the longtime guitarist for British blues rockers Dr

confirmed the news of his passing on Wednesday morning (Nov

“This is the announcement we never wanted to make, & we do so with a very

for respecting the family’s privacy at this very sad time

their name — inspired by a beloved Johnny Kidd and the Pirates cover of a Piano

bristled at the term “pub rock,” the band were known for their raucous, energetic performances,

on to form the bands the Solid Senders, as well as the Wilko Johnson Band,

to illness, Johnson shared that he was diagnosed with late stage pancreatic cancer in Jan

to skip chemotherapy after doctors told him he had less than a year to live

paying tribute were fellow British rocker Billy Bragg, who said that Johnson was a “precursor