do like this version as well. 👍
echoing others, yeah.. I do not get not having someone step onstage for the harmonica work... I'm sure 1000s of people would have tripped all over themselves for that chance. But good vocals, and good musicianship by all otherwise. I can never get sick of this song.
oh man , in the Ryman ? wish I had known, would have made the 'pilgrimage' .... IYKYK . And I have sat in that area , Left balcony good spot. Thx for posting.
You think so? Couldn’t disagree more. He’s a drummer, but not close to his dad’s swing or ability. I know people get their backs up when this is said, but it’s true. He’s not even close.
@@Peterickenbacker1 I didn’t say he was as good…no one is. But he’s definitely a lot better than you’re giving him credit for. And personally I feel he NAILS this song, here.
@@glengamble526 this song, from a drumming perspective, is one of Bonham’s easiest. It’s highly acclaimed for how it was recorded, not the complexity of the drumming. Anyway…
@@Peterickenbacker1 the original has the tissue paper roll fill and some sequential Bonham triplets that Jason omits. Plant even jokes at the O2 concert about the lack of Jason's foot work. in my opinion jason does swing it some, especially near the end
@@Peterickenbacker1 really? I had no idea…being a professional drummer with 35+ years experience and two gold records 🙄 Jason Bonham’s a damn good drummer. By anyone’s standard (except yours, apparently). And he does a good job on the Zep stuff…and did a GREAT job in the LZ02 concert/dvd/album. Funny part is, it took him years to get there-I really didn’t like his younger playing, he was all over the place. But now, as a grown man-he does an exemplary tribute to his father. You don’t agree? Cool. But don’t pull the musician angle, brother…trust me. I know my onions. Cheers! p.s. to be clear: this song may be ‘one of Zep’s easiest’ technically, but it’s a bitch to play with the right feel and pocket. He does so. The whole point of my post.
But...Page himself said that Zep never did Stairway justice live; that only happened when he played with the Black Crowes at the Greek theatre, because they had the extra guitar players.
Amazing how accurate the drum tones are. JBjr is playing on a Drum Works (DW) kit. His dad played on a Ludwig kit over 50 years ago. There is a huge gap in quality of today’s DW drum kits, and Ludwig in the 70’s. However, Ludwig drums always have that large booming sound made famous by JBsr.
@@quantumbuddhist Uum........you better clean your ears........or you haven't heard enough various drum kits. Because there are many tonal differences among various drum kits. And I am a retired pro guitarist, gigged for decades all over east/central Florida. Performed for so long, I've had my fill of the club scene. I do miss the music though.
@@flacche I went to high school with a guy we graduated in 1982 he was a really good drummer. He moved to California after school went to a music school for drums never made it big. Ended up buying a machine shop off his uncle DW was his biggest client. They always ask him to buy his shop after many years he sold it to them he now manages it travels all over the word for DW loves his job
Awesome thank God for u tube u grew up with the one of the greatest drummers ever er I had tickets to see him them never happened I'm sure he was a great dad. He handled the to u
Even though Page used to put layer upon layer of guitars on the studio records, he was kind of a fanatic about doing it all on one guitar live, even when it clearly would have made a fuller sound to have a second guitar playing the rhythm part while Jimmy took a solo.
@@HashiAkitaPuppy everyone misses the point. With enough work, anyone can play the Page parts. Even I play them passably. What none of us can do is write them.
Being done by the keyboard player off to the side of the stage, you can actually make excellent harmonica sounds with keyboard synthesizers, I play some keys so I know this, lookup harmonica being played on keyboard on RUclips and you will see what I'm talking about.
@David Bartha Could be. I'm not sure. Somebody said the harmonica was played by the keyboard player using a synthesizer. I'm not sure. I was there and didn't see a Harmonica player. Some bands, like Motley Crue and KISS, use pre-recorded tracks for backing vocals and some lead vocals (Paul Stanley was exposed recently). So, I'm taking a guess of what it might be.
@@DannyBrooks1 All bands say stupid stuff, they're were kids when their first album came out. Seen them live twice and they ARE a great live band. Tribute bands to me offer nothing new.
Lol, Right on. The audience who remembers when this music was new and fresh is gettin a little long in the tooth. Shit happens I guess but it’s better than the alternative of not gettin old. It still sounds great to me, not just because of nostalgia but because it WAS awesome in the first place.
He should have focus on his own "Bonham" band from the 80s except staying in the shade of his father. At least Eddie's boi don't seem to stay in Eddie's shade,all respect for that alone.
Well, Daniel McMaster, the singer of Bonham, died. So that pretty much ended that band. He's not standing in the shadow of his father. He's honoring his father's legacy. He tells stories of where song ideas came from, what it was like growing up in the Zeppelin camp, and sharing his experiences. Eddie's boy is still young enough to try his own thing. Jason's band died with Daniel.
@@BeemWeeks I could wikipedia that too. But went with my personal knowledge only. Dio died too,Iommi still Iommi, You still can remain your brand no matter what. He had tributing,,,his father forever like there is no other drummer than his father. Led Zep was Page,like it or not. Main composer and main thief,,lol of the band to some extend.
I love Jason, and I love this song he carries his fathers' legacy well.
Jason is a great drummer just like his dad. However, I grew up with Led Zeppelin so for me, while these musicians are really good, there is no substitute for Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones but Jason is just as good and maybe better than his dad John. I will admit that I really liked the rendition of Stairway to Heaven done by Jason, Heart and a choir at the Kennedy Center Honors with Robert, Jimmy and John in the audience along with the Obama's.
I don’t intend this as an argument, but Dad is on a whole ‘nother level from not only Jason, but any other drummer in rock I can think of. It’s not his level of chops that makes me say that, but rather incomparable good taste, and a groove so deep it spawned some of the greatest music in pop history. I’ve worked with Jason with Foreigner. He did a great job and he’s come a long way since. A lovely man to make music with, to have onstage. It must be a bit intimidating to be compared to his Dad all the time, like looking up at Everest, wondering what it must take to get there.
Love Zeppelin but I’ve heard so many covers that blow the originals away, I think they were amazing for their time but I think it’s their writing and arrangements that stand out for me.
@@Yosser70 Zeps ability to write and what they did live (the improv and never playing the song the same way twice) is what separates them from their contemporaries.
@@christopherekin1747 I mentioned their writing, so not sure why you bring that up. Not playing songs the same way live every time is pretty normal, not saying they weren’t good at improving, just nothing unique about it.
OMG is that Jimmy or some asian guy who looks like Jimmy??????
Akio “Jimmy” Sakurai has dedicated the past 40 years of his life to studying the music of Mr. Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin. Currently the touring guitarist in Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening
Look for the vid where the real Jimmy visits Asian Jimmy at a Asian Jimmy gig in a small bar I think in Japan. Real Jimmy is in awe watching himself on stage 😎
@@johnmichaelkarma After the show apparently Page visited Jimmy to give him a few pointers on how to play certain parts of his songs
Wow, the bass player is playing vintage Acoustic 370 I believe. JPJ was my idol going up in rock and roll biz. Had the same amp and bass as this bassis in 1978, still today I have my Sunburst 1967 Jazz
One of Zep’s best songs. I’ve seen Jason several times but my question is why does he have the first album Hindendburg icon instead of this Dad’s the rings?? Maybe from respect, maybe from legacy but he is blood and a damn good drummer in his own right.
Damn this is the best copy of Led Zeppelin I have ever seen and Jason you'd make your father very proud awesome job.
Zepperella do a pretty mean 'When the Levee Breaks'..
@@brianperry agreed.
check out the version by Down, it is 100 percent bad ass
Copy,yes.
Yoyoka - blows them all away
Is that Jimmy Sakurai playing the electric 12 string??? ( the best impersonator of Jimmy Page, barr none ) Sure looks like him.
Indeed!
He's such a great drummer with his own personality. Drums sound incredible.
That snare....:)
Drums do sound killer.
Jason Bonham plays Drum Workshop (DW) drums exclusively, which is why they sound so incredible. 😉
@@ronforeman2556Think they have changed a lil over the years
I'll take a sonor kit anyday
This is Led Zeppelin… for us today.
So glad I got to see Led Zeppelin live in 1978. Yes I’m that old but that concert lives in my memory like it was yesterday. They are the beast of rock ‘n’ roll rollers. So good!
My favorite band. They always played here in Michigan when they toured, but only in Detroit and Pontiac. I didn't have my driver's license in the 1970s, so no go.
Zep did not tour or play live in 1978...
@@quailshootr6389 sorry, 1977 Capitol Center
Thank you for a wonderful video.
That guitar player is the ghost from Jimmy's past, they twins! I have seen him play for Jimmy Page and he gave him a standing ovation. Yeah, Jason has some talent don't he though!
hell yes he is
Am I losing my touch? I swear I hear a harmonica in this, but I don’t see anybody playing one. ??
I can't find the harmonica player either.
He said he’s playing along with his old man, so I guess the recording of his old man is not accurately isolated from the original recording? Some harmonica leak 😂
Tape.
There is a backing track sourced from the original album cut. At the end the original drums are also heard.
Thats mr sakurai eh? He'd done his homework nice guitar indeed
Saw them outdoors on a beautiful night in Raleigh, NC a few years ago. It was beyond fantastic. Played every song to perfection and awesome sound!!! Wish they would come back.
I've seen them twice, including outdoors at the Pine Knob Amphitheater in Clarkston, Michigan. They truly are beyond fantastic!
Asian jimmy had his own world following for years.... and his with Bonham . cool
Dude rocks! 🤘
Top man , very cool chap !
Jimmy Pasian
I just purchased an S.L.P. Big black panther 8 by 14 snare from TAMA and the main reason? It sounds so similar to boham’s and Alex Van Halen big Ludwig endorsers this dudes will make pots sound fantastic
Cool!
Genuinely reminiscent of Led Zep
Jason has amazing talent and is worthy to play with the best musicians around. Period. 💯🎶
Mr. Freaking Jimmy!! Man that guy can play some page.
He's got that snare sound down.
As he should.
This rendition reminds me of John Paul Jones' version of When The Levee Breaks ( Playing for Change) which has over 8,000,000 views on RUclips. Nevertheless, I do like this version as well. 👍
DW drumset doesn't belong anywhere near that stage...
The sound guy should have kept the drums up.
Acoustic 370 Amp was the dream bass rig in the late 70's.....
echoing others, yeah.. I do not get not having someone step onstage for the harmonica work... I'm sure 1000s of people would have tripped all over themselves for that chance.
But good vocals, and good musicianship by all otherwise. I can never get sick of this song.
oh man , in the Ryman ? wish I had known, would have made the 'pilgrimage' ....
IYKYK . And I have sat in that area , Left balcony good spot. Thx for posting.
they sound just like led zep to bad they are just not doing anything original
I agree. It would be cool to hear the band record an album of original material.
Fantastic!
What a brilliantb drummer is. Wished John would be alive and how proud he would be.
your singer almost backed right into Jimmy Page lol.....otherwise, great performance!!!!
So… who’s playing the harmonica then? It is a tape…
Keyboard player. I believe it's a synthesizer.
I've seen that Asian dude that looks like Jimmy Page on other RUclips videos! Excellent performance from all of them!
Saw the Indy show last December. What a fantastic evening of music and Jason story telling!
Jason’s truly become his father’s son, as a drummer. Fantastic playing.
You think so? Couldn’t disagree more. He’s a drummer, but not close to his dad’s swing or ability. I know people get their backs up when this is said, but it’s true. He’s not even close.
@@Peterickenbacker1 I didn’t say he was as good…no one is. But he’s definitely a lot better than you’re giving him credit for. And personally I feel he NAILS this song, here.
@@glengamble526 this song, from a drumming perspective, is one of Bonham’s easiest. It’s highly acclaimed for how it was recorded, not the complexity of the drumming. Anyway…
@@Peterickenbacker1 the original has the tissue paper roll fill and some sequential Bonham triplets that Jason omits. Plant even jokes at the O2 concert about the lack of Jason's foot work. in my opinion jason does swing it some, especially near the end
@@Peterickenbacker1 really? I had no idea…being a professional drummer with 35+ years experience and two gold records 🙄
Jason Bonham’s a damn good drummer. By anyone’s standard (except yours, apparently). And he does a good job on the Zep stuff…and did a GREAT job in the LZ02 concert/dvd/album. Funny part is, it took him years to get there-I really didn’t like his younger playing, he was all over the place. But now, as a grown man-he does an exemplary tribute to his father. You don’t agree? Cool.
But don’t pull the musician angle, brother…trust me. I know my onions. Cheers!
p.s. to be clear: this song may be ‘one of Zep’s easiest’ technically, but it’s a bitch to play with the right feel and pocket. He does so. The whole point of my post.
Check out Zeperalla when the leveebreaks
Food for thought, it takes 5 band members to do what Zeppelin did with the 4 of them. Best band EVER.
Maybe 6? Can’t see anyone playing the harmonica - someone off stage, or on the click track?
Best band ever, indeed. 💯
Well there are not many recordings of this live so Jimmy would not really have the chance to learn how to fill the sound.
Yes I wondered who was playing the harp? and , I thought the same thing about how many more they had playing
But...Page himself said that Zep never did Stairway justice live; that only happened when he played with the Black Crowes at the Greek theatre, because they had the extra guitar players.
Fantastic! Jason is the only drummer I've heard who can perfectly replicate his father's groove and feel. It should be obvious why.
get da led out M/F
Nice job guys 👍🇨🇦
I love stumbling upon these gems. Thanks 👍🏼
Who jimmypersonaator mr.jimmy
Jimmy Sakuri is his name.
Lets be honest here not even Led Zeppelin could play this live that's why they never did.
He handed the drums to u a lot of stuff u guys play I still have a lot trouble with
Amazing how accurate the drum tones are. JBjr is playing on a Drum Works (DW) kit. His dad played on a Ludwig kit over 50 years ago. There is a huge gap in quality of today’s DW drum kits, and Ludwig in the 70’s. However, Ludwig drums always have that large booming sound made famous by JBsr.
The brand DW stands for Drum Workshop, not Drum Works.
@@quantumbuddhist Uum........you better clean your ears........or you haven't heard enough various drum kits. Because there are many tonal differences among various drum kits. And I am a retired pro guitarist, gigged for decades all over east/central Florida. Performed for so long, I've had my fill of the club scene. I do miss the music though.
@@flacche I went to high school with a guy we graduated in 1982 he was a really good drummer. He moved to California after school went to a music school for drums never made it big. Ended up buying a machine shop off his uncle DW was his biggest client. They always ask him to buy his shop after many years he sold it to them he now manages it travels all over the word for DW loves his job
@@flacche Drum Workshoppe
Junior ans senior ? don't get that, they have different names as in John and Jason
The Luther does not show but the sound is superb ! What the Fuck ?
They Had a Great performance and did a Great job Honoring the Greatest Band of all time.
My favorite Led Zeppelin song!
Awesome thank God for u tube u grew up with the one of the greatest drummers ever er I had tickets to see him them never happened I'm sure he was a great dad. He handled the to u
Not to me mention uncle Robert on harp….
Can’t wait till you make it to Houston Texas
This music is going to outlive the current human civilization of Earth. And then the next one will still love it.
rock and roll survive
Who's playin Harmonica?
What I would of given to be there for that!
I remember when Jason was a kid. Jeez.
Excellent tune
BRILLIANT... LOVE IT 💯🎵🔝🥁🥁🥁🎸🎸🎸✌🏿
boham reincarnated
harmonica?
No one can match the Zepplin boys, and especially Bonzo's drumming..not even close from his son.
he's got best vocals,
who is playing the harmonica?
It may be the keyboard. Somebody else commented that there is a synthesizer that mimics harmonica. Either that, or it's a pre-recorded harmonica.
Pleased to see that they need two guitars to cover Jimmy.
They don't, but you obviously don't know how amazing Akio Sakurai is playing Jimmy Page's stuff. He plays it better than Jimmy.
Gretchen Mann of Zepperalla plays a pretty mean Jimmy Page...
Even though Page used to put layer upon layer of guitars on the studio records, he was kind of a fanatic about doing it all on one guitar live, even when it clearly would have made a fuller sound to have a second guitar playing the rhythm part while Jimmy took a solo.
@@HashiAkitaPuppy everyone misses the point. With enough work, anyone can play the Page parts. Even I play them passably. What none of us can do is write them.
@@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp yeah, he didn't write a lot of it either, he stole from great sources though...
In my opinion if you have music being pumped in how do you know what’s real or not? Didn’t see anyone playing a harmonica
I just wonder who is playing the harmonica.
Who’s blowing the harp at the outset? Don’t see a musician
Круто!
А кто на губной гармонике играл-то?)))
Not sure. Might be the keyboard player using synthesizer.
UM, WHO'S PLAYING HARMONICA?
The thing about picking up any instrument
If we all sounded the same it would not work
Goofballs talking
One question….who was playing the harmonica or did I miss that? Great cover!
I'm thinking it's a recorded track.
Being done by the keyboard player off to the side of the stage, you can actually make excellent harmonica sounds with keyboard synthesizers, I play some keys so I know this, lookup harmonica being played on keyboard on RUclips and you will see what I'm talking about.
@@Mr.PeabodyateU2 Thanks!!!
@@BeemWeeks That's bogus man!
@David Bartha Could be. I'm not sure. Somebody said the harmonica was played by the keyboard player using a synthesizer. I'm not sure. I was there and didn't see a Harmonica player. Some bands, like Motley Crue and KISS, use pre-recorded tracks for backing vocals and some lead vocals (Paul Stanley was exposed recently). So, I'm taking a guess of what it might be.
My god Jason has gotten old. 24yrs older than his old man ever was, in fact
I remember him in the 80s with Bonham. He had the long hair and baby face. Now he's bald and looks like Phil Collins. But dude can play!
It's called aging... look into it. Rumor has it none of us are exempt
@@stanleymasterson1135 Yes, Stanley. It happens to all.
His head gets larger every time I
see him. I wonder if he suffers from the same condition that afflicted JFK?
Saw this show in Rochester NY at the Kodak Theater and it was AWESOME !! 😎🤓
Greta Van Fleet wishes they could be this good.
They are. They moved on from the LZ thing ages ago, do keep up.
@@Thirdfish Not with them. I lost respect for them when they denied being influenced by Zeppelin.
@@DannyBrooks1 All bands say stupid stuff, they're were kids when their first album came out. Seen them live twice and they ARE a great live band. Tribute bands to me offer nothing new.
@@Thirdfish They are arrogant and just another tribute band in my opinion.
@@DannyBrooks1 Clearly you have not heard any newer material. Like I said they were kids and it's only the early stuff that sounds like a tribute.
Mr. Jimmy is better than Jimmy Page!!!
Always remember it is harder to create than recreate. And it took 40 years to get to the level Jimmy Page reached in his 20s
Page wrote these tracks together with performing them. Enough said
Who’s playing harmonica?
thats was what I was thinking
My guess is the harmonica is a pre-recorded track.
@@BeemWeeks I'm keeping my eye on that guy at the mixing board. He looks suspicious.
@@johnmichaelkarma 😁
Looks like a nice night out for the old folks home residents.
Don't worry you'll get your chance to join the old folks yourself
@@iggyfritz7150 yeah, when you're seventy you can go see a concert with Taylor Swift's daughter, or maybe the backstreet grandchildren.
@@thisplaceisazoo I'm already dating Taylor Swift 😎
Lol, Right on. The audience who remembers when this music was new and fresh is gettin a little long in the tooth. Shit happens I guess but it’s better than the alternative of not gettin old. It still sounds great to me, not just because of nostalgia but because it WAS awesome in the first place.
Vocals are sub par, but this is the most authentic live version of Levee I've ever heard.
Look's like you never heard the Zepparella live version, don't ya?
@@philipperiopel1911 yeah, it was alright.
disagree about vocals
@@philipperiopel1911 There’s a dozen Zep cover bands better than Zepperella.
@@aaronrogers8846 agree. They definitely don't swing it. Very mechanical.
You could not ask for better !! Rock God and his son !!!
He should have focus on his own "Bonham" band from the 80s except staying in the shade of his father.
At least Eddie's boi don't seem to stay in Eddie's shade,all respect for that alone.
Well, Daniel McMaster, the singer of Bonham, died. So that pretty much ended that band. He's not standing in the shadow of his father. He's honoring his father's legacy. He tells stories of where song ideas came from, what it was like growing up in the Zeppelin camp, and sharing his experiences. Eddie's boy is still young enough to try his own thing. Jason's band died with Daniel.
@@BeemWeeks I could wikipedia that too.
But went with my personal knowledge only.
Dio died too,Iommi still Iommi,
You still can remain your brand no matter what.
He had tributing,,,his father forever like there is no other drummer than his father.
Led Zep was Page,like it or not.
Main composer and main thief,,lol of the band to some extend.
@@stevedamien638 Then go look at other videos and stop crying over here.
RIP Danny MacMaster
Wow! Where’d that bass player get those old Acoustic rigs!?!?!?!?!?????
Love Jason but he isn't his dad's playing anymore than I am as a seasoned drummer. Does a great job none the less.
He's not claiming to be his dad. He's simply honoring his father's legacy.
great