In an interview with Bass Player (shared via Guitar World), Jones said he wrote the riff while riding a train back from a Led Zeppelin rehearsal. “I wrote Black Dog on a train,” Jones said.

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Led Zeppelin did not steal the opening guitar riff of the band's song "Stairway to Heaven" from the defunct Los Angeles group Spirit, a federal appeals court ruled Monday ...

The suit alleges that the famous guitar intro to “Stairway To Heaven,” familiar from dorm rooms and Guitar Center showrooms worldwide, was stolen from the 1968 Spirit song “Taurus.” ...

The eight-person jury ruled Thursday that there was not enough evidence to support claims that Led Zeppelin had plagiarized the opening chords of "Stairway to Heaven" from Spirit, a '60s-era L.A ...

Associated Press Published June 18, 2016 7:45am EDT| Updated June 18, 2016 7:49am EDT ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page demonstrated a deft touch at deflecting questions aimed at showing he might have lifted a passage for the introduction to the 1971 hit ...