![]() I could have watched and listened all night and it would have been an absolute pleasure. Feelgood, Wilko Johnson formed both Solid Senders and the Wilko Johnson Band, and played with names including Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Roger Daltry and Johnny Thunders during his impressive six-decade career. He is not the world's strongest vocalist of course, but he more than did justice to the songs, and given that he wrote many of them, who can rightfully complain? The high tempo set included 'All Through The City', 'If You Want Me, You've Got Me, 'The More I Give', 'Dr Dupree', 'Going Back Home', and 'Roxette'.ĭownside? You bet, it was over too quickly. Wilko was full of his trademark moves - jerking away from the mic during vocal breaks and skittering across the stage with that open-mouthed look of astonishment on his face, machine gunning the crowd with a smile on his face, or punching out the riffs from his trademark black and red telecaster. The by comparison, boyish, Howe drove the evening along with his no-nonsense drumming. So too did the svelte 64-year-old Watt-Roy cutting a dash and throwing some remarkable shapes and faces as he wrestled his bass around the stage. In Lincoln, Wilko looked fit and well especially considering his recent trials and tribulations. ![]() Johnson recalled in a 2013 interview with the British music. Going Back Home taken from the critically acclaimed chart topping new album Going Back Home Out NowMusic video by Wilko Johnson, Roger Daltrey performing G. His father, a gas fitter, was violent and abusive, Mr. Wilko has recently been playing dates as a trio alongside former two former Blockheads bassist Norman Watt-Roy and drummer Dylan Howe (son of Steve, Yes guitarist). Wilko Johnson was born John Peter Wilkinson on Canvey Island on July 12, 1947. One week in late 2013 he and Roger Daltrey recorded a remarkably joyful album album given the circumstances entitled 'Going Back Home' which turned out to be one of the finer releases of last year. Happily, unbelievably even, Wilko has made the most remarkable of recoveries and this new lease of life has seen him back on the road again doing what he loves. ![]() Nine Below Zero toured with The Who and The Kinks and also appeared on The Old Grey Whistle Test, and The South Bank Show.Sunday 17 May found Wilko Johnson headlining the Lincoln Blues Festival, almost a year to the day after cancelling his planned 2014 headline performance there on doctor's advice after undergoing a major operation to treat him for terminal pancreatic cancer. The band kept the momentum going with Don’t Point Your Finger (1981) before releasing their third and final LP on A&M Records, Third Degree(1982). UK-based Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Group Nine Below Zero released the classic debut LP Live at the Marquee in 1980. Featuring former Blockhead Dylan Howe on drums, the trio is known as one of the most exciting r’n’b bands in the world today. He, alongside his original Feelgood bandmates, is also widely acknowledged as a forefather of punk on both sides of the Atlantic, fans ranging from Joe Strummer to Blondie.įollowing a stint with Ian Dury & The Blockheads in the 1980s, he formed the Wilko Johnson Band, with Blockheads bassist Norman Watt-Roy. With this electrifying sound, his trademark black-suited, scowling look and his characteristic strut, Wilko became one of the guitar heroes of the 1970s and beyond, not to mention on of rock ’n’ roll’s most extraordinary characters. ![]() Wilko is famed for his blistering chop-chord strumming action (the ‘stab’, as he describes it), a technique inspired by his admiration of the late Pirates guitarist Mick Green. Feelgood guitarist, actor (Game of Thrones character Ser ilyn Payne) and all round national treasure has enjoyed a rousing return to the live arena, including a number 1 album with Roger Daltrey (Going Back Home), a sold out show at The Royal Albert Hall to mark his 70th birthday and, most recently, the release of Blow Your Mind, his first album of new material in decades. Johnson also had a career in acting, most famously appearing as Ser Ilyn Payne in the first two. Once dubbed 'Britains best live band', the Feelgoods stripped music down to the bare essentials with their unique. Following a remarkable recovery from a diagnosis of terminal cancer, Wilko Johnson,the original Dr. Johnson went on to form the band Solid Senders and joined Ian Drury and the Blockheads in 1980. Wilko Johnsons choppy guitar style defined the sound of the band Dr Feelgood.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |