The Stoat 12:18 Wed Nov 23
Wilko Johnson RIP
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Just been announced on his FB page that he passed on Monday :-(
RIP
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munkyfunk
4:06 Wed Feb 8
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Norman watt roy. Great bass player
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Far Cough
10:52 Wed Feb 8
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The Blockheads are one of the tightest bands known to man.
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only1billybonds
10:31 Wed Feb 8
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I missed this at the time and stumbled across it last night.
Lovely tribute from Simon Evans.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/26/the-incomparable-wilko-johnson/
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wansteadman
6:42 Tue Nov 29
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Roxette
I'm going to get some concrete mix
And fill your back door up with bricks
Bob Dylan eat your heart out
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Percy Dalton
12:22 Tue Nov 29
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Just heard on radio Caroline internet radio they're doing a special tribute to Wilko.
Seeing as they still broadcast from Essex should be worth a listen
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joe royal
10:44 Sun Nov 27
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Ian Dury And The Blockheads at the Ilford Island
I was at that gig.
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chim chim cha boo
10:39 Sat Nov 26
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Typically the burgers of Canvey hated the fact that Wilco survived a particularly aggressive form of cancer and wrote the whole thing off as 'career building'.
I remember being strictly punk rock (aged about 13 and my tiny teenaged brain not working properly) watching Dr Feelgood on Top Of The Pops and thinking how brilliant they were playing 'Milk And Alcohol' but it just blew my mind that they weren't a punk band.
I remember standing watching Ian Dury And The Blockheads at the Ilford Island running my hand over Italian Lucy's perfect tits thinking that life just didn't get any better than I felt at that moment.
I guess I was probably right.
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zebthecat
1:03 Thu Nov 24
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This interview is worth a listen.It is largely about his terminal cancer diagnosis and how he felt liberated by it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q03qs
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Northern Sold
12:52 Thu Nov 24
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Haz... think John Martin and Sparks are still alive... they are not a part of the current line up. Saw a Feelgood tribute act down one of our local pubs a few months back... mainly playing all the old early stuff... very good they were.
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Sir Alf
12:37 Thu Nov 24
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Saw Feelgood at the Kursaal back in the 70s. Great band and Wilco, as mentioned, so underrated.
Did well to make it to mid 70s.
RIP
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Hammer and Pickle
12:23 Thu Nov 24
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Glad Norman Watt Roy is still about.
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zebthecat
12:08 Thu Nov 24
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Brilliant guitarist and, despite his self deprecation, absolutely unique to him.
He says what he does is simple but it bloody well isn't. His songs were Dr Feelgood whike he was in them.
Will rewatch Oil City Confidential again - I just love the way he was still almost disbelieving of how well his career has panned out
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
11:50 Thu Nov 24
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Energy? You want energy?
This is from Wilko's time with the Blockheads. What a player and what a fucking band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvCex3XSPvA
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cholo
10:27 Thu Nov 24
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I work with someone who went to see Dr Feelgood in Hailsham just the other day. Not sure of the lineup though.
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Haz
10:18 Thu Nov 24
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Fucking LOVED Dr Feelgood. There can't be many of them still alive surely? I know that Lee has shuffled off this mortal coil a few years ago.
Whenever Wilko was in town, he managed to hoover up all the speed that was doing the rounds. I'm surprised he lasted into his 70's to be fair.
RIP Wilko. They broke the mould with you.
I, too, will be giving Oil City Confidential another outing later today.
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duffster
1:36 Thu Nov 24
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Rest in peace. Flaming.
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yngwies Cat
1:11 Thu Nov 24
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An amazing a be d unique talent. Will be much missed
Rip Wilko.
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Pagey
1:06 Thu Nov 24
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I just watched the YouTube clip that Sold added to this thread. Jesus Christ! The energy for that 15 minutes was ridiculous!
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
12:33 Thu Nov 24
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I'm pretty sure the BBC just played out the Belgium v Canada match with a bit of Feelgood. Fair play to the producer concerned.
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Any Old Iron
12:00 Thu Nov 24
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Very sad news but Wilko had done well to go on so long seeing as he'd been written off a few years back.
Anyway I've always loved the Feelgoods and saw them plenty of times in the 70's including dagenham roundhouse, NE London Poly and The Kursaal.
They were the kings of the pub rockers.
RIP Wilko
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eusebiovic
9:15 Wed Nov 23
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Very sad news RIP
A very hardworking band - probably played every pub with a gig space south of the Watford Gap. I was far too young to see them live but that iconic album captures what the energy must have been really like. Not many live albums do that.
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