![]() ![]() To their own amazement, Dr Feelgood had become one of the biggest bands in Britain. Johnson was adamant that the recording should sound raw and live and should not be tarted up in post- production, a stance that paid off when it rocketed to No 1. Stupidity (1976) was a mixture of their own songs and cover versions, not least Leiber & Stoller’s Riot in Cell Block No 9, which had become the vehicle for a trick by Johnson of mock-machine-gunning the audience with his guitar. Since the stage was the natural home for the hard-gigging Feelgoods, it made sense for the next album to be a live recording. Wilko Johnson in 2012 on Canvey Island, in the Thames estuary in Essex, where he grew up. The album gave Dr Feelgood their first chart position (No 17), and proved influential on New York musicians such as Richard Hell, the Ramones and Blondie. One of Johnson’s was their third single, Back in the Night, a perennial favourite in live shows. They followed it later that year with Malpractice, which featured several blues and R&B non-originals alongside another batch of Johnson’s tunes. Dr Feelgood released their debut album, Down By the Jetty, in 1975, containing nine of Johnson’s songs, including the singles Roxette and She Does It Right, neither of which got into the charts. It was a refreshing antidote to the somnolent progressive rock of the era. It was their partnership that drove the band to huge success in Britain just before the arrival of punk.ĭr Feelgood launched themselves on the back of the “pub rock” vogue, a back-to-basics mix of sweaty rock and rhythm & blues typified by the likes of Ducks Deluxe and Ian Dury’s band Kilburn and the High Roads. Johnson said he “felt like a lot of the power I had in whatever I was doing was radiating from him”. ![]() Dupree, She’s Good Like That, Sneaking Suspicion.He developed a tight stage rapport with the Feelgoods’ vocalist Lee Brilleaux, who was helpfully signposted by his contrasting white – or once white, at least – suit. Side 4: (Live Tunbridge Wells 2005 - Wilko Johnson, Norman Watt-Roy, Monti) All Right, Barbed Wire Blues, Dr. Side 3: Ro Ro Rosie, Brown Eyed Girl, To Ramona, Listen To The Lion. Side 2: Hello Josephine, Help Me, Casting My Spell, I Got A Woman, Talking About You, One Time. Side 1: Red Hot Rocking Blues, From A Buick Six, Goodbye Baby, The Western Plains, He Ain’t Give You None. ![]() Includes 5 bonus exclusive live tracks, recorded in 2005. On Red Hot Rocking Blues Wilko covered his most treasured songs in this 2003 album. Feelgood story, with Wilko as the central character. He starred in Julien Temple’s ‘Oil City Confidential’ film of the Dr. Constant worldwide touring with Blockhead bassist Norman Watt-Roy and drummer Monti kept Wilko’s reputation intact as a unique r&b guitarist. After four albums, guitarist and songwriter Wilko Johnson left over musical differences, and continued with his own band and his trademark choppy rhythm/lead blues style. Feelgood burst on the UK scene in 1975 with their energetic R&B, they symbolised a return to the basics and paved the way for punk. BONUS fourth live side, with five previously unreleased, exclusive live tracks.Studio album on gatefold vinyl, with covers of Van Morrison, Dylan and more.The original, distinctive Feelgood (& Blockhead) manic guitarist on 2x180g LP WILKO JOHNSON ‘ RED HOT ROCKING BLUES ’ 2xLP Long deleted title - we found a tiny handful in unsold returns, still sealed & new.
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