I'm 59 and I've heard literally hundred of bands, from blues to rap to rock, and even a little classical. I've never heard of these guys until a week ago. I watched them on youtube and immediately bought every one of their cds on amazon. They just blew me away!! Wilko Johnson has now become one of my favorite guitarists of all time....
Hey John, I’m in my late 50s too. I got this band via Wilco, and the amp he is using, a H & H British transistor amp. Which I have. Not much info online about them. Mark Bolan of T Rex , and Bauhous used them.
@@carl1964carl Very popular amps back in the day, we ran them in clubs in the 70s/80s several of my mates had them as pa amps and heads for little stacks. Never had one go down despite some pretty awful neglect. Cool green light too.
No ear monitor, no on screen lyrics... They rock the stage like they don't care. This is pure rock n roll. Superb performance. Wilko Johnson is my new guitar hero in my list.
All the Tv shows preformance. Top of the pops etc....were played over a backing track without vocals. Reason was clarity for the broadcast. so no this was not all live.
@@bruggmanbrandon5272 this is live - its all miked up and Wilko is hitting the odd bum note / sharpening strings too. Those guys couldn't perform to playback convincingly - take a look at any Top of the Pops recording to see that.
I was so fortunate to have seen Dr.Feelgood twice at college shows in upstate NY. Wilco would jump on the tables and play, the combination of him and Lee was mesmerizing. Met Lee after one of the shows, super nice guy. Makes being old worth t.
The band is brilliant ! I discovered them in London in 1974. A british rock crîtic took me at the Dingwalls Camden, thanks to him. I saw Dr Feelgod months later, electric gigs forever...
Lee Brilleaux’s manic vocals and Wilko’s guitar work were a match made in heaven. All those who describe the Ramones as the first punk band clearly never saw Dr Feelgood hammering it out in a sweaty pub!
@@333daveh5 you clearly don’t know your music history, pal. Joe Strummer of The Clash quoted the Feelgoods as a key influence on punk….but, hey, what would he know? 😎
@@davidbowman6740 they may well have influenced many bands of that era - some of whom were to become early founders of the punk movement - but that’s not what you said. You implied that the Feelgoods were the first punk band. I don’t need to be a music historian to know the difference between RnB and punk - I’m old enough to have lived through that era and whilst I thought Dr Feelgood were a breath of fresh air to the music scene in the early/mid 70s, punk (in my opinion) destroyed it (in much the same way as rap has done more recently).
@@333daveh5 Hmmm….you need to read between the lines a bit more intuitively, I think. What I was implying was that the Feelgoods brought a punk sensibility which definitely influenced many young London musicians at the time. These were as diverse as Joe Strummer, Billy Bragg and Ian Drury, who all acknowledged the influence of the Feelgoods on the punk scene. The fact that you don’t like punk is irrelevant.
He did Portsmouth Poly SU one time in early 80s,. I had the new *German* girlfriend with me, Marlene. We were propping up the bar when he came on & I said "Cmon Marl we've got to get to the front" "Why? We can hear ok from here". "No, the front. You need to see his eyes." 2 songs later she's screaming down my ear [put on your best German accent] "Dave I know you like him but he looks like he comes from an asylum!" She's been a Wilko fan ever since :o)
I saw them at the hope and anchor in the 70s and I was and will always be in awe of their absolute magnificence, what a fantastic band they were, TRULY brilliant ♥️♥️
Wilko is a guitar playing genius who moves like a robot at times! Great presence and a great set by the band. Seen Wilko many times and it's the best gig I've been to...
I'd heard "Milk and Alcohol " in my teens and on a whim a couple of years later bought the "Let it roll" album. It never left my record turntable for the next 6 months - Awesome band, just wish I'd seen them live in their heyday!
A few years ago, I posted a comment on my discovery of Wilko and Dr. Feelgood, albeit a little later on in my life. The style of Wilko's playing made me an instant fan, and I have tried to keep up with him and his music ever since. " She Does It Right" is a staple on my playlist. So, when I found out today that he had died, I just want to say how lucky I am to have found his music. I don't think anyone can ever replicate his intense style. I am thankful for the opportunity to have experienced such a talented musician. RIP Wilko.
Geee Zusss !!!! How good were they?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Wilko has to be one of the most original guitarists ever. So underrated!!! What a band !!!!!! Bloody brilliant mun !!!!!
Amazing! How Wilco really plays rhythm guitar with all the strumming and then the licks and riffs in-between. Like one person said he's worth TWO guitarists, no need for more! Always have liked the sound of one great guitarist carrying the song single-handedly - note the Feelgoods or Rush or Zeppelin or Cream. Always thought the Stones or Aerosmith could have dumped one guitarist. Just my feeling right now when listening to Dr Feelgood.
Saw them a few times on the pub rock scene in London and notably at the Kursaal. Wilco was the man and stared the audience down. Plenty of stuff on TH-cam of Wilco explaining where his technique comes from, and also noteworthy that he survived terminal pancreatic cancer. If you like him learn about him. Credit to this show, despite the compere, for letting us see them live and not destroying the tapes.
Come on... this is a dance band and the guitar playing reflects that. Mods would ride a long way to see Doctor Feelgood. Beck doesn't do this kind of thing.
A great live performance. Remember watching this as a young lad. Wilko and Lee made such an impression here that I went out and bought Down By The Jetty in all it's mono glory.
saw them at the stadium in liverpool circa 74 wilko jumped into the audience and mayhem (peaceful )sadley you will never experience the total rawness of a truly great rock blues band
It's a strange thing. They seem to have flown under the radar of so many people who were already around when Dr. Feelgod came rockin' and rollin' around. It's amazing, really. Brilliant band. Unbridled, raw energy without getting lost in endless noodling. There's a reason why those guys - Wilko especially - have influenced so many people who found themselves playing punk/post punk just a few years later.
@@philodonoghue3062 So true. Rory was my first live rock show ever, many years ago. Unforgettable, both the man and the music. Not wanting to sound overly dramatic, but this is a memory that I'll cherish till my dying day.
@@renderizer01 Know the feeling. When I learnt he’d died (on public library internet), - not being melodramatic - I felt like my father had died and a concrete power pole had been driven through my chest.
Hard to get much more ahead of the times than these guys. I mean, even down to the way they're dressed. Plus Wilko's playing the guitar style that launched a thousand bands. That and they're a great band, one of the best ever.
Awesome! I remember watching this when it first came on TV as a young 15 year old. Wilco playing that Telecaster with such attack and energy … this was pre-punk and a light bulb moment for me. I forever ditched my Genesis albums after seeing this and have been a big Wilco fan ever since.
I love the absolute intensity despite playing to a young TV audience. Lee and the group don't give an inch. On the back of seeing this show I was luck enough to see the original lineup at Hammerson Odeon - absolutely superb
OUTSTANDING! Captured in their sweet spot too. Not many live bands as dominating, tight and, energetic in 1975. Sweat and electricity...just killing it on TV...the idiot host is not even visible to the band because they are COMPLETELY focused on melting faces with maximum musical heat! Lee and Wilko deservedly get a lot of love from the fans (Wilko is delivering the lightning riffs and the accents and solos simultaneously at times...and, without a guitar pick ffs) but the "other guys" are pretty phenomenal players too! We must NEVER forget to give the love to the rhythm section! Especially when they got chops as incredible as The Big Figure and, Sparko. The punks and the post-punks were definitely taking notes from these champions!
This was the year that I was married and happy to say that I still am. Through a friend, discovered Dr Feelgood that year also. Bought the Stupidity album in 1976 and became a lifetime fan. Saw them live in Belfast around 78/79. Great band, great memories.
one of the best groups ever! And I happened to meet Lee Brilleaux, in France,in the 90's, my boyfriend's band (punk /rock. He chose to put a band together, and play bass after seing them live in Paris, in the early 70s)) were opening for them during some French tour. Such a gentleman. Really adorable. Me being a young little punkette, he just treated me as if I was some kind of a...queen??? (only kidding!). Fantastic music,stunning presence and warm human being...Miss you, Mr. Gentleman. As for Wilco Johnson and his gun/guitar.. an unforgetable sight and legend..
If you haven't seen it, Zoe Howe's biography "Lee Brilleaux Rock 'n' Roll Gentleman" is a great read. Her husband, Dylan Howe, is the drummer in Wilko Johnson's current band.
thanks a lot for that extra piece of information! I didn't know her husband is Wilko's drummer. I happen to have finished Zoe Howe's biography about Lee Brilleaux, which is a really, really good and touching book. It is so anchered in that very special place in England, too..It's a real great read, like you say. The end was really moving, tears to my eyes. I'm reading Wilko's memoirs right now..to try and keep me out of my hospital room, and thanks to my laptop, I can't get enough of Dr. Feelgood videos, interviews.. Should i die soon, I won't regret it...my boyfriend's band was called Parabellum (as the French rock press once said; the punk-est French rock band/ the rock-est punk French band..), he was the bass guitarist, he made me REALLY discover Dr feelgood. He was such a fan. Each time, when the band were in Paris, we would be there. He committed suicide 5 years ago. When I listen to Dr Feelgood, I just can't help but think he's by my side, pumping the air, with his fist..Thanks David. Take care
Well, yeah, Daqve, you're right. Cancer's the worst, really, I do agree with you. I know what I'm talking about. and yes, my boyfriend killed himself, he was the bass guitarist for the band Parabellum (si vis pacem, parabellum!). In the end, it seems that every human being dies of cancer...(if not a car crash, suicide.. that shit is in our genes. It still remains a mystery to cure it all)
vert pomme - Dylan Howe (Wilko's drummer) is the son of Stevie Howe, one of the greatest guitarists ever... He played in a famous progressive band called Yes...
Terrific stuff, thanks for sharing. Dr Feelgood were one of the best live bands I ever saw - and Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders (early 80s) weren't too shoddy either.
Wonderful to see Lee, Wilco and the boys. Great band, good times. Uploads like this brings back so many memories. Thanks for the upload. TH-cam can be great sometimes.
Fantastic posting. Fantastic memories. Amazing to think those twenty year old dancing girls will have gone from appreciating true RnB to now probably getting their kicks down the bingo hall. Weirdly I might have met some of them as I am of their age group and come from the same area. What a great band though.
@@Datanditto except it isn't. They were as English as they come. The Feelgoods owed as much to the old Mod scene and bands like The Pirates, as they do to any americana. That and amphetamines. :)
I don't remember this cringe-worthy TV show, but I certainly remember seeing Dr Feelgood at around this time. They came and played at our small London college just before they began attracting bigger audiences. They were absolutely amazing, with Wilko as manic as ever. A week or two later Ian Dury and the Blockheads came to play for us. It was a special time. Thanks for sharing.
Forget the crowd... forget the host. This bands was all balls and blues. You guys raving about wilko ( deservedly so) and I’m like that front man was scary, bluesy, angry and just flat out badass. What a band!
They were of those bands at the vanguard, before all the punk hype and then the imitators they were grinding it out and kicking down the walls. Just F'ing amazing energy and stage charisma. Wilko is the epitome of some undefinable English characteristic, total honesty and cheeky sense of humor and just a MAD guitar assassin.
I'm only 50 years old but I love this music! I wish I was alive and British when they were on TV. Seriously, we Yankees missed out on some classic RnR when Dr. Feelgood was treading the boards in Old Blighty in the 70s and 80s.
never apologise for that kind of thing mate, the vast majority of the UK ignored the Feelgoods at the time no matter how many people claim to have been fans now
I 1st came across Dr Feelgood watching this TV performance in the mid 70's and it blew me away. Different from anyone else. I've been a gan ever since and was lucky enough to see the original line up before the split.
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I'm 59 and I've heard literally hundred of bands, from blues to rap to rock, and even a little classical. I've never heard of these guys until a week ago. I watched them on youtube and immediately bought every one of their cds on amazon. They just blew me away!! Wilko Johnson has now become one of my favorite guitarists of all time....
Hey John, I’m in my late 50s too. I got this band via Wilco, and the amp he is using, a H & H British transistor amp. Which I have. Not much info online about them. Mark Bolan of T Rex , and Bauhous used them.
Always new of this band but never listened wish I did now my own fault fucking class
Bingo! Welcome to the club. Wilko only one no one like him. Probly too painful.
@@carl1964carl Very popular amps back in the day, we ran them in clubs in the 70s/80s several of my mates had them as pa amps and heads for little stacks. Never had one go down despite some pretty awful neglect. Cool green light too.
@@bobjary9382 gee thanks for that info Bob, still got one here in Melbourne, heavy thing
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BRILLIANT R&B Pub Rock !!!!Band AND ENGLISH to the CORE!!! in Their OWN Special Way R.I.P.Lee And Wilko 😔g
No ear monitor, no on screen lyrics... They rock the stage like they don't care. This is pure rock n roll. Superb performance. Wilko Johnson is my new guitar hero in my list.
Blood, Sweat and Beers
All the Tv shows preformance. Top of the pops etc....were played over a backing track without vocals. Reason was clarity for the broadcast. so no this was not all live.
@@bruggmanbrandon5272 This is live.
@@bruggmanbrandon5272 this is live - its all miked up and Wilko is hitting the odd bum note / sharpening strings too. Those guys couldn't perform to playback convincingly - take a look at any Top of the Pops recording to see that.
Have to agree with all the plaudits for Wilko and Brilleaux, but let's also give it up for the drummer and bassist who are tight AF.
That was The Big Figure and Sparko?
I may be misremembering, I last saw them 45 years ago. Absolutely great band.
I was so fortunate to have seen Dr.Feelgood twice at college shows in upstate NY. Wilco would jump on the tables and play, the combination of him and Lee was mesmerizing. Met Lee after one of the shows, super nice guy. Makes being old worth t.
With out a doubt 😅
The band that changed music in the 70's absolutely brilliant. RIP the legend Wilko Johnson
The band is brilliant ! I discovered them in London in 1974. A british rock crîtic took me at the Dingwalls Camden, thanks to him. I saw Dr Feelgod months later, electric gigs forever...
Wow what a blast
Lee Brilleaux’s manic vocals and Wilko’s guitar work were a match made in heaven. All those who describe the Ramones as the first punk band clearly never saw Dr Feelgood hammering it out in a sweaty pub!
Punk started on tea-time TV (we had something similar on YTV - we might even have had this as well).
Rock n Roll, yes, RnB, yes……but punk? WTF are you talking about?
@@333daveh5 you clearly don’t know your music history, pal. Joe Strummer of The Clash quoted the Feelgoods as a key influence on punk….but, hey, what would he know? 😎
@@davidbowman6740 they may well have influenced many bands of that era - some of whom were to become early founders of the punk movement - but that’s not what you said. You implied that the Feelgoods were the first punk band. I don’t need to be a music historian to know the difference between RnB and punk - I’m old enough to have lived through that era and whilst I thought Dr Feelgood were a breath of fresh air to the music scene in the early/mid 70s, punk (in my opinion) destroyed it (in much the same way as rap has done more recently).
@@333daveh5 Hmmm….you need to read between the lines a bit more intuitively, I think. What I was implying was that the Feelgoods brought a punk sensibility which definitely influenced many young London musicians at the time. These were as diverse as Joe Strummer, Billy Bragg and Ian Drury, who all acknowledged the influence of the Feelgoods on the punk scene. The fact that you don’t like punk is irrelevant.
This Wilko Johnson guy on guitar created his own Chuck Berry meets Townshend on speed performance style.
He was amazing.
He still is, even if he doesn't bounce around quite as much.
That is one wicked riff! My legs are tired from just looking at him...
WilKo.
He IS amazing
Im watching that one off Southend Pier you shoulnt get more Feelgood unless you can afford the pill.
Dr. Feelgood always makes me feel allright. R.I.P. Lee Brilleaux
Sad to hear of the loss of Wilco Johnson. Loved the 70’s.
I saw these guys live in ‘75, and they remain the best live act I ever saw. Wilko (and Lee)- RiP.
I was 8 years old when I saw Dr Feelgood on the old grey whistle test and iv'e never looked back Wilko is out of this world!!
RIP Wilko. A true original - gave us some brilliant rock n roll moments. What. a stage act.
Saw them in a little sweaty underground taven in Sydney Australia in the late 1970s. Blew me away. Fantastic band. The whole place was rocking!
Another legend departs this world. RIP Wilko.
He did Portsmouth Poly SU one time in early 80s,. I had the new *German* girlfriend with me, Marlene. We were propping up the bar when he came on & I said "Cmon Marl we've got to get to the front" "Why? We can hear ok from here". "No, the front. You need to see his eyes." 2 songs later she's screaming down my ear [put on your best German accent] "Dave I know you like him but he looks like he comes from an asylum!" She's been a Wilko fan ever since :o)
Wilko is one of the greatest rock n' roll guitarists of all time...
Wilko!!! What a legend, two guitarists for the price of one, Lead and Rythmn combined, how did he do that????
I saw them at the hope and anchor in the 70s and I was and will always be in awe of their absolute magnificence, what a fantastic band they were, TRULY brilliant ♥️♥️
AKA Grope and Wanker. On e of many pubs and gigs by them in the 70s. Including New years eve in HAMMERSMITH.
I saw them there too. One of the best pubs of the 70s scene
RIP in guitar heaven, You will stay in our hearts forever. 💗😢🙏🎸🕊
Wilko should be more widely known. Rest in peace, Telecaster Master
Couldn’t agree more. I saw him in a pub in new cross & he was mesmerising.
Wilko is a guitar playing genius who moves like a robot at times! Great presence and a great set by the band. Seen Wilko many times and it's the best gig I've been to...
I'd heard "Milk and Alcohol " in my teens and on a whim a couple of years later bought the "Let it roll" album. It never left my record turntable for the next 6 months - Awesome band, just wish I'd seen them live in their heyday!
How comforting that they started as they finished and never compromised on their style - BLINDING! 👌🏻👏🏻
A few years ago, I posted a comment on my discovery of Wilko and Dr. Feelgood, albeit a little later on in my life. The style of Wilko's playing made me an instant fan, and I have tried to keep up with him and his music ever since. " She Does It Right" is a staple on my playlist. So, when I found out today that he had died, I just want to say how lucky I am to have found his music. I don't think anyone can ever replicate his intense style. I am thankful for the opportunity to have experienced such a talented musician. RIP Wilko.
I was VERY late to the party. So glad to have finally discovered this. Reminds me a bit of Eddie and the Hotrods.
AND Lee !!!WHAT A GEEZER R&B Man g
Wilko, one of the most innovative guitar players ever, so well done and so pleased to have found this super video. RIP Wilko.
😂no Wilko, no Gang of Four or U2.😅
I saw them in Birmingham UK around this time and was completely blown away. Best live band I ever saw!!!
Never heard of him until today, and I'm 70 years old. Love that guitar style. As iconic as Chuck Berry.
Never heard of Wilko or The Feelgoods??? Where were you?
saw him live 6 times fantastic
such a tight and unique rhythm and insane energy.Crazy good,I just discovered them few months ago.
RIP Wilko. Top man will be sorely missed. Never seen a man hoover up so much speed in all my life! How he lived to beyond 70 is beyond me.
I remember watching this back in the day. Just brilliant! RIP Wilko 😢
Everytime I heard & see Wilko play the influence on Paul Weller is clear. Which Weller has gratefully acknowledged. What a star.
Geee Zusss !!!! How good were they?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Wilko has to be one of the most original guitarists ever. So underrated!!! What a band !!!!!! Bloody brilliant mun !!!!!
Wilco is the ultimate bad ass guitar player, with a rock'n'roll scowl that's unbeaten
this influenced me as a young guitarist, years of playing and teaching, now i'm retired, god i wish i could go back.
Rip. Lee and wilko. Great musicans
41years ago i watched this...still brilliant...life changing event...thank you boys!
Gotta say Goodbye to Wilko Johnson who just died,aged 75.What a crazy buggger with his mad moves and such energy!!A rue one off....RIP ❤️
Amazing how good simple, uptempo 12-bar blues can sound!
Amazing! How Wilco really plays rhythm guitar with all the strumming and then the licks and riffs in-between.
Like one person said he's worth TWO guitarists, no need for more!
Always have liked the sound of one great guitarist carrying the song single-handedly - note the Feelgoods or Rush or Zeppelin or Cream. Always thought the Stones or Aerosmith could have dumped one guitarist.
Just my feeling right now when listening to Dr Feelgood.
I remember this on Anglia TV on a Saturday lunchtime. It blew me away. Went out bought all their albums. Classic
RIP Wilko. Fabulous player.
Had the good fortune to see them live in Bristol, how the hell Wilko plays lead and rythmn at the same timeI'll never know. RIP Lee.
!!! legendary & powerful performance of this glorious band,wilko is one of the best guitar player ever !!!
Simple and effective,as the whole band is,great ones
Wow. People dancing! No wonder - the Doctor is in the house. One of the best bands. Period.
What dumb fucks do not like this all 177 of you.
Every young band should watch this........Proper musicians playing proper music......No frills just great musicianship......
Saw them a few times on the pub rock scene in London and notably at the Kursaal. Wilco was the man and stared the audience down. Plenty of stuff on TH-cam of Wilco explaining where his technique comes from, and also noteworthy that he survived terminal pancreatic cancer. If you like him learn about him. Credit to this show, despite the compere, for letting us see them live and not destroying the tapes.
Wilko! All done without a pick.... The legend lives on.....
Multi Strickland ever heard of Jeff Beck? Come on. This guy is a unique primitive guitarist like Luther Perkins. I sense pharmaceutical influence.
And Knopfler: A godhead on the guitar.
Come on... this is a dance band and the guitar playing reflects that. Mods would ride a long way to see Doctor Feelgood. Beck doesn't do this kind of thing.
Agreed. An amazing Tele sound. Ronnie Woods How Can It Be with the Birds comes to mind.
Yes, we've heard of Jeff Beck. This is rock and roll! When was the last time anybody danced to Beck?
A great live performance. Remember watching this as a young lad. Wilko and Lee made such an impression here that I went out and bought Down By The Jetty in all it's mono glory.
First band I ever heard live, in 1975. I still love them to death and listen to them every day. Rock and roll.
It vibrates, beats with force and the heart hits to the rhythm of a fantastic rock'n'roll, that never you want that it stops... Forever thank you !!!!
The perfect antidote to prefabricated garbage music of today. REAL music. Energy and class. Unique
Saw them ‘live’ many times and they never failed to deliver. Lee was a lovely bloke and was kind and patient with us fans
That HH amp sounds great. I have seen Wilko a few time live and the shows are always awesome.
saw them at the stadium in liverpool circa 74 wilko jumped into the audience and mayhem (peaceful )sadley you will never experience the total rawness of a truly great rock blues band
and to think he was on the edge of life,GLAD YOUR STILL HERE WILKO
Wilko's style is unique, very hard to emulate and it fits so well in this band.
WILKO!!! What a technique - so crazy unique!!! RIP you beautiful man!
Great Man g
Wilkos style is certainly unique with so much frenetic energy busting out. Saw These guys twice and most definitely the best Pub band ever!!
mark robins. Shut up. Late but fair.
Every time Wilco walks forward guitar cable pulls him back, he doesn't give up though!
hahaha ay Clay- guy is a frikkin genius like
Zebedee can't touch his spring.
The most underrated comment on TH-cam by far
Clay McKerlie 🤣🤣🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍
It is WILKO!!!
Simply brilliant…..say no more…….thanks for uploading this video!
Man, I'm 60. Been listening to every rock and roll band for 50 years. How the hell did I just discover Wilko and Dr Feelgood in 2020?
It's a strange thing. They seem to have flown under the radar of so many people who were already around when Dr. Feelgod came rockin' and rollin' around. It's amazing, really. Brilliant band. Unbridled, raw energy without getting lost in endless noodling. There's a reason why those guys - Wilko especially - have influenced so many people who found themselves playing punk/post punk just a few years later.
Dr. Feelgood had trouble cracking the U S. market. They had a lot of problems and they simply gave it up. The Jam had similar problems as well.
TH-cam
Same goes for hundreds of thousands about Rory Gallagher
@@philodonoghue3062 So true. Rory was my first live rock show ever, many years ago. Unforgettable, both the man and the music. Not wanting to sound overly dramatic, but this is a memory that I'll cherish till my dying day.
@@renderizer01 Know the feeling. When I learnt he’d died (on public library internet), - not being melodramatic - I felt like my father had died and a concrete power pole had been driven through my chest.
Brilliant performance. Just shows where The Jam got their ideas.
RIP Wilko Johnson! We will miss you.
Wow.. memories indeed. I seem twice in London during the 70's. Impossible to stay still when they hit the stage. Fantastic stuff!
Wilko..Weller..first made me jump around with a tennis racket then a guitar eventually!! thanks dudes
Always loved the Feelgoods never seen this footage before - just great. Host is a prat of course
@@christophermartin7927 He does sound just like him.
At least the real Larry Grayson was funny. This bloke is unbearable. A lot of British television was just like this in the 1970s.
@@richardwatts2095 it was. But looking back now I wouldn't wish it different
Hard to get much more ahead of the times than these guys. I mean, even down to the way they're dressed. Plus Wilko's playing the guitar style that launched a thousand bands. That and they're a great band, one of the best ever.
WOW!!!!!!!!!! I just discovered these guys 43 years too late.
Me too bro!👍👍👍
Never seen this footage before!
Bloody fantastic, take me back to the seventies and let me stay.
He doesn't miss a note,,ever and with perfect timing.
Awesome! I remember watching this when it first came on TV as a young 15 year old. Wilco playing that Telecaster with such attack and energy … this was pre-punk and a light bulb moment for me. I forever ditched my Genesis albums after seeing this and have been a big Wilco fan ever since.
I'm 73 and just found them wild great gone
I was about the same age and saw this show after school one afternoon
I love the absolute intensity despite playing to a young TV audience. Lee and the group don't give an inch. On the back of seeing this show I was luck enough to see the original lineup at Hammerson Odeon - absolutely superb
Saw Dr F in 1974 at Southampton Uni, and again in 76 at the Reading Festival. Awesome. Feel blessed to have experienced them live.
OUTSTANDING! Captured in their sweet spot too. Not many live bands as dominating, tight and, energetic in 1975.
Sweat and electricity...just killing it on TV...the idiot host is not even visible to the band because they are COMPLETELY focused on melting faces with maximum musical heat!
Lee and Wilko deservedly get a lot of love from the fans (Wilko is delivering the lightning riffs and the accents and solos simultaneously at times...and, without a guitar pick ffs) but the "other guys" are pretty phenomenal players too! We must NEVER forget to give the love to the rhythm section! Especially when they got chops as incredible as The Big Figure and, Sparko.
The punks and the post-punks were definitely taking notes from these champions!
This was the year that I was married and happy to say that I still am. Through a friend, discovered Dr Feelgood that year also. Bought the Stupidity album in 1976 and became a lifetime fan. Saw them live in Belfast around 78/79. Great band, great memories.
one of the best groups ever! And I happened to meet Lee Brilleaux, in France,in the 90's, my boyfriend's band (punk /rock. He chose to put a band together, and play bass after seing them live in Paris, in the early 70s)) were opening for them during some French tour. Such a gentleman. Really adorable. Me being a young little punkette, he just treated me as if I was some kind of a...queen??? (only kidding!). Fantastic music,stunning presence and warm human being...Miss you, Mr. Gentleman. As for Wilco Johnson and his gun/guitar.. an unforgetable sight and legend..
If you haven't seen it, Zoe Howe's biography "Lee Brilleaux Rock 'n' Roll Gentleman" is a great read. Her husband, Dylan Howe, is the drummer in Wilko Johnson's current band.
thanks a lot for that extra piece of information! I didn't know her husband is Wilko's drummer. I happen to have finished Zoe Howe's biography about Lee Brilleaux, which is a really, really good and touching book. It is so anchered in that very special place in England, too..It's a real great read, like you say. The end was really moving, tears to my eyes. I'm reading Wilko's memoirs right now..to try and keep me out of my hospital room, and thanks to my laptop, I can't get enough of Dr. Feelgood videos, interviews.. Should i die soon, I won't regret it...my boyfriend's band was called Parabellum (as the French rock press once said; the punk-est French rock band/ the rock-est punk French band..), he was the bass guitarist, he made me REALLY discover Dr feelgood. He was such a fan. Each time, when the band were in Paris, we would be there. He committed suicide 5 years ago. When I listen to Dr Feelgood, I just can't help but think he's by my side, pumping the air, with his fist..Thanks David. Take care
Who bumped himself off? If you're talking about Lee Brilleaux he died of cancer
Well, yeah, Daqve, you're right. Cancer's the worst, really, I do agree with you. I know what I'm talking about. and yes, my boyfriend killed himself, he was the bass guitarist for the band Parabellum (si vis pacem, parabellum!). In the end, it seems that every human being dies of cancer...(if not a car crash, suicide.. that shit is in our genes. It still remains a mystery to cure it all)
vert pomme - Dylan Howe (Wilko's drummer) is the son of Stevie Howe, one of the greatest guitarists ever... He played in a famous progressive band called Yes...
Wilko is absolutely mesmerising!
Terrific stuff, thanks for sharing. Dr Feelgood were one of the best live bands I ever saw - and Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders (early 80s) weren't too shoddy either.
Wonderful to see Lee, Wilco and the boys. Great band, good times. Uploads like this brings back so many memories. Thanks for the upload. TH-cam can be great sometimes.
Wilko is Inimitable! What a great group! Fantastico!
This was the program that set me up as a Feelgood fan, Wilko,s playing just smacked me in the kisser. RIP big man.
One of the absolutely best bands ever!
BIG love to these guys from Los Angeles California!!!
I always felt sorry for the band not to be better known, they were incredibly good ! Full in the Thatcher's era on top !
Fantastic posting. Fantastic memories. Amazing to think those twenty year old dancing girls will have gone from appreciating true RnB to now probably getting their kicks down the bingo hall. Weirdly I might have met some of them as I am of their age group and come from the same area. What a great band though.
I love the subdued aggression that this band displayed. Wilko is awesome!
Subdued? But, yes - veritas indeed.
fantastic live performance.
Im 22 and have been so interestied in 70s and 80s good ole American music i wish i lived in those times
Except this band are British. :)
@@captainnivenBut there music is American based. Boom Boom, Route 66, etc
@@Datanditto except it isn't. They were as English as they come. The Feelgoods owed as much to the old Mod scene and bands like The Pirates, as they do to any americana. That and amphetamines. :)
@@captainniven More than half of their songs were written by American songwriters, their sound is Chuck Berry, Little Richard and rocket fuel.
I saw Doctor Feelgood at the Torrington in North Finchley and Wilko and Lee and the band were brilliant
Great band, love Wilko's straight forward playing. They never got the play time they deserved in the States.
Fantastic, thanks for posting this gig!
I don't remember this cringe-worthy TV show, but I certainly remember seeing Dr Feelgood at around this time. They came and played at our small London college just before they began attracting bigger audiences. They were absolutely amazing, with Wilko as manic as ever. A week or two later Ian Dury and the Blockheads came to play for us. It was a special time. Thanks for sharing.
hey was that Trent park college?. I seen wilko there back in the day waz as some.......
It was at Shoreditch College of Ed.
Forget the crowd... forget the host. This bands was all balls and blues. You guys raving about wilko ( deservedly so) and I’m like that front man was scary, bluesy, angry and just flat out badass. What a band!
That crowd is as cool as fuck man.
@@richardjhgraham You got that right.
Front man is Lee Brilloux.
They were of those bands at the vanguard, before all the punk hype and then the imitators they were grinding it out and kicking down the walls. Just F'ing amazing energy and stage charisma. Wilko is the epitome of some undefinable English characteristic, total honesty and cheeky sense of humor and just a MAD guitar assassin.
I'm only 50 years old but I love this music! I wish I was alive and British when they were on TV. Seriously, we Yankees missed out on some classic RnR when Dr. Feelgood was treading the boards in Old Blighty in the 70s and 80s.
But we had ZZ Top.
never apologise for that kind of thing mate, the vast majority of the UK ignored the Feelgoods at the time no matter how many people claim to have been fans now
That's a pretty nice comment - I love ZZ Top, but I think I could've found some room in my heart for Dr. Feelgood as well ;-)
Imagine having a dad who used to love Howlin Wolf.
Then takes his lad to see him.
And he was from Canvey Island!!
Pure class - father and son.
I 1st came across Dr Feelgood watching this TV performance in the mid 70's and it blew me away. Different from anyone else. I've been a gan ever since and was lucky enough to see the original line up before the split.
Even though this video is old and a bit worn out,you can still see how great the Feelgoods were.Pure class!!!
There will never be another Wilco , RIP you legend.
He does it wrong.