John Paul Jones only truly respected one 1960s rock musicianWhen Led Zeppelin started taking over the world with the awesome power of their rock, onlookers decided they must have made a deal with the devil. Without John Paul Jones on the bass, the sound of Led Zeppelin would have completely fallen apart. Geddy Lee from Rush even admitted that out of all four members, John Paul Jones was undoubtedly the most important. “The thing that held the whole thing down was John Paul Jones’ bass playing,” he said, “So if you listen to ‘How Many More Times’, I mean, no matter how wild that song gets at times, there’s John Paul Jones just holding it all down in such a fluid way.” John Paul Jones was always the right man for the job when it came to holding Led Zeppelin’s sound together.