Flagstaff is about 151 miles north of Phoenix Sky Harbor, which takes about 2 hours 15 minutes to drive. Driving yourself is the best way to get to Flagstaff because you'll find yourself using your car each day of your vacation to explore all the other great areas surrounding the city like the Grand Canyon and Sedona.
Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, âPapa Was a Rolling Stoneâ is a sharp and still stinging essay on absent fathersâto be exact, absent black fathers.
Jimmy Page has a strong affinity for this song, and felt Robert Plant's lyrics were his best yet. He had him write all of Zeppelin's lyrics from then on. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine (March 13, 1975) the interviewer, Cameron Crowe, asked Jimmy Page how important Stairway To Heaven was to him. Page replied: To me, I thought 'Stairway' crystallized the essence of the band.