Wilko Johnson
The Best Of (Cadiz Music)
Sad that it took terminal illness to remind the UK that Wilko Johnson was a national treasure who had been ignominiously shuffled onto the sidelines, still better late than never I guess. Not sure if these re-recordings of his finest moments are for royalty reasons or not but whatever led him to re-record two volumes of classic solo and Dr. Feelgood’s material (collected together here in a single two disc edition) with his excellent rhythm section of Norman Watt-Roy & Dylan Howe, the results are terrific Johnsons slightly tremulous vocals and machine gun guitar have never sounded more alive (perhaps for good reason). Essential.
