Muddy waters

If you can't quite make it out, that’s Chuck Berry’s signature, top left in the picture above of a couple of pages from the April issue of Uncut. It was sent to me by Uncut reader Scott Ford, who lives in St Louis, Missouri, home of course to the immortal Chuck, and was accompanied by a great email that I’ve copied below.

Gregg Allman has admitted he’s glad he chose the life of a musician over a career in dentistry.

Okkervil River lifeboat sails into rockier waters...

Howlin' Wolf guitarist has passed away aged 80

Big, back-to-roots comeback with T Bone Burnett supervising...

We count down from 100 to 51...

The Doors, Janis Joplin and Bob Marley are also celebrated

The Godfather of Americana hollers on magnificently

The thrill is back: all-star tribute to Chess Records has plenty to celebrate

The full transcript from this month's Uncut cover feature