I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Wilko Johnson at 75. His obituary in The Guardian is here.

Wilko was one of the greatest British rock guitarists of his generation, and a personal favourite. I recall first seeing him play with Dr. Feelgood in Reading in 1977, a memorable gig. I last saw him play about 20 years ago at the Cambridge Corn Exchange with a personal hero, the legendary John Otway. It was a simply magical gig. Otway had been a memorable performer in the pubs in and around Aylesbury, including The Black Horse in my then home town of Leighton Buzzard, in the mid-1970s, when I was in sixth form. Happy days.

Dr Feelgood’s most famous track was possibly Roxette, and from the numerous YouTube clips of Wilko and the band I’ve selected this (video, 2:42), the band playing on The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1975. The singer was Lee Brilleaux, who died at the age of 41, in 1994.

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