John Paul Jones is expected to perform at this years Grammy Award ceremony as part of the Foo Fighters special performance. In a unique partnership, 20 unsigned musicians will be given the opportunity to play with Foo Fighters as part of an orchestra created specifically for this event. Three of these musicians will vie to be a featured instrumentalist during the performance. 

Arranging the orchestral piece and taking up the baton as special guest conductor will be John Paul Jones. Together the Foo Fighters, Jones and this talented musical ensemble will provide the world with an entirely new take on the Foo Fighters’ hit single “The Pretender.”

The Grammys take place on February 10th 2008.

And sticking with the John Paul theme, the February issue of Bass Player magazine (USA) has an exte