Everybody we spoke to about Kevin Ayers following his lonely death in the South of France at the age of 68 had so much to say that trying to fit everything they told us into the tribute feature I've written for this month's issue was like trying to pour the Atlantic into a bucket.

The house where George Harrison wrote “Blue Jay Way” has sold for $3.8 million (£2.5 million). 1567 Blue Jay Way Los Angeles, CA 90069 was first put on the market last April with an asking price of $4,599,000 (£3,025,657). The “Bird Streets” of Hollywood Hills are an exclusive neighborhood overlooking the Sunset Strip. 1567 Blue Jay Way was owned by Peggy Lee's manager, Ludwig Gerber. The song was written in August 1967 at the property, where Harrison was staying with his wife Pattie, Apple Corps exec Neil Aspinall and "Magic" Alexis Mardas.

Dave Davies has revealed details of his upcoming album, I Will Be Me. The album is Davies’ sixth solo album and first since 2007's Fractured Mindz. According to Davies' website, I Will Be Me has an expected release date of June 4, to coincide with Davies' run of American dates.

For $10,000 (£6588), a fan of Alice Cooper can buy the chance to play a round of golf with the shock-rock legend. The offer is part of a current Kickstarter campaign which is looking to secure funding for Uncle Alice Presents, a 12 part series of comics and a graphic novel created by Tom Sheppard and which feature Alice Cooper as the narrator and "demented, blood-soaked host".

Phil Spector's wife has called for a fresh appeal over his murder conviction of actress Lana Clarkson. The move comes after Rachelle Spector saw the new David Marnet HBO dramatisation of the case. She believes some of the forensics evidence presented in the film, Phil Spector, will help her prove her husband, played by Al Pacino in the TV movie, did not pull the trigger of the gun which killed Clarkson at his Alhambra, California mansion in 2003.

Ginger Baker has described his former Cream bandmate Jack Bruce as “a problem” in the latest issue of Uncut, out on Thursday (March 28).

The IMDB lists Noah Baumbach’s credits since 2010’s Greenberg as a TV adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s novel The Corrections and a co-write on Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted.

Jeff Tweedy has had a letter printed in his hometown newspaper, The Belleville News-Democrat, asking that Illinois lawmakers pass pending legislation legalizing gay marriage. “Over the last few decades,” Tweedy writes, “I've had the good fortune as a member of the band Wilco to play music in every state in the union and in countless other countries. In my travels, I've witnessed firsthand that gay and lesbian couples want to marry for the same reasons all of us do -- to share a lifetime of commitment.”

The charismatic slide guitar god and Southern rock avatar finally gets his due via a massive career overview...

Eric Burdon’s new album, ’Til Your River Runs Dry, is reviewed in the new issue of Uncut, dated May 2013 and out now – so for this week’s archive feature we thought we’d revisit this piece from Uncut’s May 2009 issue (Take 144), which examines how Burdon and his Geordie bluesmen somehow turned a lengthy folk staple about a brothel into a massive international hit… but don’t mention the royalties… Words: Nick Hasted