Doctor Feelgood

Doctor Feelgood - You Shouldn't Call The Doctor (If you can't forget the bills)


I just saw the Feelgood movie "Oil City Confidential" on iplayer, and it's well worth watching. This footage is from a particularly legendary gig in Southend in 1975. Whatever you want to call it, R&B, Pub Rock, Punk Rock, in their heyday this band were stunning. Wilko Johnson is one of the most exciting guitarists ever -his style was hugely influential on people like Andy Gill from Gang Of Four, who themselves became very influential a few years later. Watch the man move! And that stare! And no less striking is the late vocalist Lee Brilleux, one of the most intense frontmen i've ever come across on screen. I love the fact his suit is a complete utter mess and he doesn't seem to care. There's some sort of attitude here that's really sorely missed these days. Or maybe i'm not looking in the right places. Or i'm too old to see it.