Former
Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko, 66, set out on a farewell tour in the spring after
being diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. Ill health prevented him from
performing the final two shows in Canvey Island, Essex, where he was born.
He
decided to team up with The Who’s Daltrey after the pair met at an awards
ceremony this month.
Wilko
said: “They did tell me in January I’d be dead in October, but I may last into
next year. I hope we’ll have something done before I go.
“There
are a few more things I want to record. I wrote some songs right after getting
this diagnosis. It won’t be morbid, though. I can’t have any truck with that. The
music I want to continue to make, I think, generally should be a laugh not a
cry. So there’s not going to be any cancer dirges.”
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