It was a moment in time that came together and happened right. You think a lot of things when you're about to die, and I thought I'd have a pretty good time - and then to make an album with Roger Daltrey, yeah, it was pretty good too. I didn't think I'd be alive to see it released. So there I was, my life coming to an end, and I thought this would be the last thing I would ever do. But then came clashes with other band members, who had begun to drink heavily, and Johnson, amphetamine-fuelled guardian of the band’s basic R&B style. So we'd come from similar musical origins. Wilko marked a profound influence in the British punk rock movement. He created his iconic style called the 'Duck Walk' where he zig-zagged across the stage while playing his vintage 1962 Fender Telecaster. The Dr Feelgood musician on everything from being given 10 months to live, recording an album in. In fact Roger told me that The Who were very influenced by Johnny Kid and the Pirates, as were Feelgood. The live album 'Stupidity' reached number 1 on the UK album chart. Wilko Johnson webchat your questions answered on cancer, biscuits, guitars and learning Latin. At that moment, you couldn't think of a better singer to work with than Roger - we both come from the same musical background. Dave Eringa brought this together, I thought it would be a good time bash to say bye bye, but everyone got on great and it was a lot of fun. It was quite strange doing it, it was very enjoyable. The doctors had originally given me ten months to live, and it was actually in the eleventh month we did the album - I was already in extra time. Let's do that album! I said, oh man, we better do it quick.

A long time ago in the conversation Roger had suggested doing something together and nothing had ever come of it, and Roger came back when he found I had got cancer. Roger came steaming in when he heard I'd got cancer. The way that whole thing came together was just so fortuitous.

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