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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Don't You Leave Me Here
- Looking Back at Me
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Film & TV
Known for
- In a Silent Way — Self2020
- The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson — Himself2015
- Dr. Feelgood - All Through the City (with Wilko 1974-1977) — Performer2013
- Evidently... John Cooper Clarke — Himself2012
- Punk Britannia at the BBC — Self2012
- Game of Thrones — Ilyn Payne2011
- Oil City Confidential — Wilko2009
- Ian Dury & The Blockheads: Hold On To Your Structure - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon2003
- The Old Grey Whistle Test in Concert: Ian Dury and the Blockheads Live at the Dominion Theatre — Self1980
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- 23,491
- Total plays
- 259,758
Tags
pub rockrockbluesrhythm and bluesRock and Roll
Wilko Johnson (born John Peter Wilkinson in Canvey Island, Essex, on 12 July 1947; died 21 November 2022) 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 1970s. Johnson was known for his distinctive guitar playing style which he achieved by not using a pick but instead relying on fingerstyle in a way that enabled him to play rhythm guitar and riffs or solos at the same time creating a highly percussive g
Official website
Unlocking the Power of Wilko Johnson: A Journey Through Music and Life
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Canvey Island
- Place of death
- Westcliff-on-Sea
- Occupation
- autobiographer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- United Artists Records
- Official website
- www.wilkojohnson.com
- Image
- Wilko Johnson en 2008.jpg
Show 12 more facts
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1947-07-12
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- birth name
- John Andrew Wilkinson
- Commons category
- Wilko Johnson
- social media followers
- 20138
- date of death
- 2022-11-21
- end of work period
- 2022-00-00
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- name in native language
- Wilko Johnson
- influenced by
- Mick Green
- medical condition
- pancreatic cancer
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