WILKO JOHNSON & ROGER DALTREY

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GOING BACK HOME

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'Wilko Johnson, legendary guitarist with Canvey Island pub rock pioneers Dr Feelgood, and Roger Daltrey, lead singer of rock giants The Who are to release a joint album ‘Going Back Home’ on March 24th on the world famous Chess label which has been resurrected especially for the purpose. The album features 11 tracks, ten of which are Wilko originals from both his Dr Feelgood days and solo years, whilst the sole cover on the album is a version of Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited classic ‘Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window’.

Wilko and Roger will be performing tracks from the album at a very special one off show at The O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on February 25th.

The album’s roots began in 2010 when Roger and Wilko found themselves sitting together at an awards ceremony talking about raucous old school British rhythm & blues. "It turned out we both loved Johnny Kidd & The Pirates," says Roger, name-checking the turn-of-‘60s creators of Shakin’ All Over and Please Don’t Touch. "They’d been a big influence on both our bands. That heavy power trio sound, backing up a singer; it’s a British institution. No-one does that better than us."

They decided on the spot it would be a great idea to collaborate together on an album but both being busy men, the idea drifted away.

Then in January 2013 Wilko was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and told he had just months to live. The guitarist riding high after Julien Temple’s acclaimed Dr Feelgood documentary Oil City Confidential - seized upon the opportunity to make the most of his time left.

The album mostly features re-makes of vintage Wilko gems, including the Feelgoods’ All Through The City, Keep It Out Of Sight and Going Back Home – the latter co-written in 1975 with Johnny Kidd & The Pirates’ guitarist Mick Green – plus Everybody’s Carrying A Gun, originally recorded by his post-Feelgoods group The Solid Senders, and the solo ‘80s rockers Ice On The Motorway and I’m Going To Keep It To Myself. There is also a hidden gem, the heart-wrenching ballad Turned 21, which has never been properly released or performed live.

 

For Wilko, who has faced down his cancer with admirable good humour and steely courage, Going Back Home represents a dream fulfilled at the end of his life. "I’ve had a brilliant year," he says. "I was meant to die in October and now I’ve recorded this with Roger. I can’t keep gushing, but I saw The Who in 1969 when I was at university. He’s a star to me."

"I’m very proud of this album," adds Daltrey who is donating his royalties from the album to a Teen Cancer charity "So much music today is over polished. This record has a freshness that can only come from the pressures we’re under."

 

"You mean me dying?" Johnson laughs "Yes," says Roger. "Because of that inconsiderate lump inside you. Who the hell does it think it is?!".

1st PRESSING

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Tracks-

Side: A

1. Going Back Home

 

2. Ice On The Motorway

 

3. I Keep It To Myself

 

4. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window

 

5. Turned 21

 

6. Keep On Loving You

Side: B

 

7. Some Kind Of Hero

8. Sneaking Suspicion

 

9. Keep It Out Of Sight

 

10. Everybody's Carrying A Gun

 

11. All Through The City

Condition -  MINT / UNPLAYED (SEALED) 

Date – 2014

Cat. No. – CRL2014

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