Mojo Magazine April 2020 Back Issue

JIMI HENDRIX
The Guitar God’s 1970 began with a bang, but, tragically, he wouldn’t see Christmas. Billy Cox, Juma Sultan, Eddie Kramer and more remember where he was and where he was going: “The universe was open for him.”

JOE BROWN
The pioneering rock’n’roller – provider of licks to Eddie Cochran and ukuleles to George Harrison – is going stronger than ever. Jim Irvin pays a visit.

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
Back at the pop coalface after bittersweet nights at the opera, a craftsman unveils his songwriting heroes: Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and mum… but not dad?

FRAZEY FORD
The ex-Be Good Tanya draws poignant country-soul from the fallout of a wild childhood and adolescent trauma. “It’s cliché,” she says, “but music saved my life.”

BAUHAUS
It’s “Spinal Tap on steroids” as the godfathers of goth rock lift their coffin lids. But will their afterlife survive to fulfil their 2020 tour dates?

TERRY ALLEN
The Texan singer-songwriter’s Texan singer-songwriter is also a respected visual artist and first-rate raconteur, adored by David Byrne and Kurt Vile.

DIRE STRAITS
Eyewitnesses recall the creation, impact and aftermath of Brothers In Arms – the album that invented CD – and how butane, and tennis with Sting, played a part.

IAN DURY
The 1970s’ unlikeliest pop star was also one of rock’s most original writers and performers. Twenty years since his departure, MOJO salutes him.