Wilko johnson she does it right series#
Wilko Johnson the guitarist famed as a founding member of Dr Feelgood and later one of Ian Dury’s Blockheads, and also seen in HBO’s hugely successful Game Of Thrones series was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer at the beginning of 2013. Now, being the second great singer to vocalise Wilko Johnson’s lyrics (you know who the first one is), he brings years of experience and sympathy to his role. He waxed remakes of of the band’s signature tunes with Roger Daltrey in 2014 on their collaborative Going Home slab. I’m not supposed to be on my feet now, but I am. Having spent years translating the neurotic rage and brandified existential doubt of Pete Townshend, Daltrey is expert in finding the emotion and power in someone else’s words. However Wilko keeps the Feelgood flame burning hot. Written by guitarist Wilko Johnson, it runs to around 3 minutes 28 seconds and was released March 1975 on the United Artists Records label backed by I Dont. Brilleaux passed in ’94, but by then the band was a nostalgia act. Feelgood moniker fervently / respectfully plays on and records with none of its original members.
They are best known for early singles like She Does It Right.
Feelgood’s Wilko canon Down By the Jetty (1975), Malpractice (1975), the #1 in the UK live set Stupidity (1977), and their select Gypie sides Be Seeing You (1977) and Private Practice (1978) are essential, as is Julien Temple’s 2009 biographical film Oil City Confidential. Dr Feelgood are a British R&B band from Canvey Island, Essex known for Roxette & Back in. His passages quoted the Willie Dixon school of bass – keep it simple, keep it solid.ĭr. Sparks was a heavy handed plectrum player working a Gibson Ripper and/or Fender Precision. Sparks – who rendered supportive pocket passages which fortified the frantic performances Wilko and Brilleaux. Feelgood’s bassist during their glory years was John B. A raucous meld of old-school rock and roll with stripped down rhythm and blues, their influence was profoundly felt by artists that came to prominence during the punk era such as Paul Weller, Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats, Blondie, and Richard Hell among others.ĭr. Their golden era is represented by the fiery, first two incarnations of the band featuring guitarists Wilko Johnson (1971 – 1977) and the late Gypie Mayo (1977-1981). Sparks looked (and behaved) as if they were coming off a bank heist!Īlong with Brinsley Schwarz, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Ducks Deluxe, and Dave Edmunds….to cite a few, Feelgood emerged among the founders and finest practitioners of Britain’s hallowed pub rock genre. Regardez Dr Feelgood - She Does It Right - Live 1977 - Ninohecho. Noted Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister … “three alcoholics and a speed freak … what could possibly go wrong?” This incomparable quartet of Canvey Island Essex lads: singer Lee Brilleaux, guitarist Wilko Johnson, drummer John “The Big Figure” Martin, and bassist John B. Feelgood are remembered in rock history, if at all, as John the Baptists to punk’s messiahs!” Opined The Independent’s Nick Hasted “Dr.
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