In 1997, Randy California, the deceased guitarist of the 1960s band Spirit, accused Led Zeppelin of plagiarizing Spirit’s “Taurus,” video above, for the opening notes of the band’s most iconic song, ...
Of the seven musicians who cycled through the Eagles‘ lineup during the 1970s, only two—Randy Meisner and Timothy B. Schmit—were California natives. The rest were carpetbaggers, lured west from places ...