Founder guitarist and songwriter for the 70’s r&b band DR. FEELGOOD, Wilko Johnson’s manic performances and choppy rhythm/lead style became their distinguishing trademark. Four groundbreaking albums, Down By The Jetty, Malpractice, Stupidity (a UK no. 1 chart-topper) and Sneakin’ Suspicion, put Wilko and the Feelgoods firmly on the rock landscape from 1974 to 1977. In that era of turgid progressive and fey glam-rock, their high-energy dirty R&B and be-suited appearance was a mini-revolution, bringing rock’n’roll back to the roots and giving inspiration to both the UK and US fledgling punk scenes.
Splitting from the Feelgoods, Wilko formed the SOLID SENDERS and signed to Virgin for an eponymous album. Then under his own name he released further albums, including Ice On The Motorway, Barbed Wire Blues and Going Back Home, and finding a live audience particularly in Europe and Japan for his frantic, exciting gigs.
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Dr. Feelgood
Solid Senders