Wilko Johnson

blobb

No one cooler than Wilko. A sad loss.

bertie

 "   ditto to all the above  "

scrumhalf

A true original, we won't get another one like him but we're grateful for the one we enjoyed.

RIP. 

boogieman

Just saw this. 

Fuck. 

RIP Wilko. 

rze99

Big influence on me. Hours trying to get She Does it Right right. Top man RIP

RocknRollDave

Absolutely fascinating bloke. Read his autobiography, you won’t regret it.

Philtre

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo........

Sad news. :-(

randella

Sad news - one of those players with an instantly recognisable sound and style. That chop he always got from the old black Tele, such a great tone. 

Loved his stage look too - I remember someone remarking that he looked like he'd learned to play in the hallway of his flat, the way he walked back and forth holding the guitar almost like a bayonet. 

Always struck me as a decent sort as well, down to earth. 

OilCityPickups

Today we have the sad news of the passing of a total legend and a truly lovely chap Wilko Johnson.

There have been many more technical guitar heroes - but very few as humble or self deprecating.

 

CharlieShaw

That’s sad. He was given 10 months to live about ten years ago though, so he didn’t go without a fight!

fretmeister

Tribute thread is in the tribute section.

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/238322/wilko-johnson#latest

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RocknRollDave said:

Absolutely fascinating bloke. Read his autobiography, you won’t regret it.

It's on my bookshelf waiting to be read when I retire.

AK99

roberty said:

That is a real shame. A true one off

Here he is demonstrating his technique with an HH solid state amp

Always loved Wilko and Feelgood - a real fun band, hard not to smile listening to their stuff. Rip fella.

(Off topic a little - if anybody wants, I'll gladly move it - but much and all as I tried, I could never quite get Wilko riffs to sound right. Thought the video might help - but even there, there's a point at the 1:36 mark in the demo he seems to be able to play the rhythm and little finger-picked riff with no visible picking with his right hand at all. Anybody shed some light on how he manages to do that ??)

jonnyburgo

RIP to a real one-off. He honoured life.

skullfunkerry

Very sad about this. As a metalhead I don't listen to him often, but I really like his playing and stage presence. Since moving to Southend I always hoped I'd bump into him so I could tell him how pleased I was that his initial prognosis of 9 months was wrong.

...when I finally did bump into him (by the tills in Waitrose, if anyone cares) I bottled it and didn't say anything. RIP Wilko.

usedtobe

Shit. Absolute legend!

usedtobe

Absolutely love Dr Feelgood. Those old videos will be getting some hammer..!
RIP Wilko

impmann

So sad - and such a fantastic bloke, always had time for people and was so unnervingly humble. I saw him several times (mainly at the Torrington in North Finchley when I used to live there in the late 80s/early90s but a couple of times in recent years) and he always gave 110%.

RIP Wilko - you'll be missed, mate.

HAL9000

Sad news indeed. Seen him a couple of times but my abiding memory was at (I believe) The Half Moon in Putney where my mate told Wilko that he needed to put ‘a bit more bite into your solos mate’. He was then subjected to the Wilko stare for the entire second set.
RIP Wilko.

rustneversleeps

Sad news.R.I.P.