Date 16/06/2016 - News People
Jimmy Page, the lead guitarist from the band Led Zeppelin, recently testified in a copyright infringement trial. Page claimed that he did not recall hearing until recently the song containing the musical riff his band is accused of stealing. The controversy is over the 1971 hit, "Stairway To Heaven". 72 year old Page took the witness stand on the second day of the trial in federal court in Los Angeles, where the British band is accused of lifting the opening chords for "Stairway to Heaven" from American band Spirit's 1967 instrumental song "Taurus." Page said he owned Spirit's self-titled 1968 album that includes "Taurus," which contains a descending chromatic four-chord progression that is at the center of the lawsuit.
