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ROB HUGHES

Rob has been a contributor to these

pages for more than a decade now.

This month he managed to satisfy

not one but two long-standing

ambitions by getting to interview

Robert Plant (p26) and Robbie

Robertson (p56) – not at the same

time though, obviously. When not

cosying up with rock legends,

Rob can be heard twice weekly as

guest of BBC 6Music’s Marc Riley,

with whom he also presents The

A-Z Of David Bowie podcast.

MICK WALL

A former editor of

Classic Rock, Mick also

wrote the cover stories

for the first five issues,

while this month we

have an exclusive extract

from his brand-new book

Two Riders Were

Approaching – a vivid

account of the Jimi Hendrix

story, published by

Trapeze on November 19.

Read a taster on page 68.

JOE DALY

A diehard follower of the NHL,

Joe also writes for Metal

Hammer, Men’s Health and

Bass Guitar Magazine. When

we’re not sending him off to

cavort with rock stars (this

issue, Taylor Hawkins, p72),

he spends his time playing

ice hockey, chasing his dogs

on the beach and patrolling

the sun-kissed Southern

California coast in search of

the ultimate breakfast burrito.

ave you got a favourite

Rolling Stones song? I do.

Well, I’ve got two – Gimme

Shelter and Wild Horses –

depending upon my mood.

They’re both perfect Stones

songs, in my book,

highlighting just two facets

of the Greatest Rock’N’Roll Band In The World. This

issue we talked to a whole heap of stars to discover

what they considered to be the best songs from

Mick, Keef and co. Discover the choices of Billy

Gibbons, Slash, Ian Anderson and more from p44.

It’s been a long time coming, but this month

I’m delighted to say we managed to collar restless

creative spirit Robert Plant for The Classic Rock

Interview (p26), in which the music legend takes us

through his solo career, his new podcast passion and

what he’s up to next.

Elsewhere we hang out with Airbourne in Russia,

visit Taylor Hawkins at home, go record shopping

with Joe Elliott, remember drumming giant Ginger

Baker, and so much more unmissable stuff.

Talking of unmissable, there’s one sure-fire way

of making sure you never miss another jam-packed

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Siân Llewellyn,

Editor

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