:: Tickets £12 via Seamusheaneyhomeplace. Expect to hear all about how Wilko planned to become a teacher before answering the call of rock and roll with the Feelgoods and his solo career, and how it felt to embark on an emotional 'farewell' tour – which thankfully proved to be somewhat premature – in the wake of his cancer mis-diagnosis before recording what he believed would be his final album with The Who's Roger Daltrey, Going Back Home.īy all accounts Looking Back at Me is a great read, so the chance to hear Wilko tell some of his stories in person makes this a pretty unmissable event for any fan. My farewell tour, making the album, everything was so emotionally charged. Sure, it’s always sad when a fragile flower, like a Nick Drake, is taken too soon. The iconic musician played Illyn Payne in the HBO hit as well as being part of the rock band from. Wilko & Zoë will sign copies of Looking Back at Me at Rough Trade East at 6pm on Wednesday 30th May 2012. In this interview from the Big Issue Archives, Dr Feelgoods Wilko Johnson on. Wed at 06:05 The Who’s Roger Daltrey and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page have led tributes from musicians to singer-songwriter and Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson, who has died aged. Wilko Johnson’s death at 75 is one of those that catches a few of us a well-deserved clout around the ear. Wilko Johnson on farewell Tour after his terminal cancer diagnosis, Wilko Johnson. On Saturday April 14, the iconic guitar man will be chatting with Zoe Howe, co-author of Looking Back at Me. LEGENDARY Dr Feelgood guitarist and Game of Throne star Wilko Johnson has died aged 75. Wilko Johnson, the English singer, guitarist, songwriter and author. ![]() The 67-year-old was initially given 10 months to. ![]() ![]() BUG-EYED guitar menacer Wilko Johnson has had quite the life, from stalking stages with ace pub rock combo Dr Feelgood to appearing in Game of Thrones and beating a cancer initially mis-diagnosed as terminal.įans recently got the chance to read all about Wilko's exploits in his best-selling autobiography, Looking Back at Me, but Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Derry are going one better by bringing the man himself over for a special 'in conversation' event. Former Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson has said he has been 'cured' of the terminal pancreatic cancer with which he was diagnosed in 2012.
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