THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE…

Neal Preston

Tour photographer for Led Zeppelin, The Who & Bruce Springsteen, Neal worked with Queen from the mid ’70s in a similar role. He was on the famed South America tour of ’81, at Live Aid in ’85, and on the final tour with Freddie Mercury in ’86. More, p72.

Irwin Chusid

Irwin administers the music estates of Sun Ra, Raymond Scott, and Curt Boettcher, as he strives to turn miracles for R. Stevie Moore, Beth Sorrentino, and The Mighty Sparrow. He’s hosted radio shows on WFMU since 1975 and now recommends mindexpanding Sun Ra LPs, p38.

Jim Irvin

MOJO’s founding Features Editor and calligrapher of our logo’s tag-line, today Jim concentrates on songwriting. On page 28, he meets one of that craft’s greats, Ray Davies. Jim also chats with creators of iconic songs in a podcast series, Here’s One I Made Earlier.