Some of my songs are ok – a lot of them are just like everything they’re like three-chords and they’re about love (laughs). I’ve written quite a few songs, and there are some of them that I’m really glad I wrote – I think that they’re worth something. How important is song-writing to you and you give us some insight into your writing process? However, when I went to university, to study English Literature, I stopped for four years. I got my first guitar when I was fourteen or fifteen. I learnt to play guitar by listening to these two bands, and, under their influence, I started listening to American R&B and Blues stuff and decided I wanted to do that. I saw The Beatles at the Southend Odeon – or rather I heard them, as there was a lot of screaming going on – and also The Rolling Stones who played what we then called R&B music. That style combined with his unique, almost surreal, style of stage movement (Chaplinesque strobe meets Rock n’ Roll) has left Wilko as one of the most consistently entrancing figures in modern Blues and R&B.īM: Can you tell us about your earliest exposure to music? Wilko: My teenage years were the ‘60s and like a lot of teenage boys I wanted to play the guitar. It is a deceptively simple yet very full-sounding style that adds a turbo-charge to any music that he is involved. Wilko and the band retain a solid following, and Wilko still exudes a unique fascination with his brand of punk influenced R&B. Secondly Wilko is renowned for his innovative guitar style – a highly charged sharp and percussive style that combines rhythm and lead. All the while Johnson’s own ‘Wilko Johnson Band’ had been rolling along in the background despite several line-up changes the band continued and is still rolling. His stay with them was brief and produced one album ‘Laughter’. There was a punk element in the band’s style that came also influenced Johnson’s stay with Ian Dury and The Blockheads. The liaison was brief but produced several classic songs and albums and established the Feelgoods as one of Britain’s most loved bands. Wilko Johnson is famous for two things firstly his contributions to one of Britain’s most respected band’s R&B bands of the early 70s the celebrated Doctor Feelgood, they did more than anyone to establish pub-rock/R& B and to put life back into a jade rock scene just before the emergence of punk. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License additional terms may apply.Advertisements Photo by Giacomino Parkinson Gage was replaced by Robert Kane who, celebrated his 1000th gig as the frontman of Dr. Feelgood reunited, initially with vocalist Pete Gage, and recommenced touring in 1996. But, as Brilleaux had insisted prior to his demise, Dr. Feelgood continued touring and recording, although the band then suffered an almost career-finishing blow, when their frontman, Brilleaux, died of cancer on 7 April 1994. Despite this, and various subsequent line-up changes, Dr. After the punk explosion their raw, jerky sound and clean-cut image provided inspiration to the post-punk generation (John Lydon being a big fan). 'Milk And Alcohol' (1978) gave them their sole UK Top 10 hit. Feelgood then embarked on a more mainstream direction which was only intermittently successful. However, internal friction led to Johnson's departure during sessions for a projected fourth album and although his replacement, John 'Gypie' Mayo, was an accomplished guitarist, he lacked the striking visual image of his predecessor. Recorded live in concert, this raw, compulsive set topped the UK charts and the group's status seemed assured. Their debut album, Down By The Jetty, was released in 1974, but despite critical approbation, it was not until the following year that the quartet secured due commercial success with Stupidity. Brilleaux's menacing personality complemented Johnson's propulsive, jerky stage manner, while the guitarist's staccato style dominated the group's idiosyncratic brand of angular rhythm and blues. Feelgood broke into the London circuit in 1974. Initially based in Canvey Island, Essex, on the Thames estuary, Dr. 1953 bass) and John 'The Big Figure' Martin (drums). 7 April 1994 vocals/harmonica), Wilko Johnson (b. The classic line-up included Lee Brilleaux (b. Feelgood are a British pub rock band, formed in 1971. Brilleaux's menacing personality complemented Johnson's propulsive, jerky stage manner, while the guitarist's sta.ĭr.
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