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My style is quite simple and rather limited, so I leave the tricky stuff to other people!” And I ain’t guilty ’cause I ain’t to blame. It’s a pleasure because it’s just about all I can play. Actually they usually get pigged by the band and crew…” “Jelly Babies! They’re useful for raising blood sugar levels, as I’m diabetic. But I suppose if I did pick up a new one, I’d bash out some familiar riff of my own to see how it played.” Bring that early 2000s chime back to life and deliver the nostalgia of authentic alt-rock. “I very rarely pick up a guitar – even my own. Fender Jim Adkins JA-90 Telecaster LRL, Snow White. The first thing I play when I pick up a guitar… “Whether through stupidity or egotism I never listen to advice, but here’s mine – ‘If you play a bum note, keep a determined expression on your face and glare at the keyboard player’.”ħ. The best advice that I’ve ever been given… It was like a bad dream trying to get back in tune while the show went on in front of this massive audience. I was getting on okay, but then Heinz threw an Elvis-style karate kick in my direction and knocked every string on my guitar right out of tune. I’d never played anywhere bigger than a pub back room, so Wembley stadium was nervous-making. “I was on stage at Wembley stadium in 1972, backing the pop singer Heinz at the big Wembley rock ’n’ roll show. I’ve still got the only four guitars I ever had, and they’re easily replaceable should I lose them!” “There’s not really a guitar that got away. What do you want to do – starve in a garret painting masterpieces, or ride in a Cadillac and get all the girls?” “I wanted to be a painter – I had to choose between that and rock ’n’ roll when Dr Feelgood took over my life. I love them all – but the Wilko Tele is the one I use.” That’s more or less all the guitars I’ve ever owned. I’ve still got the 1962 Telecaster that I bought in 1965 – my first proper guitar, and the 1962 Telecaster I used from Dr Feelgood times until Fender made my Tele, which is based on a standard 1962 model. “I use a Fender Wilko Johnson Telecaster. The former Dr Feelgood rhythm king on Teles, jelly babies, determined expressions and avoiding on-stage karate…