Their later guitarist, Mick Green, was both a collaborator with and an influence on Wilko Johnson. That band’s earliest days, with Johnny Kidd, gave The Who Shakin’ All Over. The girder linking the two men is, of course, the greatest British rock’n’roll band of all time, The Pirates. And, finally, amazing because it’s a great record. Feelgood suggests he was never the meek kind of guitarist) and songwriting. Amazing because there aren’t many people who’d gel with Wilko’s history, personality (his time with the Dr. Amazing because Wilko should have had a singer as good as this years ago to complement his brilliant band. In a year that most of us would have spent… I don’t know, quietly at home, Wilko has toured, given interviews, taken drugs, toured, toured and now recorded an amazing album. ![]() Because, surely, if there’s anyone who wants to live the way he likes, it’s Wilko, a man whose reaction to the news of his (fortunately still delayed) imminent demise was to live his life utterly in the present. 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. ![]() Wilko is a genuine original in a music business sadly lacking in such these days.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. They play it with a passion that really grips you. It reminds me a little of "The Original Blues Band Bootleg Album" - in that it's a bunch of white English guys that grew up in the 50s and 60s listening to black American R&B and falling in love with the music. But now I've heard it I know it will certainly stand up to repeated listening. Basically I bought it to put a few more bob on Wilko's pocket for his hopefully extended old age. I even thought before buying it, and hearing it, that it would be one to listen to once and then keep on the shelf. Was a bit worried when I heard about this collaboration because I just couldn't picture Daltrey's voice working with the material - to me he has a rock voice, not an R&B one - but I was pleasantly surprised to hear it does. Guys like them are what music is all about in that they do it for the sheer love even after the fame has passed. Sadly never saw the Feelgoods in the Wilko era but have seen Wilko a few times live over the last 10 - 15 years playing small pub venues supported by the equally legendary Norman Watt-Roy on bass. because your foot will be tapping so hard you may aggravate your condition. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. ![]() We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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