Not Wilko, surely?

[Steve Browning]

Wilko Johnson death: Dr Feelgood guitarist dies aged 75 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer | The Independenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/wilko-johnson-death-dr-feelgood-pancreatic-cancer-b2231269.html

[miles'tone]

Sad to hear this. He did spend his bonus time well fair play to him. We could all learn from that. Everyday we get is a bonus...

[Beedster]

His greatest performance, the electric mouse on rails......

 

 

[dutchwife]

Wilks was a frequent flyer over this way and I think we all considered him semi-immortal; in a musical sense we weren't wrong. Sure  going to miss him a lot. Hope that Norman's doing alright. 

[thebrig]

RIP Wilko.

 

I saw Dr Feelgood many times in the 70's, I just loved the high energy of Wilko and Lee.

 

I played in a Dr Feelgood tribute for a while until 2019.

 

By his own admission, he was not the greatest guitarist around, but his style was truly unique.

[Steve Browning]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMZiJ-MnjqU&list=OLAK5uy_mlan47NllKtLN1FdwMEwD1HzMaANajKB0&index=34&ab_channel=JohnnyKidd%26thePirates-Topic

 

A great illustration of the great Mick Green, from whom Wilko derived his style.

[thebrig]

14 minutes ago, Steve Browning said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMZiJ-MnjqU&list=OLAK5uy_mlan47NllKtLN1FdwMEwD1HzMaANajKB0&index=34&ab_channel=JohnnyKidd%26thePirates-Topic

 

A great illustration of the great Mick Green, from whom Wilko derived his style.

Yes, I'll concede that Mick Green came first, and I love the Pirates as well.

[Steve Browning]

There';s a great similarity but Wilko took it a step further. Either way, it was an excuse to post a great old Johnny Kidd number.

[Greg Edwards69]

As a fellow born and bred Canvey Islander for 30 years, I am deeply upset at his passing. A true Canvey icon.

[wayne58]

15 minutes ago, Greg Edwards69 said:

As a fellow born and bred Canvey Islander for 30 years, I am deeply upset at his passing. A true Canvey icon.

I can well imagine Greg, it hit me hard too.

My band did a short UK tour with Wilko when the ' Oil City Confidential' film was released, great memories.

Edited November 23, 2022 by wayne58

[TheGreek]

On the 21st apparently...

 

RIP Sir.

[petecarlton]

Very sad, one of music's real characters.  I saw him with Solid Senders in 1978 - you couldn't take your eyes off him.  He'll be much missed.

[Graham56]

Sad, but he made the most of what time he had.

 

The Southend live clip is one of my favourite YT clips...

 

Southend live

[thebrig]

Here's my old band "Stupidity" playing She Does it Right, we only covered the Wilko era, and we only played about a dozen gigs, we weren't the greatest band around, but playing those Wilko inspired songs was so much fun for us.

 

It was recorded on a mobile phone so the audio isn't that great.

 

We all miss him so much!

 

 

Edited November 23, 2022 by thebrig

[Lozz196]

Great shame, was lucky enough to catch him & Norm on the bill as support for The Stranglers a few years back. Bags of energy and supremely good musicianship.

[Shaggy]

Aw, one of my favourite guitarists in my favourite bands, and such a larger than life character.    Circa 1976 I was briefly known as “Wliko” at school as I had the same haircut as him......

[jezzaboy]

In their day, they were an brilliant band. Here is my personal favourite of theirs. RIP Wilko.

 

 

[KevB]

Only saw him once, mid 80's in a tiny dive of a club with Norman on bass (though I did see DF without Wilko). Not particularly my first choice of music but it was slick and professional and he had charisma. A mate of mine loaned Julian Temple a load of rare DF memoribilia to use for the 'Oil City Confidential' documentary. RIP 'Mr Johnson'.

Edited November 23, 2022 by KevB

[Dad3353]

1 hour ago, Graham56 said:

...Southend live

 

Good to see, and hear, what can be done in this style of music with an HH amp (no pedals...) and a Fender Bassman rig (no pedals either...). Not even a P-bass, so 'Yes, it can be done..!'. Well recorded and filmed, especially for the times. Good stuff.

[Nail Soup]

2 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

style of music with an HH amp (no pedals...)

Saw a Wilko documentory... on the subject of his style/gear/technique/etc the interviewer asked about his pedals.

Response: "Pedals? I'm not driving a car!"

[Dan Dare]

A sad day. I saw the news on my FB feed this morning (I was following him). A great character and distinctive and original musician. His autobiography is well worth a read. I'm so glad he had those extra years and he certainly made full use of them. RIP Wilko.

[Maude]

Genuinely shocked to read this news. Very sad news indeed. 

But as others have said, he was given some extra time and he made full use of it. 

It's still a shock nonetheless. 

🥺

[SuperSeagull]

Stupidity, one of the great live albums. Last saw him supporting Quo on their reunion tour in 2014. Unique, another one of the greats lost.

[Beedster]

7 hours ago, Shaggy said:

Aw, one of my favourite guitarists in my favourite bands, and such a larger than life character.    Circa 1976 I was briefly known as “Wliko” at school as I had the same haircut as him......

 

Sadly at around the same time I was known as Purdy, although for much the same reason  

[Beedster]

BBC News today described how Wilko, who'd played with the Feelgoods since 1972, enjoyed a four-decade career. I not normally angered by poor maths but today i was. Five decades of honest, take it or leave it, straight ahead gigging. Well done Wilko, hope you and Lee are enjoying a glass or two and a bit of reminiscing this evening 🍻