Gypie Mayo is an English guitarist, playing in Dr. Feelgood from 1977 to 1981, and from 1996 to 2004 in the re-born Yardbirds with Alan Glen. Mayo was relatively unknown until he replaced Wilko Johnson in Dr Feelgood, although Henry McCullough had temporarily stood in when Johnson left. He was known as John Mayo until, having suffered several minor ailments, Dr Feelgood's Lee Brilleaux said "you've always got the gyp" and the nickname stuck. Mayo played on six Dr.

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  • Gypie Mayo is an English guitarist, playing in Dr. Feelgood from 1977 to 1981, and from 1996 to 2004 in the re-born Yardbirds with Alan Glen. Mayo was relatively unknown until he replaced Wilko Johnson in Dr Feelgood, although Henry McCullough had temporarily stood in when Johnson left. He was known as John Mayo until, having suffered several minor ailments, Dr Feelgood's Lee Brilleaux said "you've always got the gyp" and the nickname stuck. Mayo played on six Dr. Feelgood albums (Be Seeing You, Private Practice, As It Happens, Let It Roll, A Case of the Shakes and On The Job). He co-wrote the Feelgood's only UK Top 10 single "Milk and Alcohol" with Nick Lowe, and played on four of the five other Dr. Feelgood singles to have appeared in the UK Singles Chart; the only Feelgood single to have charted without him, being "Sneakin' Suspicion". His guitar work also featured on the Yardbird's 2003 album, Birdland. He now lives in Bath, Somerset, where he plays in several bands, teaches guitar, and makes guest appearances on albums such as Pete Gage's Tough Talk.
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  • Gypie Mayo is an English guitarist, playing in Dr. Feelgood from 1977 to 1981, and from 1996 to 2004 in the re-born Yardbirds with Alan Glen. Mayo was relatively unknown until he replaced Wilko Johnson in Dr Feelgood, although Henry McCullough had temporarily stood in when Johnson left. He was known as John Mayo until, having suffered several minor ailments, Dr Feelgood's Lee Brilleaux said "you've always got the gyp" and the nickname stuck. Mayo played on six Dr.
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