Jason brings nearly 20 years of award-winning writing experience to the Showbiz Cheat Sheet team. He joined Cheat Sheet in 2017 with a recent focus on vintage music, including classic rock album reviews.
The first music he remembers hearing was Huey Lewis and the News. Despite that, Jason found his way to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Beatles (falling in love with Ringo Starr’s drumming), and more. He came around to The Rolling Stones a little late but deeply appreciates their ballads and deep cuts. When he’s not writing, you might find Jason cooking or dropping some Zeppelin and Beatles into his kids’ Raffi playlist.
It might be hard to imagine now, but Led Zeppelin was once a bunch of relative unknowns looking to build a following. Well, Jimmy Page was a known commodity after playing lead guitar for the Yardbirds, but his bandmates — Robert Plant, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones — weren’t. Plant was blown away when …
Led Zeppelin fans weren’t the only ones blown away by the band’s music. Its members were, too. He’s turned in some powerful solo work over the years, but Robert Plant didn’t appreciate the power of headphones until he heard Led Zeppelin I through the cans. Robert Plant’s favorite Led Zeppelin album is ‘Physical Graffiti’ There’s …