I was the guitarist (and later fronted) Coventry University rock band Headless between 19. I was born in 1971 in Shipley (near Bradford), West Yorkshire and started playing guitar aged 15. Johnson tours the UK with support from Joanne Shaw Taylor later this month. The Life and Times of Chris (Wilko) Johnson Chris is the guitarist with Coventry (UK) based originals band BAiT and covers band Kill Clouseau. Johnson is known for his distinctive guitar playing style which he achieved by not using a pick but instead relying on fingerstyle. 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. He was a member of the pub rock/rhythm and blues band Dr. “I thought, ‘I’m always gonna dig this stuff!’ Now that I’m old I can confirm this – the kick I get from hearing it remains undiminished after more than 50 years.” Wilko Johnson (born John Peter Wilkinson, 12 July 1947) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter and occasional actor. Hailed as a unique, vibrant and hotly anticipated autobiography of the former Dr Feelgood guitarist, British R&B legend and proto-punk pioneer, the autobiography is written and collated with acclaimed music writer Zoë Howe. With the book out 26 May, Wilko is joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat from 12.30pm BST on Tuesday 31 May. Great music performed by a whole galaxy of great musicians. Wilko Johnson will released his official autobiography Looking Back On Me on Wednesday May 30th, 2012. B efore John Lydon’s wild eyes alerted the world to punk, there were Wilko Johnson’s: two saucers on splints, sticking out of a handsome Easter Island head, on an angular body firing away on the. Johnson says: “When I was a teenager learning to play guitar in the 1960s, I first heard the amazing sounds to be found on the Chess label.
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