Wilko Johnson

Addick Addict · January 2015

Wish you all the best Nug for the op and the subsequent recovery.

A-R-T-H-U-R · January 2015

Just caught up with this.
Hope things are looking up for you Nug.

Wilko has just announced dates in Cambridge, London, Manchester and Glasgow.

A-R-T-H-U-R · March 2015

Wilko's benefit gig for Addenbrookes tonight was incredible.
He looked so happy, played better than at any time in the last 5 years and all his medical staff were there. Chatted to the two surgeons who saved him.
Not sure they quite expected the heart lifting results of their hours of work and post op care.
Has about 2 years of gigs booked.

A-R-T-H-U-R · March 2015

tangoflash · March 2015

Everytime I see this thread re-appear, I fear he's had a re-lapse. Good to see things are on the up for him............

A-R-T-H-U-R · November 2015

Julian Temple's second film about Wilko makes TV premier tomorrow night.
Should be a cracker - all about his comeback.
Enjoy.
22.35 BBC1

falconwood_1 · November 2015

A new biography about Lee Brilleaux has been published

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/184697335X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1448315794&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=lee+brilleaux&dpPl=1&dpID=61a0+mVJn4L&ref=plSrch

Oakster · November 2015

Slightly off topic but I watched the film last night about Glen Campbell & his battle with Alzheimer's - very bittersweet, some funny moments & lots of sad ones. I have to admit my lifelong love affair with music started as a small boy listening to my dad's Glen Campbell records.

A-R-T-H-U-R · November 2015

falconwood_1 said:
A new biography about Lee Brilleaux has been published

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/184697335X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1448315794&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=lee+brilleaux&dpPl=1&dpID=61a0+mVJn4L&ref=plSrch

Got it, read it, loved it.
Wilko was hugely affected during Lee's funeral service, which I didnt know before.

By Zoe Howe, wife of Dylan who has been Wilko's drummer for some time.
And a Blockhead before that.
And son of Steve Howe, the 'Yes' icon.

A-R-T-H-U-R · November 2015

Stig said:
According to the Evening Echo (Southend) tonight, he's refusing chemo. Very sad.

Chatting to his doctors a couple of months ago, it turns out if he had opted for chemo he would have been long dead by now.

Blucher · November 2015

I see that 'The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson' is on BBC1 tonight at 10.35 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06qqrk9

Greenie · November 2015

Blucher said:
I see that 'The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson' is on BBC1 tonight at 10.35 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06qqrk9

Brilliant, brilliant documentary.
If you like Wilko, if you want to see how someone deals with their potential demise, or if you are just interested in people with exceptional character, this is for you, even if you know nothing about him.
I love that he was playing chess with the Grim Reaper. More than that I wont say.
Class doco by the Beeb.