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Article: The Philadelphia Inquirer Inqlings column: A show on rock 'n' robbin'.(Column)
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
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- June 26, 2007
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Byline: Michael Klein
Jun. 26--Rock-and-roll rip-offs?
Havertown's Denny Somach has been shopping an idea for a radio/TV/Internet series called Cold Cases of Rock 'n' Roll, which will explore musical thievery through the years.
Somach, a classic-rock expert and WYSP alum, pitched the concept to Sirius satellite radio. Howard Stern, a classic-rock freak, got wind of it.
Somach is due at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow on Stern's show (Channel 100). Stern particularly is piqued by Led Zeppelin, which has been accused of lifting its early-1970s chestnut "Stairway to Heaven" from a jam tune released three years before called "Taurus" by Spirit, a ...