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Kyuss in 1992
Kyuss’ Blues For The Red Sun: the inside story of a stoner metal landmark

By Dom Lawson Published

How cult stoner rock visionaries Kyuss made 1992’s classic Blues For The Red Sun

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Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks pick the blues albums that are good for your health

By Henry Yates Published

Everybody’s favourite husband-and-wife team flip through their record collection and dig out the platters that truly matter

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Classic Rock 327 - cover featuring Slash, Billy Gibbons, Brian Johnson, Steven Tyler and Iggy Pop
"It's the Devil's Music - Hide your kids' stuff!" How Slash made the blues sound like a party again – only in the new issue of Classic Rock

By Siân Llewellyn Published

Also in this issue: Eagles, Pink Floyd, Kerry King, Sebastian Bach, Lenny Kravitz, Steve Harley, The Black Keys, Walter Trout, Nazareth, Troy Redfern and more

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Mike Pinder onstage
Moody Blues founding member Mike Pinder dead at 82

By Jerry Ewing Published

Keyboard player Mike Pinder had been the last surviving founding member of the band

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Blues Pills, Bill Fisher, Demon and more

By Polly Glass Published

Eight songs to soundtrack this week's rock revolution

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Rick Wakeman studio portrait
"At the end, Jimmy says to me: 'I want you in my band'. I say: 'But I've got a maths exam in the morning!'": Rick Wakeman, and the blues records that changed his life

By Jo Kendall Published

It all started with a love of trad jazz and Etta James – plus a baptism of fire in an after-school session with R&B star Jimmy Thomas

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Slash wearing shades and top hat
Slash announces all-star S.E.R.P.E.N.T. touring blues festival with Warren Haynes, Samantha Fish, Eric Gales, Larkin Poe and more

By Fraser Lewry Published

Slash's touring blues festival will hit 27 cities across North America this summer

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Blues Pills, Tuk Smith, Pain and more

By Polly Glass Published

Eight magnificent monsters of rock to be excited about

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Gavin Rossdale and Carlos Santana backstage at the 2010 American Music Awards
“He told me I was like a shaman onstage. I reminded him of Jim Morrison”: Carlos Santana once wanted to start a delta blues band… with Gavin Rossdale from Bush

By Classic Rock Published

The story of Mud, the Carlos Santana/Gavin Rossdale supergroup that never was

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Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly
“As boldly baroque as anything The Moody Blues or The Nice had at that point constructed… but perhaps it hasn’t aged gracefully”: Procul Harum’s vinyl reissue of Shine On Brightly is still fascinating

By Chris Roberts Published

Robin Trower’s dazzling contributions feel like they’re coming from another room on their second album, as they try to work out who they are

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