In a December edition of my Copycats series, I told the tale of a lawsuit for copyright infringement brought by the estate of Randy California (nee Randy Wolfe) against Jimmy Page and Robert Plant based on the opening chords to Stairway to Heaven. You see, Randy, frontman and lead guitarist of the 60's band Spirit, wrote a song called Taurus that had a remarkably similar intro. After poor Randy died trying to save his drowning son, his executor sued Page and Plant, alleging that they brazenly ripped off the opening riff of Spirit's song. The case went all the way to the jury in federal court, with a verdict in favor of the two English rockers. Finally, a tribute to the late great Marty Balin, co-founder and lead singer of the Jefferson Airplane.