As a huge fan of Dr Feelgood, it was great to read about their inception and eventual dissolution - obviously this is from Johnson’s perspec ‘My Life - Don’t You Leave Me Here’ (2016) is Wilko Johnson’ autobiography. It’s a fascinating and engaging story which Johnson writes well and in a manner that feels both very honest and unpretentious. Johnson charts his life from Canvey Island, via India, Dr Feelgood, The Blockheads, Game of Throne’s et al, through to his much publicised battle with cancer. ‘My Life - Don’t You Leave Me Here’ (2016) is Wilko Johnson’ autobiography. Wilko is an astounding guy, his life is one hell of a story, and his book captures it all in quick bursts.more Now he's cured, and living a life he never thought he'd see, and his whole approach just makes you think, "Fuck it, I wish I grabbed life even half as hard as he does". He was ecstatic for that year, euphoric, living life to the fullest, accepting the end. He was calm when he heard the words 'terminal cancer'. Wilko found out he had ten months to live three years ago. Love and grief are laid bare in the pages.īut it's not all heartache, it's uplifting. His wife Irene and his own terminal diagnosis take up the most pages and, bloody hell, will your heart hurt reading them. The Feelgoods get far less page space than you'd imagine, his childhood flashing by. If anything, he breezes through his life.
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So full of life, funny and frank, it was just an absolute delight to delve into his musical history, life and miraculous story in the last few years in particular. I saw Wilko at the Edinburgh International Book Festival and, despite seeing over 30 events, he stole the show without a doubt. Don't You Leave Me Here is the story of his life in music, his life with cancer, and his life now - in the future he never thought he would see. And then the strangest thing happened: he didn't die. His calm, philosophical response made him even more beloved and admired. With ten months to live, he decided to accept his imminent death and went on the road. I saw Wilko at the Edinbu In 2013, Dr Feelgood founder, Blockheads member and musical legend Wilko Johnson was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
In 2013, Dr Feelgood founder, Blockheads member and musical legend Wilko Johnson was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Don't You Leave Me Here is the story of his life in music, his life with cancer, and his life now - in the future he never thought he would see.more
What emerges from this book is a passionate, private, intelligent, funny, eloquent and warm human being. Amazingly after a protracted farewell tour and an unlikely number one album in collaboration with Roger Daltrey, he belatedly discovered he had a rare, treatable form of pancreatic cancer and after extensive surgery he was on the road to recovery. From life as a tie dyed hippy following the Khatamandu trail, to incendiary guitarist in Dr Feelgood, and a terminal cancer diagnosis in 2012. Wilko Johnson has some extraordinary tales to tell. Amazingly after a protracted farewell tour and an unlikely number one album in collaboration with Roger Daltrey, he belatedly discovered he had a rare, treatable form of pancreatic cancer and after ext Don't You Leave Me Here: My Life is a riveting read that comes in at an impressively compact 244 pages. Don't You Leave Me Here: My Life is a riveting read that comes in at an impressively compact 244 pages.
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