There appears to be nothing more that Gazette readers enjoy than a challenge (witness our recent 'I've got the biggest boat' and 'I have a licence to drive the most unlikely vehicle' competitions), so Wolverhampton solicitor Stuart Rose has put his neck on the line following a recent e-mail to us. Mr Rose, of Rose Williams & Partners, was distressed by the dismissive reference to the late 60s/early 70s band The Groundhogs a couple of weeks back (see [2006] Gazette, 6 April 12). 'I cannot believe that this great band can have been so quickly forgotten,' he wrote. 'Led by virtuoso guitarist Tony McPhee, The Groundhogs built up a huge student following with albums such as Thank Christ for the Bomb and Split. Influenced by John Lee Hooker, the American blues musician, Tony's ability with a wah-wah pedal was...' Happily he got a grip of himself at this point and turned to the meat of his message: 'My own claim to fame is that I once backed Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin on keyboards.' Mr Rose informs us that about ten years ago he was in a band that played in the area of Robert Plant's west midlands home, and somehow they inveigled him to do the vocals for a gig at, erm, the Much Wenlock Village Hall in Shropshire. Wembley it wasn't and suffice it to say that Mr Plant, known for his vocal range, did not need a microphone. But now for the challenge: can anyone out there beat that for a musical claim to fame?