2011 blues festival that should have been! On Friday, January 11, 2013 7:17:10 AM UTC, Jurgenhaim wrote:
> Yes I saw this on Facebook. Wilco actually headlined our island's one and > only blues festival in 2012. > He was making a comeback too, very sad news indeed ! > Dr Feelgood were a great band, live in particular. > A documentary of their rise to fame was produced some years back, "Oil > City Confidential". > I think MLB may have seen them live during their early days. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaybV46MA6E > > On Thursday, January 10, 2013 10:05:23 PM UTC, C.R. Domino wrote: > >> Dr. Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson has terminal cancer >> >> Jan. 8, 2013, 7:00 PM EST >> >> By Marc Schneider, N.Y. , Billboard >> >> >> Billboard -- Influential guitarist Wilko Johnson, formerly of British pub >> rock band Dr. Feelgood, has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer >> and only has months to live. Announcing the news on Facebook, Johnson's >> manager Robert Hoy said the rocker had decided against chemotherapy. >> >> "He is currently in good spirits, is not yet suffering any physical >> effects and can expect to enjoy at least another few months of reasonable >> health and activity," Hoy said. >> >> The guitarist will spend those months performing in Japan and France, >> followed by a series of farewell shows in the UK. A final studio album is >> also in the works, according to Hoy's statement. >> >> Johnson co-founded Dr. Feelgood in 1971 and performed on the band's first >> four studio albums, including 1975's "Down By the Jetty" and their lone UK >> No. 1, 1976's "Stupidity." His no-pick, open handed playing technique and >> frantic stage persona were integral to the band's appeal. The group's >> back-to-basics R&B/rock style eased the path from glam to punk. >> >> Since leaving Dr. Feelgood in 1977, Johnson has gone on to front his own >> band, The Wilko Johnson Band, and he was briefly a member of Ian Dury and >> the Blockheads. >> >> Music aside, Johnson has branched into acting in recent years and scored >> the role as a mute executioner on HBO's "Game of Thrones." He appeared in >> four episodes of the hit fantasy series. "Next up I'd like to play a bit of >> Shakespeare," he said in a 2011 interview with the Halstead Gazette. "I'm a >> bit old for Romeo or Hamlet, but King Lear perhaps?" >> >> Full Statement on Johnson's Health: >> >> *I am very sad to announce that Wilko has recently been diagnosed with >> terminal cancer of the pancreas. He has chosen not to receive any >> chemotherapy. He is currently in good spirits, is not yet suffering any >> physical effects and can expect to enjoy at least another few months of >> reasonable health and activity. He has just set off on a trip to Japan; on >> his return we plan to complete a new CD, make a short tour of France, then >> give a series of farewell gigs in the UK. There is also a live DVD in the >> pipeline, filmed on the last UK tour. Wilko wishes to offer his sincere >> thanks for all the support he has had over his long career, from those who >> have worked with him to, above all, those devoted fans and admirers who >> have attended his live gigs, bought his recordings and generally made his >> life such an extraordinarily full and eventful experience. Thank you. >> Robert Hoy (Manager)* >> >
