Talk:Wilko Johnson

Style
'Such a style - which also made it easier to move around abruptly on stage with the jerky movements of an automaton without the fear of losing his pick - was probably derived, at least in part, from blues-oriented American fingerstyle guitar.'

I think it equally likely that his unique style is due to the fact that he is left-handed but plays right-handed. Will have to find evidence to back this up.Bigfatspider 21:35, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

What a sad, horrible, badly written, ungrammatical, ill-informed, thin article. I know, I know - fix it. Yeah. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.2.230.224 (talk) 04:38, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Backwards chronology?
The Wilko Johnson Band played at the 'Front Row Festival', 1977, ... The Hope & Anchor Front Row Festival compilation album (March 1978) ... A couple of years later Wilko joined Ian Dury's band, The Blockheads. He then formed the Wilko Johnson Band... having traveled back in time? 81.131.10.146 (talk) 01:29, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Leaving Dr Feelgood
The BBC have published an interview with Johnson, giving his version of events surrounding his departure from the Dr Feelgood: might be worth incoporating into the article ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 12:20, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Wilko as a teacher
Wilko was an English teacher at my school (King John in Benfleet) while I was a pupil. He used to get on the same bus as me but got off one stop earlier so he could have a cigarette walking the last short distance to school. As a teacher he didn't seem highly motivated, he had longish, straggly hair and always seemed to be wearing black trousers and a purple velvet jacket - he had very much a hippy look back then. In the summer he occasionally used to get the English Dept record player and an extension lead and take us out onto the playing fields near the classrooms and play us Pink Floyds Dark Side of the Moon LP telling us to write our impressions as homework. He then used to lie on the grass and doze and smoke until it was time to turn the disc over for side 2. We always rumoured the home rolled cigarettes were joints but we didn't know. After he'd left there was an item in our local paper - the Southend Standard- which had a photo of him and his band publicising that they were turning professional and touring, if I recall correctly the band was called Silk City or something like that. Within 3 years of course he was a local hero and I saw the Feelgoods many times with Wilko and also their first gig without him - Gypie Mayo took over - at the Paddocks on Canvey where many were shouting for Wilko and Lee Brilleaux got angry and told us "He don't live on the Island no more" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.102.181.76 (talk) 19:19, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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Wilko as an actor
FYI, Wilko acted in Game of Thrones. Prob worth a mention.Dublinblue (Simon in Dublin) (talk) 13:58, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is already mentioned in the article! JezGrove (talk) 14:03, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * See section on "Acting career". Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:05, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

New BBC interview
Driving at 2 in the morning unexpectedly brought to my ears this on the World Service's Hard Talk:. Maybe some useful update, particularly on his cancer and cure (initiative by a doctor friend who was also amateur rock gig photographer) - probably only available online in the UK and for 11 more months. Davidships (talk) 22:07, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * A fascinating, inspiring, touching and very amusing interview. Thanks so much for adding this. If there is any justice, this should live in for more than 11 months! Martinevans123 (talk) 22:18, 28 October 2017 (UTC) .. great to see Norman gets an unexpected look-in. Stephen Sackur doesn't get much better.

Middle name
Was his middle name Peter or Andrew? Thanks. 205.239.40.3 (talk) 13:16, 28 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Guardian obituary (here - showing it had been corrected on 28 November) gives it as Andrew. Paul W (talk) 22:25, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
 * The National Portrait Gallery here gives "Peter". And I think that's also what appears on his birth certificate. 205.239.40.3 (talk) 22:52, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
 * The Times obituary (here) also gives it as 'Peter' but I guess it has yet to be updated in the way the Guardian source was. Paul W (talk) 23:01, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
 * The New York Times obit here says "Peter". We don't know why The Guardian "corrected". 205.239.40.3 (talk) 11:08, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Anglia Ruskin University also has "Peter" here. As does the Manchester Evening News here. I suspect the answer is contained in his autobiography Looking Back at Me, but it's not searchable online. Does anyone have access to a copy?205.239.40.3 (talk) 13:25, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Andrew, informed by his brother Malcom Wilkinson 2001:861:2054:8F30:C0E5:3548:1AF1:C6EA (talk) 07:20, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, he had a brother called Malcolm: . Maybe he should be mentioned in the article. But where and when did he "inform" about the middle name? Thanks. 205.239.40.3 (talk) 10:43, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Chronology, Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson
I've added an account of Temple’s second documentary film about Johnson, The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson, dealing with his medical issues and sense of mortality. I've rearranged the chronology of the article so the Cancer and Death section becomes the latter part of the Music career section, which ends in 2014. Temple’s documentary and the album with Roger Daltrey follow on from that. Mick gold (talk) 11:03, 16 February 2023 (UTC)