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Tag Archives: Dr Feelgood
Album review: JAMES OLIVER – Live In The USA
Pete Feenstra chatted to James Oliver for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in November 2022. Bandcamp [Release date 05.10.22] From the the exuberant count-in of ‘T Bone Shuffle’ to the rip roaring finish of ‘It Wasn’t Me’, James Oliver’s ‘Live … Continue reading
Album review: DR FEELGOOD – Damn Right!
Grand Records [Release date: 04.11.2022] Before we get on to the album review, there’s something we need to clear up. Calling the current incarnation of Dr Feelgood a tribute act is just too harsh. Whist some have pointed to the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Damn Right!, Dr Feelgood, r'n'b, review, rhythm and blues, rock
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Album review: DR FEELGOOD – Greatest Hits
Grand Records [Release date 02.04.21] This compilation marks the 50th anniversary of Dr Feelgood, the Canvey Island rhythm and blues maestros originally led by the incendiary guitarist Wilko Johnson and gravel-voiced frontman/harmonica player Lee Brilleaux. The band was at its … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Canvey Island, Dr Feelgood, Lee Brilleaux, r'n'b, review, Wilko Johnson
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Album review: DADDY LONG LEGS – Lowdown Ways
Yep Roc Records [Release date 10.05.19] Lowdown Ways is the third studio album from New York’s Daddy Long Legs – a rambunctious blues trio spewing their contemporary take on speed-infused blues as garagey as topless calendars and oily rags. Featuring … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues rock, Daddy Long Legs, Dr Feelgood, garage rock, Johnny Cash, Lowdown Ways, review, rock
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Album review: THE BETTERDAYS – Backlash
NTB Records [Release date 14.09.18] The Betterdays were the South West’s leading British r&b band in the mid-60′s. They paid their dues, did the mileage, filled the clubs and enthusiastically played a compelling mixture of rhythm and blues, all neatly … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alexis Korner, Backlash, Bo Diddley, Bob Pitcher, Chuck Berry, Dick Taylor, Dr Feelgood, Jerry Lee lewis, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Manfred Mann, Mike Hayne, Mike Weston, Phil May, review, rhythm and blues, The Animals, The Betterdays, The Pretty Things, The Rolling Stones, Willie Dixon
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Gig review: THE GREAT BRITISH ROCK & BLUES FESTIVAL, Skegness, 19-22 January 2018
I’ve enjoyed various Butlins music weekends over the years but 2018 will be the first where I’ve done two such weekends on the trot. My Butlins blow-out started off with the Rock & Blues weekend in Skegness – with just … Continue reading
Gig review: WILKO JOHNSON BAND – Royal Albert Hall, London, 26 September 2017
The Royal Albert Hall, with its storied boxes, swivel chairs and cavernous auditorium wouldn’t be the most obvious choice for a Wilko Johnson gig. Then again, this is no ordinary gig. Wilko is celebrating his 70th birthday, coinciding with the … Continue reading
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Tagged 26 September 2017, Dr Feelgood, Dylan Howe, gig, John Cooper Clarke, live, Norman Watt-Roy, review, Royal Albert Hall, Wilko Johnson Band
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Album review: WILKO JOHNSON – I Keep it to Myself – The Best Of Wilko Johnson
Chess [Release date: 10.03.17] A new Wilko Johnson best of. What’s not to like? Well, despite the strength of the material, even a die-hard fan such as myself might legitimately ask whether this new collection adds anything significant to the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, best of, Dr Feelgood, Dylan Howe, Keep it to Myself, Norman Watt-Roy, review, Wilko Johnson
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Gig review: WILKO JOHNSON – The Forum, London, 23 April 2016
Support came from the prodigiously talented Joanne Shaw Taylor, who commands a sufficient following of her own to headline decent sized venues. As such, it was no surprise that the Forum was pretty rammed for her set. Nor that she … Continue reading
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Tagged 23 April 2016, Dr Feelgood, gig, Joanne Shaw Taylor, live, Norman Watt-Roy, review, The Forum, Wilko Johnson
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DVD review: THE ECSTASY OF WILKO JOHNSON
Cadiz Music [Release date 21.12.15] This is a work of bizarre genius. What was presumably conceived by film and music director Julien Temple as an epitaph for Wilko Johnson has turned out to be an uplifting story of life-affirmation. Not … Continue reading
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Tagged Canvey Island, Dr Feelgood, DVD, film, Julien Temple, review, The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson, Wilko Johnson
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Gig review: WILKO JOHNSON – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 26 April 2015
You could be forgiven for thinking that nothing has changed. Wilko is touring relentlessly, just like he always did. He’s currently two months into a year-long jaunt entitled ‘Still Kickin’ – the comeback tour. That’s ‘comeback’ in the Lazarus sense … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr Feelgood, gig, live, Norman Watt-Roy, review, Shepherd's Bush Empire, Wilko Johnson
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Gig review: WILKO JOHNSON – Ritz, Manchester, 18 March 2015
For the second time in as many years I have the pleasure of watching a show by Wilko Johnson, by now I’m sure everyone knows of his incredible journey in the past two years which has taken him from being … Continue reading
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Tagged 18 March 2015, Dr Feelgood, Eight Rounds Rapid, gig, Manchester, review, Ritz, rock, Wilko Johnson
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Album review: THE SHARPEES – Mississippi Thrill
Sharpees [Release date 12.05.14] Influenced in equal measure by George Thorogood, Dr. Feelgood, Rory Gallagher and Tom Petty’s melodic sensibilities, The Sharpees are a straight to the vein shot of self penned, guitar driven rhythm and blues. ‘Mississippi Thrill’ pushes … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Bad Influence, Baz Payne, Brian Willoughby, Cathryn Craig, Chuck Leavell, Dr Feelgood, George Thorogood, Ian Dury, Mississippi Thrill, Paul Cox, Peter Green, rhythm & blues, Richard Hayes, Roger Cotton, Rolling Stones, Rory Gallagher, Spencer Blackledge, The Sharpees, The Strawbs, Tom Petty
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Album review: WILKO JOHNSON – The Best Of Wilko Johnson
Cadiz Records – [Release Date 14.04.14 ] And suddenly everything is Wilko, from Julian Temple’s documentary film and a live DVD and doc, to an autobiography, several high profile ‘farewell’ shows and now this definitive double album. Truth be told, … Continue reading
Gig Review: STATUS QUO – 02 Academy, Glasgow, 9 April 2014
This is the second night of a two night stint in Glasgow by the Frantic Four and the denim clad Quo Army are once again out in force. After the one-off reunion tour in 2013 proved to be such a … Continue reading
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Tagged 02 Academy, 9th April 2014, Alan Lancaster, Dr Feelgood, Francis Rossi, Frantic Four, gig, Glasgow, Glasgow Apollo, John Coghlan, live, Norm Watt-Roy, Quo, review, Rick Parfitt, Status Quo, Wilko Johnson
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DVD review: WILKO JOHNSON – Live At Koko
Cadiz Music [Release date 18.12.13] The biggest weight of expectation on a night of high emotion probably lay in the lap of the multi-camera crew, rather than the band themselves. For on a night that happily didn’t turn out to … Continue reading
Album Review: THE IT*MEN – Greatest Hits
Stow House Records [Release Date 2013] Such is the unlikely life story and desperate pun off the album title, that you do start to wonder if the whole The It* Men thing is a spoof, or a thinly disguised reference … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Gmetro, Bo Diddley, Dr Feelgood, garage rock, Greatest Hits, Iron Butterfly, Jim Morrison, Ken Janssen, MC5, Motorhead, review, The It*Men, The Tubes
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Album review: NICK LOWE – Quality Street
Proper Records (released 28th October) Nick Lowe has had a long and varied career, with ‘Cruel To Be Kind’ perhaps his best known hit, that and ‘Milk And Alcohol’ he co-wrote with Dr. Feelgood, plus he’s worked with Elvis Costello, … Continue reading
Album review: THE NEW GROOVE – Quit Bitchin’
The New Groove Records [Released 10:12) If passion and commitment equated money, The New Groove would be millionaires. ‘Quit Bitchin’ delivers 10 belting rhythm and blues related tracks that mix hot playing and meaningful lyrics with … Continue reading
Gig review: WILKO JOHNSON Koko, Camden, Wednesday 6th March 2013
There was never any doubt that this would be a life-affirming gig. Wilko Johnson has been a focused, intense and immersed performer for the best part of 40 years. The scope for mental or physical weakness was simply not on … Continue reading
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Tagged Camden, Dr Feelgood, Koko, Wilko Johnson
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