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Post by Lord Emsworth on Nov 5, 2022 13:03:37 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Nov 9, 2022 15:48:56 GMT
As a non musician this seems totally amazing...
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Post by zeopold on Nov 9, 2022 16:33:53 GMT
Wilko acknowledges Mick Green of the Pirates as a key influence on his combined lead / rhythm style  |
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Post by stu77 on Nov 9, 2022 16:42:58 GMT
All without a plectrum too, unbelievable.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on May 23, 2023 9:17:34 GMT
Dr Feelgood - As It Happens [1979] I remember this album getting some pretty negative press when it come out, mainly because the guitarist is Gypie Mayo and not Wilko. What rubbish. I have also seen it said the album is let down by a weak selection of songs. Double rubbish.
I reckon the critics had a downer on Feelgood when Wilko left. True that the newer songs by Nick Lowe, Micky Jupp and other Stiff writers were a little more polished than the Johnson gritty R&B years but that (rightly or wrongly) elevated them to singles charts status. All true, but the album had some brilliant R&B reworkings like Ninety-nine and a Half and Buddy Buddy Friends. Speaking of which:
I've never heard this album but those two tunes are great
Thanks I'll give it a go
Recently I ended up listening to this having heard a tune on the radio...  Wrong on so many levels, not only missing Lee Brilleaux, it doesn't contain any original members at all. C'mon, what maniac would give these chancers the time of day? Er, I like it. They rip through the material and only a curmudgeon or purist would deny it's a bracing collection that gets me grooving around my front room
It's a strange and wonderful world
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Post by personunknown on May 23, 2023 13:06:24 GMT
Shouldn't be allowed to trade under that name.
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Post by stu77 on Apr 16, 2024 20:21:45 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ybgxSinger-songwriter and BBC Introducing presenter Kitty Perrin charts the stories of band splits, looks at what really happened in the break ups of some of history's best loved bands. With new interviews with band members and music professionals, academics, and writers she attempts to analyse the reasons behind why bands split.
In this first episode, she looks at the splits and re-incarnations of 1970s Canvey Island pub rock band Dr Feelgood, charting how, through creative differences, deaths, and rigours of touring#, the current line-up of the band has none of the original members. Yet they are still Dr Feelgood, they still tour and have a huge international fanbase. Kitty speaks with original drummer ‘The Big Figure’, manager Chris Fenwick and current band members, Gordon Russell, Phil Mitchell, Kevin Morris and Robert Kane.
She hears from Jodi Milstein an LA based psychotherapist who runs Rockstar Therapy – akin to marriage guidance for bands - as well as from Tamsin Embleton, editor of band touring bible Touring And Mental Health. And Ryan Dusick, original drummer with the American Band Maroon 5, talks about how touring took its toll on his mental health.
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