Had a memorable night watching dr feelgood at the coatham bowl in Redcar 30 years ago (sound was awful but the gig was excellent overall ) no wilko that night but saw him with the solid senders just a few days later ,raw exciting and dynamic can only imagine what dr feelgood were like with wilco
Missed seeing him at the Forum in Tunbridge Wells last year – I wanted my 16 year old Bass playing son to see him. My son has now played the same venue a few times.
Sad news. Inexplicably (given the stuff I’ve always listened to), I only ‘discovered’ him a couple of months ago when Whispering Bob interviewed him on the radio.
Mentioned Dr Feelgood in a thread the other day, cos they still tour but with a completely different lineup to the orginal band.
Wilko’s played down here quite a few times, but I’ve never made it.
Will keep a look out for gigs, bet they’ll be a riot.
My Bass tutor from a few years back has been their Sound Eng for years…How sad yet brave that Wilko is running without therapy!!…Keep on keeping on man!!
Although it’s not one of his favourites due to the band falling apart at the time, I think ‘Sneakin Suspicion’ has one of THE great guitar sounds.
Very sad news. At first glance he looks like a total nutter but it’s quickly apparent that he’s a highly intelligent, erudite chap.
Brilleaux was clearly the nutter!
Ithought something was up when he cancelled the oysterfleet gig last year, but going without chemo is a brave move, although I don’t think we’ll see him perform in the UK again, but would glad to be proven wrong – has shades of lee brileaux all about it..
Also its about time canvey actually recognized the achievements ofthe orig lineup, theres a plaque on a bench in new york, but absolutely nothing on canvey… ridiculous..
