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Dr. Feelgood are an English pub rock band from Canvey Island, Essex.Formed in January 1971, the group originally consisted of lead vocalist, harmonicist and slide guitarist Lee Brilleaux (real name Lee Collinson), lead guitarist and second vocalist Wilko Johnson (real name John Wilkinson), bassist John B. "Sparko" Sparks, pianist John Potter and drummer Terry "Bandsman" Howarth.
The band with Mayo were never as popular as when Johnson was in the line-up, yet they went on to enjoy their only top ten hit single in 1979 with "Milk and Alcohol". Johnson, who died in 2022, [8] went on to form the group Solid Senders before joining Ian Dury and the Blockheads in 1980. Guitarist Steve Walwyn in Barcelona, 18 March 2009
John Andrew Wilkinson (12 July 1947 – 21 November 2022), better known by the stage name Wilko Johnson, was an English guitarist, singer, songwriter and occasional actor.. He was a member of the pub rock/rhythm and blues band Dr. Feelgood in the 197
Founded by guitarist Dave Hlubek in 1973, every single original member of the band is dead as of 2020, and the “Molly Hatchet” name is now owned by guitarist Bobby Ingram, who replaced Hlubek ...
The song "Feels So Good" became a rare instrumental Top Ten hit, reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978. [14] The band was also featured with a 70-piece orchestra on the live album An Evening of Magic, which was recorded at the Hollywood Bowl on July 16, 1978, at the height of Mangione's success from "Feels So Good". Performances of ...
Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band, has died. He was 87. Hudson died early Tuesday in a nursing home near Woodstock, New York, his former manager, Jim Della Croce, confirmed to ...
On 13 December 2022, drummer and founding member Sol Amarfio died at the age of 84. [8] In June 2023, long-time Osibisa bass player, sometimes keyboard player and producer Victor Mensah died at the age of 66, after a protracted illness. Founding member Teddy Osei, singer, saxophonist and drummer, died on January 14, 2025, in London. He was 88. [9]
After that performance, Byrd and Brown brought the band to a studio session where they recorded the famous funk hit "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine." [ 11 ] When The Famous Flames were still together, Byrd and Brown co-formed the production company Fair Deal to distribute The Famous Flames' recordings—and Brown's own solo recordings ...