He is not the world's strongest vocalist of course, but he more than did justice to the songs, and given that he wrote many of them, who can rightfully complain? The high tempo set included 'All Through The City', 'If You Want Me, You've Got Me, 'The More I Give', 'Dr Dupree', 'Going Back Home', and 'Roxette'.ĭownside? You bet, it was over too quickly.
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Wilko was full of his trademark moves - jerking away from the mic during vocal breaks and skittering across the stage with that open-mouthed look of astonishment on his face, machine gunning the crowd with a smile on his face, or punching out the riffs from his trademark black and red telecaster. The by comparison, boyish, Howe drove the evening along with his no-nonsense drumming. So too did the svelte 64-year-old Watt-Roy cutting a dash and throwing some remarkable shapes and faces as he wrestled his bass around the stage. In Lincoln, Wilko looked fit and well especially considering his recent trials and tribulations. Wilko has recently been playing dates as a trio alongside former two former Blockheads bassist Norman Watt-Roy and drummer Dylan Howe (son of Steve, Yes guitarist). One week in late 2013 he and Roger Daltrey recorded a remarkably joyful album album given the circumstances entitled 'Going Back Home' which turned out to be one of the finer releases of last year. Happily, unbelievably even, Wilko has made the most remarkable of recoveries and this new lease of life has seen him back on the road again doing what he loves. This is intensely high-yielding, characterful and reflective.Sunday 17 May found Wilko Johnson headlining the Lincoln Blues Festival, almost a year to the day after cancelling his planned 2014 headline performance there on doctor's advice after undergoing a major operation to treat him for terminal pancreatic cancer. The deliberative instrumental “ Lament” that’s a musical cabochon of surprising brilliance and our favorite moment of the album… With a slow jazz rhythm and nuances of rock & funk… and enough push and stylatude to get you up-and-dancing in your NHS bed gown. The poetry of “ Low Down” that brings to mind Ian Dury. “ That’s The Way I Love You” - a proper rocknrolla that you can easily imagine on the tracklist of the “ Down by the Jetty” album With a squeezy guitar, boogie-woogie bounce and ever-so-nearly cynical rockadoodle lyrics. The rock-strewn, chippy atmosphere of “ Tell Me One More Thing” with its elasticated bass-notes and puckered ‘n’ eviscerating mouth-organ that’s squeezed so close to the blade-cutter guitar it’s bound to get razor-burn.
The album contains versions of songs previously recorded by Johnson and his former band Dr. Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson and the Who lead vocalist Roger Daltrey released in 2014. The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios and produced & mixed by Essex-boy Dave Eringa Going Back Home is a collaborative studio album by former Dr. The guitarist and songwriter was a member of rock band Dr Feelgood in the 1970s, joined Ian. But I never thought that I’d be the sort of person to write songs about different sorts of real-life experiences until I got sick”.Īnd with experienced blues-men like: Norman Watt-Roy on bass, Dylan Howe on drums, Mick Talbot on keys and Steve Weston on harmonica the result is mature and audacious. Musician Wilko Johnson has died aged 75, a statement on official social media accounts has confirmed. Speaking about the first sets of lyrics that he’d written in three decades Wilko says: “ It’s tricky when you get to seventy years old, because what am I supposed to be singing? “I love you, baby, but you done me wrong?” Come on! That’s kind of a problem. So, with a slanderous guitar - and an oxidizing blues harp that crumbles around it like a narcotic pill - “ Marijuana” is not only an effective compound, but also a puff of restoratively smoky air. Only a man who has stared death in the face can laugh so blatantly at its stalking presence. On the first single from the album: “ Marijuana” he mocks approaching death, despises the misery of the ward and jokes about palliative care he’s offered. High-yielding, characterful & reflective…. WILKO JOHNSON’S brand new album “ Blow Your Mind” his first in 30 years, is available now.ĭescribing the record as ‘ The album I never thought I’d get to write…’ Wilko refers to the trials and tribulations that he faced over five years and left him with songs like “ Take It Easy” that deal directly with the terminal diagnosis he was then given.
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