Originally Posted by: R. ShackleferdI'd never heard any claims like that about Stairway, nor have I ever heard of that song either. Perhaps so...I dunno. These "cover" songs aren't even why I like them anyways, so he's still my hero! :)[/QUOTE]
Taurus is actually a pretty cool arrangement, if you get the chance, check it out.

Page definitely made a lot of very important contributions to music, but he also has one hell of a greedy streak. He's human, therefore he's flawed just like the rest of us. I don't think somebody has to be perfect to be a hero, but I do think it's important to note the whole picture.

Take some of my heros for instance: Johnny Cash used to beat June, Frank Zappa was a horrible father and cheated on his wife constantly, and I think Les Claypool's politics are about as ignorant as I've ever come across -- that doesn't make them lesser musicians, though.



[QUOTE=dakine80]He's just mimicing his predocesors.

Actually, BB's claim to fame is that instead of playing vibrato like his predecessors (parallel to the string), he shook the hell out of the strings in a perpendicular direction. In other words, BB is the reason why most of us play our vibrato the way we do today; if it weren't for him, we'd still be mimicing violinists and their approach to vibrato.

Yeah, he's got a limited bag of tricks; yeah, he's not a technical master, but Blues as we know it today simply wouldn't exist if it weren't for him.