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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
The band took a hiatus in 1977 after three of its members, including singer Ronnie Van Zant, died in a plane crash. In 1987, Lynyrd Skynyrd reformed as a tribute tour to prompt the band's rebirth.
Andy Fraser left the band in 1972 and formed Sharks. Free recorded one more album, Heartbreaker, before disbanding in 1973; Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke went on to co-form the more successful rock supergroup Bad Company. [8] Paul Kossoff formed Back Street Crawler in 1973, but died from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 25 in 1976. [9]
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 ...
Lee Brilleaux (born Lee John Collinson; 10 May 1952 – 7 April 1994) [1] was an English rhythm-and-blues singer and musician with the band Dr. Feelgood.. Lee John Collinson was born in Durban, South Africa, to English parents, [2] was brought up in Ealing, and moved to Canvey Island with his family when he was 13. [3]
The Goonies actor and his band spent much of last summer traveling around the country for the Loservile Tour, which wrapped at the end of August. Fans took to Feldman’s replies to share their ...