Wilko Johnson, the British guitarist who founded the incendiary 1970s blues-rock band Dr. Feelgood, recorded with singer Roger Daltrey of the Who and played the mute executioner Ilyn Payne in the HBO series “Game of Thrones,” dies at 75
Offstage, Mr. Johnson seemed a most unlikely rock star — a former English teacher with a specialized background in medieval literature and the Icelandic sagas, a knowledge that probably served him well when he was cast in “Game of Thrones.”
, pacing back and forth in time to the music with a robot-like precision. He wore ratty black Nehru jackets and always sported an unkempt pudding-bowl haircut.was striking — literally. He slashed at the guitar in an up-and-down motion without picks, his right hand — the strumming hand — positioned like the claw of a crab. Early in his career, the fingers on that hand would bleed from naked flesh hitting the strings. A red pickguard hid the blood.
The band proved extremely popular in England with hits including “Sneakin’ Suspicion,” “Roxette” and “.” Mr. Johnson wrote and co-wrote several of the songs and also created the band’s distinctive logo of a grinning man in sunglasses.
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