The Thunderthief
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The Thunderthief is John Paul Jones
's second solo album.
John Paul Jones (musician)
John Paul Jones is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger and record producer. Best known as the bassist, mandolinist, and keyboardist for English rock band Led Zeppelin, Jones has since developed a solo career and has gained even more respect as both a musician and a...
's second solo album.
Track listing
- "Leafy Meadows" – 5:10
- "The Thunderthief" – 5:58
- "Hoediddle" – 7:00
- "Ice Fishing at Night" – 4:31
- "Daphne" – 4:50
- "Angry Angry" – 5:54
- "Down to the River to Pray" – 4:17
- "Shibuya Bop" – 5:56
- "Freedom Song" – 2:37
Personnel
- John Paul Jones – vocals, 4, 6, 10, and 12-string bass guitars, bass steel guitar, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, electric mandolin, piano, organ, synthesizer, KymaKyma (sound design language)Kyma is a visual programming language for sound design used by musicians, researchers, and sound designers. In Kyma, a user programs a multiprocessor DSP by graphically connecting modules on the screen of a Macintosh or Windows computer.-Background:...
, koto, autoharp, ukelele, harmonica - Terl Bryant – drums, percussion, tofaran
- Nick BeggsNick BeggsNick Beggs is a British musician, noted for playing the bass guitar and the Chapman Stick; he is a member of Kajagoogoo and formerly Iona and Ellis, Beggs, & Howard.-Personal life:...
– Chapman StickChapman StickThe Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. A member of the guitar family, the Chapman Stick usually has ten or twelve individually tuned strings and has been used on music recordings to play bass lines, melody lines, chords or textures...
on "Shibuya Bop" and "Leafy Meadows" - Adam Bomb – guitar solo on "Angry Angry"
- Robert FrippRobert FrippRobert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...
– guitar solo on "Leafy Meadows"