Sackur. Were all familiar with rock musics living legends. Thinkjagger or springsteen. Perhaps more intriguing are rock and rolls cult heros, the artists who have inspired other artists without getting massive rewards. My my guest today Wilko Johnson fits that bill. His raw guitar sound in the band dr feelgood paved the way for punk. Hes kept on rocking through cancer, depression and changing musical tastes. So what keeps him going . Wilkojohnson, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. I want to start in 2013. When you were diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. I believe the doctors said you had less than a year to live and yet, here you sit with me. How weird is that . Its very weird. In fact, its stranger now for me to try and look back and imagine, imagine that year i spent expecting. Death . Death, yes. I think of waking up every morning with that, and i cant. You know, i cant. I mean, im back in the world now, so. And yet, one of the striking and for many people, strange things abou
We are all familiar with rock musics living legends. Thinkjagger or springsteen. But perhaps more intriguing are rock and rolls cult heroes. Those artists who have inspired others without getting massive rewards. My guest today, wilko johnson, fits that bill. His raw guitar sound in the band dr feelgood paved the way for punk. Hes kept on rocking through cancer, depression, and changing musical tastes. So what keeps him going . Wilkojohnson, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. I want to start in 2013. When you were diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. I believe the doctors said you had less than a year to live and yet, here you sit with me. How weird is that . Its very weird. In fact, its stranger now for me to try and look back and imagine, imagine that year i spent expecting. Death . Death, yes. I think of waking up every morning with that, and i cant. You know, i cant. I mean, im back in the world now, so. And yet, one of the striking and for many people, strange things about the