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This is r’n’b done Wilko-style, made to his taste. In this collection you can hear the depth of his talent. Instead he extended his palette, coloured it up. Crucially, Wilko did not deviate from his style, did not seek musical fields unknown to him.
#Wilko johnson roger daltrey i keep it to myself plus#
Wilko and Blockheads bassist extraordinaire Norman Watt-Roy plus drummer Salvatore Ramundo and then his replacement Dylan Howe, clicked. It was after his work with Dury that he moved into gear. He played on their album Laughter, went on tour. He then put together the Wilko Johnson Band, before being enticed to play with Ian Dury and his Blockheads. Johnson was a solid guy, a good heart beating just above his Fender guitar.Īfter Dr Feelgood, Wilko formed another band, The Solid Senders. And we suspected he took an awful amount of speed given his bulging eyes and manic playing.Īnd despite the intense staring, the lack of a smile on-stage, the pudding bowl haircut, the inability to wear any other colour than black, the frantic and frenetic music, we also knew that Mr. We knew he wrote lyrics that would configure a flurry of classic Dr Feelgood singles such as ‘Roxette’, ‘Down By The Jetty’, ‘Keep It Out Of Sight’ and ‘She Does It Right.’ We knew he adored Johnny Kidd & The Pirates guitarist Mick Green whose hammer and tongs style he had been attempting to emulate. We knew he used to teach English (it would have been great to have been in his class). His real name was John Peter Wilkinson, born July 12, 1947. That’s the connection, the DNA.”īy then we knew something of Wilko.
That bridge is exclusively The Feelgoods, it allowed us to go from one thing to another. The Stranglers Jean Jacques Burnel said of Wilko’s former outfit Dr Feelgood, “I often say to journalists there is a bridge between the old times and the punk times. But by the time they’re finished you know you’ve been to a gig. Songs rarely reach the three-minute mark. If you have the good fortune to see him in the flesh, watch his hands (not his plectrum) chopping out mean riffs, chopping out brutal guitar solos, as he moves constantly, towards the crowd and away from the crowd. Songs that are sung from the heart and played from the soul. Including re-workings of Wilko penned Dr Feelgood favourites ‘She Does It Right’, ‘Twenty Yards Behind,’ ‘Sneaking Suspicion,’ and ‘Roxette,’ alongside further dynamic numbers such as ‘Turned 21,’ ‘Some Kind Of Hero,’ ‘Out In The Traffic,’ Barbed Wire Blues,’ ‘Down By The Waterside,’ and ‘I Really Love Your Rock ‘n’ Roll’- I Keep It To Myself / The Best Of Wilko Johnson is a splendid collection of high-octane rhythm & blues with that unmistakable Wilko Johnson Fender greatness stamped all over it. But in these days of music streaming and recommended playlists it is heartening to feel a whole new audience may discover his music through Daltrey’s interpretations.VIA PRESS RELEASE | Continuing his association with the reactivated Chess imprint, the label that issued so many of the tunes that inspired him in his youth, I Keep It To Myself / The Best Of Wilko Johnson draws together 25 tracks recorded between 20 by the legendary guitarist and songwriter with backing largely provided by Blockheads Norman Watt-Roy (bass) and Dylan Howe (drums), the same rhythm section that performed on Wilko’s enormously successful Going Back Home album with Roger Daltrey. Of course, when Johnson does finally leave us fans may prefer to remember him with the original versions. You would also be impressed how “Sneakin’ Suspicion” swaggers - especially the guitar playing which is still as choppy and precise as ever sonically staring and jerking just like Johnson would do on stage.Īll in, this is a solid epitaph to one of rock’s most eccentric and unsung careers.
#Wilko johnson roger daltrey i keep it to myself cracked#
If you hadn’t heard Johnson’s cracked tones on the original “Turned 21” you would surely be taken by the tender, sad melody here. Those unprejudiced by the first versions, however, may listen with more patience.
And, for those still in love with the old Essex-blues feel, it may just be too forceful. It’s certainly a million miles from the stale tobacco and India Pale Ale mood of the originals. Daltrey’s huge voice, you see, does almost sound like he’s from Chicago. His observation goes right to the heart of how you are likely to feel about this album. Johnson then chipped in, “Don’t matter how hard you try, you can’t sound like you’re from Chicago when you grew up on Canvey Island”.
For the two men have long admired each other and Daltrey remarked in a recent interview how they were inspired by the same American R’n’B.
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