Stairway allowed: St Vincent covers Led Zeppelin in tribute to guitarists everywhere

By Rob Laing
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"Since guitar stores have been closed, I thought you might have missed the sound of someone fumbling through Stairway To Heaven"

(Image credit: Kevin Mazur / Getty)

Is Stairway ever truly denied? St Vincent doesn't think so, and as we recently noted how she's a pioneer in many aspects, we won't argue. Especially so when she's sending "love to all guitar players out there" as she laments the halcyon days of playing live shows with a run through of the iconic Zeppelin intro on her Music Man signature electric guitar.

Since guitar stores have been closed, I thought you might have missed the sound of someone fumbling through “stairway to heaven.” (Not pictured but honorable mention, “smoke on the water” “sweet home Alabama” “black dog” “where ever I may roam”). Love to all my guitar players out there. I know. I miss it too. St. Vincent

A photo posted by @st_vincent on Jul 26, 2020 at 10:02am PDT

And it's not the first time she's shown her love for the Zeppelin on the 'gram either…

The moderately-played, half-remembered partial-cover of Led Zepplin’s “Dancing Days” that the world has been clamoring for FOR YEARS at long last. St. Vincent

A photo posted by @st_vincent on May 4, 2020 at 9:35am PDT

We also named St Vincent as one of our heroes of the fuzz pedal – and you can find out why here. 

Rob Laing
Rob Laing
Guitars Editor, MusicRadar

I'm the Guitars Editor for MusicRadar, handling news, reviews, features, tuition, advice for the strings side of the site and everything in between. Before MusicRadar I worked on guitar magazines for 15 years, including Editor of Total Guitar. I've currently set aside any pipe dreams of getting anywhere with my own songs and I am enjoying playing covers in function bands.