By Ian Murphy

To say this tune by English hard rock band Led Zeppelin was innovative is an understatement. Much press is given to the guitar prowess of Jimmy Page, but in reality, he was just as pioneering as a producer. Page was in the forefront with tones, layering and getting better sounds out of relatively primitive (by today’s standards) equipment in the studio. The opening riff to “Heartbreaker” is absolutely massive.

This is actually the first “favorite” Zeppelin song I ever had, and the 15 year old neophyte guitar player in me thought I was hot stuff when I could make my cheap guitar sound somewhat like the original. “Heartbreaker” paved the way for monstrous guitar licks to follow like Leslie West’s “Mississippi Queen”. What a whopper of a riff!

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