And it's a bloody good feeling being alive. I'm just sitting here in my room, and I love this room, and ain't this nice just sitting here? And I realised: you are alive and you are existing in the moment. And I thought: 'I love being in my room.' Normally, I'd be sitting there thinking: 'My room is very groovy … but I'm really hung up about this.' I'd be worrying away about some rubbish. "I've got my room really nice, and it feels great sitting in there with my things around me. "Normally I suffer from depression, and I thought maybe this was a reaction, but then a few nights later I was sitting in my room upstairs," he said. He told the Guardian last year that the knowledge he had terminal cancer had given him a sense of freedom. “Because of that inconsiderate lump inside you.Since his diagnosis, Johnson has continued to tour, and has dates booked through to 15 March around the world. “You mean me dying?” Johnson laughs “Yes,” says Roger. This record has a freshness that can only come from the pressures we’re under.” “I’m very proud of this album,” adds Daltrey who is donating his royalties from the album to a Teen Cancer charity “So much music today is over polished. I can’t keep gushing, but I saw The Who in 1969 when I was at university.
“I was meant to die in October and now I’ve recorded this with Roger. There is also a hidden gem, the heart-wrenching ballad Turned 21, which has never been properly released or performed live.įor Wilko, who has faced down his cancer with admirable good humour and steely courage, Going Back Home represents a dream fulfilled at the end of his life.
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The album mostly features re-makes of vintage Wilko gems, including the Feelgoods’ All Through The City, Keep It Out Of Sight and Going Back Home – the latter co-written in 1975 with Johnny Kidd & The Pirates’ guitarist Mick Green – plus Everybody’s Carrying A Gun, originally recorded by his post-Feelgoods group The Solid Senders, and the solo ‘80s rockers Ice On The Motorway and I’m Going To Keep It To Myself. Wilko Johnson, legendary guitarist with Canvey Island rock pioneers Dr Feelgood, and Roger Daltrey, lead singer of rock giants The Who, are set to release a special Going Back Home, Deluxe Edition digitally on November 25 and physically on December 9 through Universal Music Enterprises (UMe). “Everyone got on famously,” says Johnson, “it was a great atmosphere.” Having his say: The Who's Roger Daltry has taken a swipe at today's 'woke generation. Wilko credits the producer, Dave Eringa, with pulling it all together in such a short time. In a new Interview, the lead singer, 77, added that he feels 'privileged' to have grown up in a 'golden era'.
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The album was recorded last November in a week, using Wilko’s crack touring band of Blockheads bassist Norman Watt-Roy and drummer Dylan Howe, with ex-Style Council and Dexy’s keyboardist Mick Talbot also guesting. Unfortunate name for a place, but a great studio.” “He knew this lovely little studio called Yellow Fish in Uckfield. “Roger jumped up and said, ‘Let’s do it,’” says Johnson. When The Who finished a sold-out world tour Daltrey was delighted to discover that, mercifully, Wilko was still well enough to fulfil their ambition of making an album together. The guitarist – riding high after Julien Temple’s acclaimed Dr Feelgood documentary Oil City Confidential – seized upon the opportunity to make the most of his time left. Then in January 2013 Wilko was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and told he had just months to live. They decided on the spot it would be a great idea to collaborate together on an album but both being busy men, the idea drifted away. That heavy power trio sound, backing up a singer it’s a British institution. Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey have made an album together. “They’d been a big influence on both our bands. “It turned out we both loved Johnny Kidd & The Pirates,” says Roger, name-checking the turn-of-‘60s creators of Shakin’ All Over and Please Don’t Touch. The album’s roots began in 2010 when Roger and Wilko found themselves sitting together at an awards ceremony talking about raucous old school British rhythm & blues. Keep On Loving You (Wilko Johnson, Norman Watt-Roy, Salvatore Ramundo)Ĭan You Please Crawl Out Your Window (Bob Dylan) The album features 11 tracks, ten of which are Wilko originals from both his Dr Feelgood days and solo years, whilst the sole cover on the album is a version of Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited classic ‘Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window’.Įverybody’s Carrying A Gun (Wilko Johnson) Wilko Johnson, legendary guitarist with Canvey Island pub rock pioneers Dr Feelgood, and Roger Daltrey, lead singer of rock giants The Who released a joint album ‘Going Back Home’ on March 10th on the world famous Chess label which has been resurrected especially for the purpose.
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