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SUMMARY:Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening
DESCRIPTION:Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening:A lot of talented children have probably been asked by a parent to entertain familyand friends, maybe in the living room, maybe sing a little, play an instrument. No bigdeal and a good way to get used to performing for others. But when Jason Bonhamwas a small child and got called in to entertain, the family friends he played hisdrums for could be anyone from Jimmy Page to some of the guys from the group BadCompany. That's what happens when your father is drummer John Bonham, one ofthe original members of the legendary rock band Led Zeppelin.At the age of only five, Jason could play the drums, at least a scaled-down set ofthem, with skill. When he was 17 he was a member of the band Air Race. The groupsigned a record contract with Atlantic Records, recorded one album, and opened forbig names like Queen, Meat Loaf, Ted Nugent, and AC/DC. John Bonham died in1980, but Jason, who has marked a few places in music history himself, has steppedin from time to time to help keep his father's memory alive.In 1988, Jason took his father's spot in the televised, first-ever Led Zeppelin reunionat the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary concert, which included Robert Plant,Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones. Later than year. he went on to tour with Page andrecorded the album Outrider with him.By 1989, he completed the album The Disregard of Timekeeping, in his new bandcalled "Bonham". One of the tracks from this first effort, "Wait for You," earned hima gold record. By 1992, with partners like Canadian vocalist Daniel MacMaster,guitarist Ian Hatton, and bassist and keyboardist John Smithson, Bonham finishedanother album: Mad Hatter.Jason teamed up with greats like Paul Rodgers, Slash, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck andothers in 1993 to work on a Tribute to Muddy Waters album. The record's successbrought a nomination for a Grammy Award. A year later, Jason, along with Rodgersand Slash, appeared at the memorable Woodstock II. That same year, he recorded anew album, Peace 4 Me, in his group now known as Motherland with MartiFrederksen on vocals.In May 1990, Jason married Jan Charteris, in Stone, Kidderminster in a weddingreception that included a jam with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones.Jason represented his father when Led Zeppelin was inducted into the Rock and RollHall of Fame in January 1995, with his sister Zoe by his side. He soon put togetheranother solo project which culminated in "In the Name of My Father - The Zepset"cd, which featured the songs of Led Zeppelin. Proceeds from the album went tocharity. The album followed up with When You See the Sun.The Healing Sixes soon caught his attention and decided to tour and record them theIndiana-based band, from 1999--2003. In 2001, Jason appeared in the film Rock Starwhich starred Mark Wahlberg. The band in the movie, Steel Dragon recorded thesongs featured in the movie and the soundtrack.Following an album with Debbie Bonham, the younger sister of John Bonham, Jasonwas invited to drum for hard rock group UFO. In 2006, he also recorded with JoeBonamassa.Jason starred with Ted Nugent, Evan Seinfeld (Biohazard), Sebastian Bach (SkidRow) and Scott Ian (Anthrax) on the VH1 reality tv show, "SuperGroup", in May2006. The musicians formed a band called Damnocracy for the show, during whichthey lived in a mansion in Las Vegas for twelve days and created music. Mostrecently, Jason has performed and recorded with Foreigner.On December 10th, 2007, Jason played drums in the most anticipated concert of alltime - the Led Zeppelin reunion at London's O2 arena with surviving membersJimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Robert Plant.
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