Wilko Johnson

Always a thrill to be invited to share a stage with one of the most maniacally exciting performers British rock ever produced … a unique guitarist, a superb songwriter and (off-stage) one of the most entertaining conversationalists and raconteurs I know.

And when Oil City Confidential, Julien Temple’s superb Dr Feelgood Doc-umentary, was premiered at KoKo in London in early 2010 and immediately followed by a live set by Wilko’s band (also featuring the AMAZING Norman Watt-Roy on bass and the formidable Dylan Howe on drums), it was a megamondo thrill to be asked to recreate the late and much-missed Lee Brilleaux’s classic harmonica part on the Feelgoods’ immortal Going Back Home.

It was also VERY SCARY, since I hadn’t played harp seriously in years … I mean, I’m in a band with Buffalo Bill Smith, so I didn’t think I needed to. Nevertheless, it seemed to work and nobody actually threw anything …