MOJO April 2021

Peter Guralnick Peter’s books include a prize-winning two-volume biography of Elvis Presley — of which Bob Dylan wrote, “Elvis steps from the pages. You can feel him breathe” — and acclaimed biographies of Sam Cooke and Sam Phillips. A chapter of his latest, Looking To Get Lost, is extracted on p44: a personal insight into Elvis manager Colonel Tom Parker. Pat Gilbert MOJO veteran Pat Gilbert was a 14-year-old schoolboy when he first saw The Damned in 1980, Captain Sensible memorably signing his copy of Smash It Up with the words “Piss off!” Forty years later, Gilbert jousts once again with the loveable punk madcap for this month’s MOJO Interview, starting on p28. Victoria Segal Victoria has been writing for MOJO since 2003, when she reviewed Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s Master And Everyone. She writes about…

Peter Guralnick Peter’s books include a prize-winning two-volume biography of Elvis Presley — of which Bob Dylan wrote, “Elvis steps from the pages. You can feel him breathe” — and acclaimed biographies of Sam Cooke and Sam Phillips. A chapter of his latest, Looking To Get Lost, is extracted on p44: a personal insight into Elvis manager Colonel Tom Parker. Pat Gilbert MOJO veteran Pat Gilbert was a 14-year-old schoolboy when he first saw The Damned in 1980, Captain Sensible memorably signing his copy of Smash It Up with the words “Piss off!” Forty years later, Gilbert jousts once again with the loveable punk madcap for this month’s MOJO Interview, starting on p28. Victoria Segal Victoria has been writing for MOJO since 2003, when she reviewed Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s Master…

FROM THE WEST END STAGE TO SWINGING LONDON’S MOD hotspots and mob dens, from American arenas to pub backrooms, Steve Marriott’s musical journey was often as fraught and unpredictable as his personal one. This month, as a companion to Simon Spence’s revelatory story about the troubled singer, we’re proud to present Afterglow, a wide-ranging survey of Marriott’s remarkable music. The highlights, as you’d expect, are many – but they don’t just come from the storied work of the Small Faces and Humble Pie. Rather, these 15 meticulously chosen cuts (thank you, Rob Caiger of Charly/Immediate Records), date from the early ’60s to the late ’80s and capture an artist perpetually trying to reconcile East End authenticity with a rowdy, instinctual understanding of soul and the blues. “I’ve never met anyone…

FROM THE WEST END STAGE TO SWINGING LONDON’S MOD hotspots and mob dens, from American arenas to pub backrooms, Steve Marriott’s musical journey was often as fraught and unpredictable as his personal one. This month, as a companion to Simon Spence’s revelatory story about the troubled singer, we’re proud to present Afterglow, a wide-ranging survey of Marriott’s remarkable music. The highlights, as you’d expect, are many – but they don’t just come from the storied work of the Small Faces and Humble Pie. Rather, these 15 meticulously chosen cuts (thank you, Rob Caiger of Charly/Immediate Records), date from the early ’60s to the late ’80s and capture an artist perpetually trying to reconcile East End authenticity with a rowdy, instinctual understanding of soul and the blues. “I’ve never met anyone who…

Jane Birkin AKA MELODY NELSON. What music are you currently grooving to? Etienne Daho’s album Surf, with bijoux like Moon River and My Girl Is Gone. Also John Barry’s We Have All The Time In The World and Dylan’s He Was A Friend Of Mine – schmaltzy and sexy, to dance a slow dance with yourself. What, if push comes to shove, is your all-time favourite album? Gainsbourg’s Melody Nelson. It hasn’t dated at all. It’s original, bold and beautiful, Jean-Claude Vannier’s arrangements, the sheer poetry of it… class. What was the first record you ever bought? And where did you buy it? Exodus, from the film, a little 45 from Woolworths… but Little Sister by Elvis is what [her brother] Andrew and I got as a prize for singing in a hotel. Which musician, other than yourself,…

Jane Birkin AKA MELODY NELSON. What music are you currently grooving to? Etienne Daho’s album Surf, with bijoux like Moon River and My Girl Is Gone. Also John Barry’s We Have All The Time In The World and Dylan’s He Was A Friend Of Mine – schmaltzy and sexy, to dance a slow dance with yourself. What, if push comes to shove, is your all-time favourite album? Gainsbourg’s Melody Nelson. It hasn’t dated at all. It’s original, bold and beautiful, Jean-Claude Vannier’s arrangements, the sheer poetry of it… class. What was the first record you ever bought? And where did you buy it? Exodus, from the film, a little 45 from Woolworths… but Little Sister by Elvis is what [her brother] Andrew and I got as a prize for singing…