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When I was 14 I was heavily involved in “helping” friends to see the value in joining Columbia House, and BMG music services. Being from a fairly isolated small town, I did not have much exposure to my adult passion, fingerstyle guitar. Part of the deal with bringing new customers into the record club fold was a 4 album referral fee. One of my wisest uses of this promotion was acquiring the Led Zeppelin four disc box, which included Jimmy Page’s classic solo guitar piece “Bron-Yr-Aur”. It was a piece I obsessed over for years and probably the first that I sat down and played over 100 times trying to nail the nuances and difficult tricks. It was a huge lesson to me in perseverance, and even after having it under my fingers for a decade it still sounds fresh, and beautiful to me. It also has the side effect of helping my tomato, and blueberry plants flourish.
As one of those who you so valiantly “helped” to acquire ungodly amounts of compact discs from BMG and Columbia House, I am also grateful for my early exposure to Zep.