Wilko Johnson plays a vintage Fender Telecaster without using a pick, something that enables him to play rhythm guitar and riffs or solos at the same time, resulting in a highly percussive guitar style. Another reason for his unique style is that he is naturally left-handed, but plays guitar right-handed. His style - which allowed him to move around abruptly on stage with the jerky movements of an automaton without the fear of losing his pick - evolved from a failed attempt to copy Mick Green of Johnny Kidd and The Pirates, a guitarist he admired. During mid-song guitar breaks he would frequently wander across the stage and cut in front of the singer (usually playing a harmonica) with the aid of an unusually long guitar lead from his amplifier. He maintained this style even after leaving Dr. Feelgood… - wiki
Musicians:
Bass, Vocals – Russel Strutter / Drums, Vocals – Alex Bines / Keyboards – Micky Gallagher / Vocals, Guitar – Wilko Johnson
trax:
01 Bottle Up & Go 02 Cairo Blues 03 Down By The Waterside 04 Ice On The Motorway 05 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window 06 Leave My Woman Alone 07 When I'm Gone 08 All Right 09 Keep It Out Of Sight 10 Long Tall Texan 11 The Whammy 13 She Does It Right (free 7' with Ice On The Highway) 14 Back In The Night (free 7' with Ice On The Highway)
Recorded at MM Studios, Wakering during July, 1980. "The Whammy" recorded live at the Hope and Anchor, Nov '79, for the Albion LP "The London R & B Sessions".
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5 comments:
Bonus:
Bonus Floyd Lee
- Mean Blues (2002)
- Aint Doin Nothing Wrong (2003)
No idea where I picked this up but it was quite a few years back. This is as downhome blues as you can get it. I don't know much about him but it's damn good blues.
I don't know much about Lee except that he was born in 1935. There are lots of outfits calling themselves blues bands these days, but this is the real deal, raw and ripped straight from the soul. No fast guitar showing off or slick production, tere’s true greatness here!
Floyd Lee website: http://www.floydlee.com/index.html
Mean Blues
http://www64.zippyshare.com/v/60490290/file.html
1. Down in Lamar
2. How Low Can You Go
3. Mean Blues
4. High Maintenance Woman
5. Devil At Your Doorstep
6. Third Degree Charm
7. See Saw Sally
8. Lose My Number
9. Hard Working Woman
10. Pea Patch Blues
11. When You Break a Young Girls' Heart
12. Come Home
Aint Doin Nothing Wrong
http://www64.zippyshare.com/v/19695118/file.html
1 Ridin' on Empty
2 In Trouble Again
3 Red Sun
4 Tell Me, Baby!
5 Crack Alley
6 Someday
7 Bad Little Girls
8 Am I Tough Enough?
9 Tie a String
10 My Weakness
11 Nowhere Is Where I Belong
12 Sometimes I Love You
13 Got Love Now Waitin'
14 Shake Your Moneymaker
15 Can't Stand to See You Go
Wilko Johnson "Ice On The Motorway"
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BONUS:
VAN MORRISON - Into The Music ’79 @320
http://www73.zippyshare.com/v/22427729/file.html
Into the Music may not seem like a great Van Morrison record, one of his very best, upon first listen, especially if you're trying to compare it to such masterpieces as Astral Weeks and Moondance, or even Tupelo Honey. Yet this is certainly one of his best records, one that is quietly winning and thoroughly ingratiating, sounding stronger, even irresistible, with each new spin. In a sense, this is the definitive post-classic-era Morrison, since it summarizes all of his attributes while showcasing each at a peak. Musically, this is a little harder and rootsier than its two predecessors, but only a little; this is still remarkably relaxed music, where the charm is in its ease of delivery and compositions. The difference, there's more grit in the performances, more substance in the songs, letting Van the craftsman shine through along with his spirituality and grace. There may be no masterworks on the level of his early-'70s records, but these are deft, subtle songs that are full-bodied songs, unlike their counterparts on this album's immediate predecessors or successors. There's little question that this is not a knockout record, and some could even be excused if they find its charms elusive -- but once you've entered Van's sizable cult, few records sound as much like Morrison as this, a record that served as culmination of where he was coming from and served as blueprint for where he was going.
Some really fantastic, eclectic stuff here! Thanks!
Thanks so much for Van and the Magnolias, guys. What a fine way to start the new week.
Iggy
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