FeelgoodвЂ™s lead guitarist, Wilko Johnson, went out on a final tour and survived it. If this hugely enjoyable, old-school R&B album does turn out to be WilkoвЂ™s last, then it will stand as a fine testament to his talent. EditorsвЂ™ Notes Upon learning he had 10 months to live in 2013, Dr. Only Turned 21 вЂ“ a tender ballad poignantly sung by Daltrey вЂ“ breaks away from tough Canvey Island R&B.

Ice On The Motorway, the title track from JohnsonвЂ™s little-known 1981 album, provides another chance for his jerky guitar style to shine, bolstered by stabs of organ from Talbot. In fact, it had everything one could expect until Вѕ done when Wilko Johnson, fresh from an album with Roger Daltrey, a Q Magazine Icon award, and an 11-hour. Wilko Johnson, legendary guitarist with Canvey Island pub rock pioneers Dr Feelgood, and Roger Daltrey, lead singer of rock giants The Who will release a. The crowd bounced, Hussey snarled, Watt-Roy dripped (he must be the most active, intense bass player of a certain age on planet Earth). Going Back Home features versions of some of Johnsons Feelgood-era songs as well as later Wilko faves, and his look-Ma-no-plectrum guitar chops are blistering. Two other Feelgoods favourites, SneakinвЂ™ Suspicion and Keep It Out Of Sight, are also tackled, with Wilko at his best, machine-gunning his trusty Telecaster on the former. The Blockheads played a great mix of old and new.

Daltrey growls his way through the opening title track over WilkoвЂ™s thrashed-out riff, ably assisted by a mean harmonica solo from Weston, while the concluding All Through The City has some great jagged playing from Wilko. There is no attempt to innovate on Going Back Home, nor is it filled with ruminations on life and death instead this album is a celebration of JohnsonвЂ™s work and opens and closes with new versions of Feelgoods classics.

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