Charlie Jones (musician)

Charlie Jones
Background information
Birth nameStephen Charles Jones
Born13 October 1965 (1965-10-13) (age 59)
Bristol, England
Occupations
  • Composer
  • musician
  • producer
Instruments
  • Bass
  • double bass
Years active1981–present
Member ofThe Cult[1]
Formerly ofPage and Plant[2]
Websitewww.charliejones.net

Stephen Charles Jones (born 13 October 1965) is an English session bass player, songwriter, record producer, and Grammy Award winner.[3][4]

Career

Jones's career as a recording and touring artist has spanned well over three decades. In the passing of time, he worked with Robert Plant, Page and Plant, Loreena McKennitt, Goldfrapp, Siouxsie Sioux, and others.[3][5] He plays both electric and double bass.[3]

Jones received a Grammy Award in 2009 as a co-writer of the song "Please Read the Letter" from the album Raising Sand by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, originally recorded by Page and Plant for the album Walking into Clarksdale.[4]

On 16 September 2013, Jones released his debut solo album Love Form through Stranger Records which highlighted his jazz and classical influences.[6]

Whilst Jones has largely been associated with playing an acrylic bass, in 2022 Fender Custom Shop built him a plastic precision bass. This work was undertaken by Master Builder Scott Buehl.[7]

Recording credits

Year Artist Release Version Role Notes Ref.
1985 Violent Blue "You've Got To Stay Young" LP electric bass / songwriter
1988 Ofra Haza "Shaday" LP electric bass
1990 Various "Live At Knebworth" LP / Video electric bass [3]
1990 Robert Plant "Manic Nirvana" LP electric bass / songwriter [3]
1993 Robert Plant "Fate Of Nations" LP double bass & electric bass / songwriter [3]
1995 Jimmy Page & Robert Plant "No Quarter - Unledded" LP / Video double bass & electric bass [3]
1996 Definition Of Sound "Experience " LP electric bass
1996 The Chernobyl Poppies "The Chernobyl Poppies " LP electric bass
1997 Innes Sibun "Stardust" LP electric bass
1997 A Rainer Ptacek Tribute / Various "The Inner Flame" LP electric bass
1998 Jimmy Page & Robert Plant "Walking Into Clarksdale" LP electric bass / songwriter [3]
1998 Jimmy Page & Robert Plant "Most High" LP track electric bass / songwriter Grammy for Best Rock Performance. No. 1 in Mainstream Rock Chart[8] [3]
1999 Strange Fruit "Still Crazy" Soundtrack electric bass Nominated for Golden Globe Award [3]
1999 Robert Plant "A Tribute to Skip Spence" LP double bass [3]
2002 The High And Lonesome "From The Playground " LP double bass
2002 Robert Plant "Dreamland" LP electric bass / songwriter Nominated for Grammy for Best Rock Album [3]
2003 Goldfrapp "Black Cherry" LP electric bass [3]
2003 Innes Sibun "East Monroe " LP electric bass
2003 Tom McRae "Just Like Blood" LP electric bass [3]
2003 Robert Plant "Sixty Six To Timbuktu" LP electric bass / songwriter [3]
2004 Goldfrapp "Wonderful Electric (Live In London)" LP / Video electric bass
2005 Goldfrapp "Supernature" LP electric bass [3]
2006 Loreena McKennitt "An Ancient Muse" LP double bass & electric bass
2006 Robert Plant "Nine Lives" LP electric bass / songwriter [3]
2007 Siouxsie "Mantaray" LP Producer / double bass & electric bass / songwriter [3]
2007 Alison Krauss, Robert Plant "Raising Sand" LP track songwriter Grammy Award [3]
2008 Merz "Loveheart" LP double bass & electric bass
2008 Shelleyan Orphan "We Have Everything We Need " LP double bass & electric bass [3]
2008 Goldfrapp "Seventh Tree" LP electric bass [3]
2008 Jimmy Page & Robert Plant "Live At Irvine Meadows" LP / Video electric bass [9]
2008 Siouxsie "If It Doesn't Kill You (Live From Le Tour Eiffel, Paris, France)" LP / Video double bass & electric bass
2009 Polly Scattergood "Polly Scattergood" LP electric bass [3]
2009 Goldfrapp "Nowhere Boy" Soundtrack double bass
2009 David Rhodes "Bittersweet" LP double bass & electric bass
2009 The Proclaimers "Notes & Rhymes" LP harmonica [3]
2010 Goldfrapp "Head First" LP electric bass [3]
2010 Jim Kerr "Lost Boy" LP electric bass
2013 David Rhodes "The David Rhodes Band" LP electric bass
2013 Goldfrapp "Tales of Us" LP electric bass [3]
2013 Little Boots "Nocturnes" LP electric bass [3]
2013 Charlie Jones "Love Form" LP artist, producer, songwriter [3]
2014 Novastar "Inside Outside" LP electric bass
2014 Susheela Raman "Queen Between" LP electric bass
2015 Laura Pausini "Simili" LP electric bass [3]
2016 Jennifer Crook "The Year, She Turns " LP electric bass
2017 Goldfrapp "Silver Eye" LP electric bass [3]
2017 Jimmy Copley "Psychefunk (Live On Through The Music)" EP electric bass
2018 Laura Pausini "Fatti Sentire" LP electric bass
2020 Robert Plant "Digging Deep: Subterranea" LP electric bass / songwriter [3]
2021 Marti Pellow "Stargazer" LP electric bass [3]
2021 Imelda May "11 Past the Hour" LP electric bass [3]
2022 The Cult "Under the Midnight Sun" LP electric bass [3]
2023 Adam Masterson "Time Bomb" LP electric bass
2023 Maven Grace "Sleep Standing Up" LP electric bass

Touring credits

Years Artist Role
1988–1994 Robert Plant double bass & electric bass
1994–1998 Page and Plant double bass & electric bass
2000–2002 Robert Plant double bass & electric bass
2003–2019 Goldfrapp double bass & electric bass
2008 Siouxsie Sioux double bass & electric bass
2012 Crybaby double bass & electric bass
2013 David Rhodes double bass & electric bass
2022 Goldfrapp Electric Bass
2022-2023 The Cult Electric Bass

References

  1. ^ Harris, Micky (20 July 2022). "Charlie on Tour with The Cult". Charlie Jones. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. ^ Jones, Charlie (18 September 2018). "Jimmy Page and Robert Plant LIVE in Rio de Janeiro 1996". Charlie Jones. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag "Charlie Jones". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Robert Plant Led Zeppelin 10 Best Songs". Far Out Magazine. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  5. ^ Lewis, Dave; Pallett, Simon (1997). Led Zepplin: The Concert File. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125743. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Charlie Jones Love Form". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Charlie Jones I always wanted a plastic bass but people never took me seriously". Guitar_World. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Mainstream Rock: May 09, 1998". Billboard. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  9. ^ Jimmy Page & Robert Plant : Live at Irvine Meadows. WorldCat. OCLC 874930617. Retrieved 12 October 2020.