One thing I've really learned over the years is that it's hard- not impossible, but hard- to have a good band where one guy is the guy trying to keep the train on the tracks tempo-wise, be it the drummer, bass player or even the rare case where it's the guitar-player. When everyone, or at least the majority of the rhythm section, can lock in, you have a good thing. That's part of why Zep was so great back in the day, imho. You didn't have Jonesy and Bonham looking at each other going, dammit! Slow the f**k down! They just locked and Jimmy was generally not working aginst them either.
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