amicus curiae

This is really ancient history, but in the matter Spirit v Zeppelin:



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On the other hand, all those acoustic players Page lifted from were inventing a style out of whole cloth and history, so yes, everything is ultimately traceable to American Blues players and a bunch of Elizabethan lute dudes.

John Renbourn 1944 -2015

John Renbourn owned a lot of real estate in my teenage record collection, whether as a soloist, as half of a duo with Stefan Grossman or Bert Jansch, or as a member of Pentangle or the John Renbourn Group or Ship of Fools. I liked a guitar player who could find his way from Robert Johnson to Robert Johnson.