Wilko Johnson :(
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Looks like people are cashing in on his predicament:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/wilko...
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/wilko...
John Robb is a music journo who pops up in music docos once in a while & he wrote a really barely literate biography of the Stone Roses. I'm not a great fan, but he wrote this today & it's a lovely sentiment.
http://louderthanwar.com/an-open-letter-to-wilko-j...
http://louderthanwar.com/an-open-letter-to-wilko-j...
Hope to see him in a fortnights time, he playing at the local pub. He's been a regular over for years.
http://guernseygigs.com/?p=4864
http://guernseygigs.com/?p=4864
Classic Rock this month has a fantastic interview with Wilko, written by Charles Shaar Murray, who's an old friend of his. It's an eye-opener. Suffice it to say, if I ever have the misfortune to be handed down a diagnosis like Wilko's, I'd try my best to emulate his attitude. What a guy.
And the final picture in the article will remain with me whenever I think of him....
And the final picture in the article will remain with me whenever I think of him....
Friday 15 March 2013 BBC 4
21:00 Totally British: 70s Rock 'n Roll (archive performances, including Dr. Feelgood, Steve Gibbons Band, Graham Parker and the Rumour, Ducks Deluxe, Kursaal Flyers, Motors, Eddie & the Hot Rods)
22:00 A documentary about Graham Parker.
23:35 Oil City Confidential
01:25 Sight and Sound in Concert: Graham Parker & the Rumour.
21:00 Totally British: 70s Rock 'n Roll (archive performances, including Dr. Feelgood, Steve Gibbons Band, Graham Parker and the Rumour, Ducks Deluxe, Kursaal Flyers, Motors, Eddie & the Hot Rods)
22:00 A documentary about Graham Parker.
23:35 Oil City Confidential
01:25 Sight and Sound in Concert: Graham Parker & the Rumour.
Edited by gareth_r on Wednesday 6th March 01:52
Dear gr,
The only band in that lot I haven't seen is Duck's Deluxe!
regards,
Jet
gareth_r said:
Friday 15 March 2013 BBC 4
21:00 Totally British: 70s Rock 'n Roll (archive performances, including Dr. Feelgood, Steve Gibbons Band, Graham Parker and the Rumour, Ducks Deluxe, Kursaal Flyers, Motors, Eddie & the Hot Rods)
22:00 A documentary about Graham Parker.
23:35 Oil City Confidential
01:25 Sight and Sound in Concert: Graham Parker & the Rumour.
Apart from Oil City which I've seen I'll be glued to the sofa 21:00 Totally British: 70s Rock 'n Roll (archive performances, including Dr. Feelgood, Steve Gibbons Band, Graham Parker and the Rumour, Ducks Deluxe, Kursaal Flyers, Motors, Eddie & the Hot Rods)
22:00 A documentary about Graham Parker.
23:35 Oil City Confidential
01:25 Sight and Sound in Concert: Graham Parker & the Rumour.
Edited by gareth_r on Wednesday 6th March 01:52
The only band in that lot I haven't seen is Duck's Deluxe!
regards,
Jet
Saw Wilko last night at Koko's.
It was the best twenty quid I've ever spent in my whole life.
He was having such a good time. And so were we.
Alison Moyet did a couple of songs towards the end and, for a bit of theatre, a string broke and had to be fixed mid-song. Norman Watt-Roy and Dylan Howe on bass and drums carried in without him for a bit.
"I haven't got my glasses," quoth Wilko. "I've got to thread the string - but I can't even see the guitar."
Fabulous stuff.
What a bloke.
It was the best twenty quid I've ever spent in my whole life.
He was having such a good time. And so were we.
Alison Moyet did a couple of songs towards the end and, for a bit of theatre, a string broke and had to be fixed mid-song. Norman Watt-Roy and Dylan Howe on bass and drums carried in without him for a bit.
"I haven't got my glasses," quoth Wilko. "I've got to thread the string - but I can't even see the guitar."
Fabulous stuff.
What a bloke.
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