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Tag Archives: Roger Daltrey
Wilko Johnson / Glenn Tilbrook – Warrington Parr Hall
Some 15 months after my last visit to the Parr Hall, and 25 years after a brief stint working in this North West town, I was back in Warrington for a night of quality musicianship and maximum R&B. Last time … Continue reading
From Bombay to Sala Apolo, o’er the hills and far away – the Norman Watt-Roy interview
I should warn you before you get any further that there’s an underlying current of adulation in this here feature/interview. Another day and another musical hero brought to book (or the WonderWeb in this case), as I spend an all-too-quick … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Blow Your Mind, Bombay, Charlie Charles, Derek Hussey, Dylan Howe, Gilad Atzmon, Glencoe, Glenn Tilbrook, Ian Dury, John Turnbull, Living Daylights, London, loving Awareness, Madness, Mickey Gallagher, Norman Watt-Roy, Roger Daltrey, Spike Milligan, Stiff Records, The Blockheads, The Clash, The Greatest Show on Earth, Vic Sweeney, Wilko Johnson
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Playing the mind guerilla – back in touch with Wilko Johnson
Five years after being diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, R’n’B guitar legend Wilko Johnson is still very much with us, in the form of his life, and more than happy to talk about the power of rock’n’roll and survival against all … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Blockheads, Canvey Island, Chess, Dr Feelgood, Dylan Howe, Essex, Game of Thrones, Hugh Cornwell, Ian Dury, JJ Burnel, Madness, Manchester Academy, Mollie Marriott, Norman Watt-Roy, R'n'B, Roger Daltrey, Southend, The Jam, The Stranglers, The Who, Wilko Johnson
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Talking ’bout that Who generation – back in conversation with Richard Houghton
Did you happen to catch a band called The High Numbers in Greenford, West London, in 1963? They were regulars at the Oldfield Hotel around then, still playing there the following year, by which time they’d changed name to The … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Bath, Blackpool, Bob Pridden, Brighton, Derby, Greenford, Harrow, I Was There, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Loughborough, Manchester, Morecambe, Pete Townshend, Pink Floyd, Rawtenstall, Richard Houghton, Roger Daltrey, Shepherd's Bush, Stafford, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Wedding Present, The Who, Wealdstone, Wem, Wembley
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Looking back with the ultimate R’n’B survivor – the Wilko Johnson interview
I reckon Wilko Johnson forgot I was calling. Either that or he was just wrapped up in the book he was reading, Thomas Middleton’s early 17th century play, The Revenger’s Tragedy, enjoying time to himself back at home in Southend before … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged A Matter of Life and Death, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Blockheads, Cambridge, Canvey Island, Charlie Chyann, Chess, Colne, Dr Feelgood, Dylan Howe, Essex, Game of Thrones, Great British R'n'B Festival, Ian Dury, JJ Burnel, john Donne, Johnny Kidd, Julien Temple, lancashire, Norman Watt-Roy, rhythm and blues, Roger Daltrey, Rolling Stones, Southend, The Jam, The Pirates, The Seventh Seal, The Stranglers, The Who, Thomas Middleton, Wilko Johnson, Zoe Howe
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