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"I had a total idea about what Dr. Feelgood was and what it should be, I was absolutely obsessed"

Sadly, we lost the iconic Wilko Johnson in November. When Dr. Feelgood’s debut album Down By The Jetty turned 40 in 2015, the then surviving feelgoods -Wilko, Sparko, The Big Figure and manager Chris ‘Whitey’ Fenwick – looked back at the making of their classic record. Words: Zoë Howe

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