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Dr. Feelgood, Models: Crystal Ballroom, Melbourne

Clinton Walker, Roadrunner, 14 July 1979

UP UNTIL going to this gig, I hadn't lately taken a lot of notice of Dr. Feelgood. Obviously, their first two albums, Down By The Jetty and Malpractice, were beacons in the mire of the mid-'70s, but after their third album, the 1976 live set Stupidity, it was as if they'd they finally really got it right. And then when amazing guitarist/songwriter Wilko Johnson left, well…

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