RIP Wilko

[Scotty2]

Wilco has now passed on. Another great guitarist and inspiration gone.

[GetCarter]

Sad. Saw him many times at the Tithe Farm House, South Harrow circa 1973-5

Amazing energy.

[Eric Mc]

He was disgnosed with cancer years ago and thought he was a gonner then. I remember him being interviewed by Johnny Walker at the time saying that he was so grateful for having lasted as long as he had.

[Pupp]

Very sad to see this; huge character, great riffs.

[rjfp1962]

That's very sad news.. R.I.P...

[Lotobear]

That's terrible news - I thought he was 'cured'?

Last saw him at the Cluny in Newcastle with the brilliant Norman Watt Roy on bass.

I will miss his totally unique style - he came over as a lovely humble bloke.

[saaby93]

Here at 2:00 to see his style of sounding as though he's playing two guitars at once

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r9jcBxBDNU

He done it right dah dah deedely dah

[Galsia]

Rather than being sad, I’m happy that he got another 10 years.

[saaby93]

Galsia said:

Rather than being sad, I’m happy that he got another 10 years.

he did and time to do this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMlhWvIh7U4
2:55 re Mick Green

Edited by saaby93 on Wednesday 23 November 12:08

[Roderick Spode]

Very sad to see this, but as others have said he did well to make it another ten years with the particularly nasty cancer he had. The docs gave him a matter of months had he not had the radical treatment. An amazing guitarist and musician, and I believe from accounts of others an all round decent bloke. Off to join Lee Brilleaux to reform the Dr Feelgood front line.

[jet_noise]

Wilko!
Itchy teeth alert.

But to the point...
...had almost a decade more than he thought at one point. And made good use of it.
Saw the Feelgoods and later his own band many times.

[saaby93]

For anyone with dusty eyes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH3ntW_T3IE

and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=784G_XoRUZ4

Edited by saaby93 on Wednesday 23 November 12:27

[Lotobear]

...he did it right

[Byker28i]

[saaby93]

solo at 2:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHm7uIC84YM

[sociopath]

Already a thread in music, where I spelt his name correctly

[Kinky]

sociopath said:

Already a thread in music, where I spelt his name correctly

Here: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...