maybe rory gallagher? or was that earlier?
― alex in mainhattan, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 10:34 (twelve years ago) link
Rory Gallager was out in the margins by the early 80s.
― Viva Brother Beyond (ithappens), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 11:39 (twelve years ago) link
George Thorogood, certainly. Dire Straits, at a push?
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 11:49 (twelve years ago) link
The were quite a few non-mainstream bands who were fueled by the blues in the 80s, from Captain Beefheart (Doc at the Radar Station, Ice Cream For Crow) on through stuff like the Birthday Party, the Gun Club, the Scientists, the Cramps.
If you're looking at bands coming out of pub rock though, Dire Straits put out Making Movies in 1980 and then obviously went huge from there onwards like what Anagram said. Quo were still scoring plenty of hits, although their harder, blusier songs were behind them, but I sort of think ZZ Top as picking up the boogie baton in the charts from Eliminator onwards. Never exactly trendy this second bunch of bands though.
― French Cricket in the USA (NickB), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 12:04 (twelve years ago) link
in america there were shitloads of those types of bands - mojo nixon, flat duo jets, pussy galore (if you have a wide definition of blues haha), but roots stuff really NEVER goes away in america, it's always there
― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
los lobos....eric clapton i remember being really popular in US as a kid...john fogerty had a big album...the fabulous thunderbirds
― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
stevie ray vaughn, robert cray
the movie Roadhouse, jeff healey band
― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
marty mcfly and chuck berry's band
lee atwater
famous dave's BBQ restaurants
― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
paul reed smith
Want this box really, really badly.
― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
I remember reading in New York Rocker: My Life in the Blank Generation with Blondie, Iggy Pop, and Others, 1974-1981 by Gary Valentine that people from Blondie, Television and Talking Heads were spinning the first Feelgood record at parties a lot. It was one of the few things that had a pretty spare, clean sound. I wonder if they ever played any gigs with Motörhead? Lemmy may have been influenced by them some.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
Motörhead's On Parole was what I was thinking of. I guess it was recorded in 1975 but not released until later.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
Kinda like AC/DC's '74 Jailbreak too!
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
Need more Wilko in this thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVAVuHLH3vg
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 16 April 2012 06:00 (twelve years ago) link
Man that Telecaster is like a +10 to kick ass. Apparently recorded in a schoolyard somewhere in France, 1976,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Q9Zc7nZjw
Best part of this is that Feelgoods drummer Big Figure himself starts replying to the YouTube comments. (and folks call him Mr. Figure)
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 16 April 2012 06:26 (twelve years ago) link
Me on the Feelgoods' only number one (live) album: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/dr-feelgood-stupidity.html
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Saturday, 9 June 2012 23:41 (eleven years ago) link
pushing this one back up for Sunday morning readers.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Sunday, 10 June 2012 08:45 (eleven years ago) link
rightly.
― Mark G, Sunday, 10 June 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
Watching the DVD from the box now. Brilleaux really is a terrifying coked-up psycho in the Kursaal footage.
― 誤訳侮辱, Monday, 11 June 2012 01:16 (eleven years ago) link
Oof.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jan/09/wilko-johnson-terminal-cancer
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
well that fucking sucks
― impound the alarm (NickB), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
Shit. Apparently he used to have a residency at the Standard in Walthamstow (now closed down) but this seems to have stopped prior to me moving there, so I never got to see him.
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
Very sad news. I sold my Feelgoods vinyl somewhere along the line, and I really need to start recollecting some of their music.
― Rocking Disco Santa (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
Bad time for iconic guitarists what with Vini Reilly being in some difficulty. Hope he can keep on going and make the most of his remaining time. If you haven't seen 'Oil City Confidential' get to it, Wilko's quite an extraordinary character.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
Was coming here to post that. I voted the All Through the City: With Wilko 1974-77 box my #1 reissue of last year in The Wire's critics poll. Really wish Oil City Confidential would get a US DVD release.
― 誤訳侮辱, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
Damn.
― scattered to the nine vectors (snoball), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
no!
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
gutted to hear this... really sad for the guy..
Big respect to him for his decision to forego Chemo and spend his last few months playing and recording..
― Talcum Mucker, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
still the best thing ever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rViBFgjChH0
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
Love how that's the clip everyone goes for, but then again, it really does say it all.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
In that clip Wilko looks like a third Davies brother that the parents kept chained in the attic.
― 誤訳侮辱, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno the one I always think of is Roxette on maybe the Old Grey Whistle Test? That's fucking awesome as well.
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 21:02 (eleven years ago) link
i was just thinking that too...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1VwjWXefFs
― Talcum Mucker, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
sad news, what a great player
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
yup, roxette is thee one but i've watched it so many times i've worn out the dvd.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
After watching Oil City Confidential I kinda understand the decision - he's crammed several lifetimes into one. Fucking hell, absolutely one-of-a-kind Character.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 10 January 2013 04:30 (eleven years ago) link
Wilko & The Blockheads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS5bxk89gQg
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 10 January 2013 04:31 (eleven years ago) link
Wilko shows you how to play The Riff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPg9P1q2icA
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 10 January 2013 04:34 (eleven years ago) link
Level 5 guitar geek video of Wilko's black-and-red Telecaster being restored.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LWaYFPX1No
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 10 January 2013 04:43 (eleven years ago) link
Four farewell UK dates announced in March: London Koko, Bilston (West Midlands), Holmfirth (West Yorkshire) and Glasgow.
http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/wilkojohnson/tour2013.htm
― mike t-diva, Friday, 18 January 2013 11:30 (eleven years ago) link
looked through thread for a reference to the following, didn't find none…
was watching the beginning of game of Thrones, and saw a familiar face: "shit, that looks like Wilko!" he plays a mute soldier…
thought that he must regard being on that show like walking around in the kind of Roger Dean album cover that he would have actively despised in Doc FG's heyday…
― veronica moser, Friday, 18 January 2013 11:53 (eleven years ago) link
link dnw
― Mark G, Friday, 18 January 2013 12:14 (eleven years ago) link
xpost -- Nah he gets to chop off heads and the like. Good for the aggression.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 January 2013 13:31 (eleven years ago) link
he seems like a great guy:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21187740
― Neil S, Friday, 25 January 2013 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
Tonight on Radio 4 at 1915 GMT.
― stirmonster, Friday, 25 January 2013 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry for the bad form of posting one's own piece. I went to meet Wilko in Southend this week.
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Saturday, 2 February 2013 10:01 (eleven years ago) link
You saw his battlements! I've often wondered about them.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 2 February 2013 10:18 (eleven years ago) link