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Dr. Feelgood: At the Whiskey

Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 30 December 1980

Dr. Feelgood's Los Angeles debut four years ago was an impressive and welcome breath of fresh air. The British quartet's lean, mean brand of English rhythm & blues foreshadowed punk's return to basics, and the manic charisma of guitarist Wilko Johnson and lead singer Lee Brilleaux made the band likely candidates for stardom.

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