I don't think you could sit down and think I want to make an album with a certain person - that one happened because circumstances brought us together and it worked. It was a moment in time that came together and happened right. Her renowned biographies include Typical Girls The Story of The Slits, Barbed Wire Kisses - The Jesus and Mary Chain Story, Stevie Nicks Visions, Dreams. ![]() You think a lot of things when you're about to die, and I thought I'd have a pretty good time - and then to make an album with Roger Daltrey, yeah, it was pretty good too. I didn't think I'd be alive to see it released. So there I was, my life coming to an end, and I thought this would be the last thing I would ever do. So we'd come from similar musical origins. In fact Roger told me that The Who were very influenced by Johnny Kid and the Pirates, as were Feelgood. Feelgood The Wilko Johnson And Lew Lewis Band Wilko Johnson & Solid Senders. At that moment, you couldn't think of a better singer to work with than Roger - we both come from the same musical background. Dave Eringa brought this together, I thought it would be a good time bash to say bye bye, but everyone got on great and it was a lot of fun. It was quite strange doing it, it was very enjoyable. The doctors had originally given me ten months to live, and it was actually in the eleventh month we did the album - I was already in extra time. Let's do that album! I said, oh man, we better do it quick. But then came clashes with other band members, who had begun to drink heavily, and Johnson, amphetamine-fuelled guardian of the band’s basic R&B style. A long time ago in the conversation Roger had suggested doing something together and nothing had ever come of it, and Roger came back when he found I had got cancer. ![]() He was a member of the pub rock/rhythm and blues band Dr. Roger came steaming in when he heard I'd got cancer. Wilko Johnson (born John Peter Wilkinson, 12 July 1947) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter and occasional actor. The way that whole thing came together was just so fortuitous.
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