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The Polack MSgt

(13,175 posts)
Sun Sep 23, 2018, 09:21 PM Sep 2018

Who is this leperchaun looking old man The Polack keeps talking about?

Why am I obsessed? Well, I literally thought he had died.

No one in America reports on the health and welfare of a man who was a complete unknown. But Dr. Feelgood was a big deal I Japan in the 70s and my Japanese buddies were big Wilko Johnson fans when I was there in the 80s.

Then I saw him in 84.

If you ever get a chance to see him live you WILL be a fan.

Then I heard he had Pancreatic Cancer - so of course I thought he died.

That's what took my Dad and it took no time at all.

So I got curious one day and googled Wilko - found out he had a rare non-Metastatic strand of cancer and was still kicking - had a new record, had an older record he recorded in 8 days with Roger Daltrey back when he figured he had 10 months to live.

He told the BBC "To be honest when I thought that I was due to die any day - I lived the freest I had ever felt"

He can't sing worth shit - but his cool factor cannot be overestimated

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Who is this leperchaun looking old man The Polack keeps talking about? (Original Post) The Polack MSgt Sep 2018 OP
Thought he was gonna die any day when he did this interview The Polack MSgt Sep 2018 #1
+1 For Longevity Me. Sep 2018 #2

The Polack MSgt

(13,175 posts)
1. Thought he was gonna die any day when he did this interview
Sun Sep 23, 2018, 09:28 PM
Sep 2018

He had such a sense of humor and humility.

"So ridiculously simple"

"If you have 5 minutes I can explain my technique"


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