![]() Johnson makes it to grammar school and university, where he discovers a love for art, Shakespeare and Icelandic sagas. His father is an ex-soldier from Stepney, "a stupid and uneducated and violent person" who used to hit him. ![]() It begins with Johnson, aka John Wilkinson, being born on Canvey Island, Essex, and as a five-year-old surviving the floods of 1953. The excellent design mirrors Wilko's offbeat personality a coffee-table book with photos, pull-out quotes, old school reports and thoughts from Planet Wilko. The book was published by Cadiz.014 saw the release of the hit album Going Back Home, Wilko Johnsons collaboration with Roger Daltrey which went to. Looking Back at Me, written with Zoƫ Howe, is a fascinating biography. ![]() Photograph: Metal/Simon Fowler A sold-out crowd in Southend-on-Sea last night caught sight of a national rocknroll hero doing what he does best. Oil City Confidential, Julien Temple's 2010 film, revealed Wilko to be a true English eccentric, combining post-punk philosophising with a love of astronomy and latterly a chain-mail-wearing part as a mute executioner in the fantasy series A Game of Thrones. Wilko Johnson on stage at Village Green 2013. Wilko Johnson is much more than the manic-looking former guitarist with Dr Feelgood. ![]()
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