lets hope the richest man baby pulls in an actual CEO soon so Twitter doesn't die on the vine... music twitter is the best reason to use that hellscape...
were else would you easily get remembrances of a legend like Wilko Johnson...
Andy Lewis ex-bass player with Weller shared this
"He joined the Paul Weller band onstage at a gig in Belfast to play From The Floorboards Up. “Do you know it?” asked Paul backstage. “Yeah, it’s one of mine!” grinned Wilko in reply. He played it brilliantly, in every sense of the phrase."
Also that Steve Albini would be playing clarinet instead of guitar were it not for Wilko
"Wilko Johnson started from scratch and invented a new way to play guitar. Manifesting in his rhythm hand the amphetamine intensity of an era, he inspired a generation of twitchy dorks like me. Without him, I probably play clarinet. Requiescat."
and i will fully admit while I knew of Dr. Feelgood and Wilko wasn't really familiar with their output, but I'm rapidly seeing their influences on punk/post punk/new wave. especially as Billy Bragg said of Lydon, Strummer, and Weller..
Chris Stein says
I frequently remind people how Dr Feelgood was an influence on the early New York and CBGBs music scene. Great guitarist and performer
