I'm listening in as I drive my 13 year old son and his friend to the movies. The friend plays guitar in a rock band.
"I finally figured out Stairway to Heaven," the friend announces.
My son nods.
"It's taken me a long time. It's tricky, but I finally got it," the friend says with pride.
That fretboard fingering is seared into my mind. I remember the same pain and joy of learning it.
Who knew that riff, overplayed yet iconic, would still be hanging around so many decades later?
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