It’s a throwaway joke in a ‘90s comedy touchstone, but it also seems to strike a nerve among actual guitar store owners, who—as Wayne’s World notes—have had to hear it played (poorly) for decades. For ...

Playing “Stairway to Heaven” in a guitar store is as taboo as it gets. Begin strumming those iconic chords and at best you’ll elicit eye rolls from the staff, at worst a guiding hand out the door.

As the quarantine persists and many shops remain closed, St. Vincent, aka Grammy Award-winning musician Annie Clark, gave fans a way to transport themselves back to one aspect of pre-pandemic life.

With the pandemic still wreaking havoc on the entertainment industry, we really miss things like music festivals and movie theaters, but do you miss overhearing someone playing “Stairway To Heaven” in ...

A guitar salesman's nightmare: a customer playing "Stairway to Heaven." Was the song prohibited in the store where I worked? No. But we didn't like it either. Credit: Screen shot Most musicians, at ...