Wilko Johnson guitarist

[Simon Lee]

Another talented musician gone -

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/23/wilko-johnson-dies-aged-75

[franciswilliamwebb]

Damn shame.  Saw him with Feelgood and Solid Senders.

 

 

[Re6/6]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/wilko-johnson-death-111107281.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

 

Rest in peace Wilco. Loved your mad style. You were the inspiration for my playing!

 

 

Note the great bassist Norman Watt-Roy on here. 

 

 

Edited November 23, 2022 by Re6/6

['CHARD]

 

R.I.P John Wilkinson, you were a true guitar genius.

Edited November 23, 2022 by 'CHARD
To not apologise for the YouTube duplication, as it's just fabulous!!!

[Clive Mortimore]

Good bye to Canvey Island's finest

 

[PhilH]

I had the pleasure of seeing him live  a long time ago with the genius Norman Watt-Roy on bass….absolutely bedazzled me with his guitar playing, seemingly not to change the motion of his picking hand but getting all sorts of sounds from the Tele. Not so much on the vocal side though…

 

RIP Wilko, one of a kind.

Edited November 23, 2022 by PhilH

[KeithMacdonald]

 

[KeithMacdonald]

 

[D860 VICTORIOUS]

Back in 1974,when "pub rock" was becoming established,I saw Dr Feelgood at a venue in South Harrow,the name of which escapes me now.It was just after Xmas,so the atmosphere was good to start with.

I knew nothing of the band,but the gig was absolutely electrifying,to this day one of the best I've seen.

RIP Wilko.

[Hroth]

An ideosyncratic, instantly recognisable guitarist, I've Feelgood and Solid Senders lps from the 70s and 80s.  I still have Solid Senders tracks on my car cds.

 

 

[Zero Gravitas]

3 hours ago, PhilH said:

I had the pleasure of seeing him live  a long time ago with the genius Norman Watt-Roy on bass….absolutely bedazzled me with his guitar playing, seemingly not to change the motion of his picking hand but getting all sorts of sounds from the Tele. Not so much on the vocal side though…

 

RIP Wilko, one of a kind.

 

The same - many happy Saturday nights in London pubs in the mid-eighties. Although I have to admit I spent more time watching Norman and wishing I could play bass like that.

[2mmMark]

I was a regular attender of the Lee Brilleaux memorials held every year at the Oysterfleet Hotel on Canvey Island.  It was great when Wilko, Sparko & Big Figure played together again, usually with an A-list  guest vocalist.

He'll be much missed but he did gain an extra few years when he survived pancreatic cancer.  Two great films featuring him and the other Feelgoods are "Oil City Confidential" and "The Ecstacy of Wilko Johnson".

 

Edited November 23, 2022 by 2mmMark

[Dava]

Let’s not forget Wilko’s  later career, his ‘farewell tour’, miraculous life-extending cancer surgery, Game of Thrones, laconic humour, final two albums and being recognised at last as a cultural icon and not just Estuary but national treasury rogue we all loved. Worth two of any other R&B guitarists. 
 

Dava, promoted Solid Senders 1978. Virgin Records store didn’t sell a bleeding’ ticket!

[Barry Ten]

1 hour ago, Dava said:

Let’s not forget Wilko’s  later career, his ‘farewell tour’, miraculous life-extending cancer surgery, Game of Thrones, laconic humour, final two albums and being recognised at last as a cultural icon and not just Estuary but national treasury rogue we all loved. Worth two of any other R&B guitarists. 

 

Keen amateur astronomer too.

[Siberian Snooper]

I  managed to see Wilko a couple of times, the 1st was not long after Dr Feelgood in Plymouth and the 2nd was two or three years ago in Brum, both were good gigs.

 

 

[96701]

I saw him on the Mad, Bad and Dangerous tour with some Blockheads, The Hamsters and John Otway. Absolutely wonderful and somewhat silly.

[steve1]

Dr Feelgood Reading Festival 1975 and supporting Quo, Sheffield, 2015.

 

Another great gone.

 

steve

 

Edited November 24, 2022 by steve1
Accuracy!