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Johnny "Guitar" Watson albums featuring Walt Fowler
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| | Funk Anthology CDs (2005) Digipak
 $15.99    
Johnny "Guitar" Watson was renowned as a bluesman during the 1950s and '60s, but in the '70s the vocalist/multi-instrumentalist turned his talents to funk. As the cover of 2005's FUNK ANTHOLOGY playfully illustrates, the Texas-born performer was essentially a one-man ...
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| Real Mother For Ya CD (1977) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
$9.99
A staple in the 1970s pop and R&B charts, Johnny "Guitar" Watson blended hot funk and jazz with old-school showmanship in a combination that was both disco- and radio-friendly. The risqué title track is prototypical Watson, with stinging guitar interjections ...
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| Funk Beyond The Call Of Duty CD (1977) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
$9.55
This installment of Johnny "Guitar" Watson's sojourn into 1970s' style funk incorporates Funkadelic-style chants and sophisticated grooves as well as the blues and R&B master's trademark hoarse vocalizing; but, as always, his prickly, jazzy guitar soloing is the main attraction, ...
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| Funk Beyond The Call Of Duty CD (1977)
$12.95
This installment of Johnny "Guitar" Watson's sojourn into 1970s' style funk incorporates Funkadelic-style chants and sophisticated grooves as well as the blues and R&B master's trademark hoarse vocalizing; but, as always, his prickly, jazzy guitar soloing is the main attraction, ...
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| What The Hell Is This? CD (1979) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
$9.55
Given the gleefully irreverent album cover (featuring the bewildered artist in seriously bold threads, sitting on a tricycle flanked by three female gas station attendants), listeners know that they're in for a fun time before WHAT THE HELL IS THIS? ...
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| Love Jones CD (1980) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
$9.55
The follow-up to Johnny "Guitar" Watson's WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?, 1980's LOVE JONES continues in the wacky, funkier-than-thou vein of its predecessor. Standing in stark contrast to the singer/multi-instrumentalist's bluesy early work, this disc is slick, of-the-era R&B that ...
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| Love Jones CD (1980)
$12.95
The follow-up to Johnny "Guitar" Watson's WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?, 1980's LOVE JONES continues in the wacky, funkier-than-thou vein of its predecessor. Standing in stark contrast to the singer/multi-instrumentalist's bluesy early work, this disc is slick, of-the-era R&B that ...
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| What The Hell Is This? CD (1979)
$10.59
Given the gleefully irreverent album cover (featuring the bewildered artist in seriously bold threads, sitting on a tricycle flanked by three female gas station attendants), listeners know that they're in for a fun time before WHAT THE HELL IS THIS? ...
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 Johnny "guitar" Watson Lyrics and Songs
Popular or famous Johnny "guitar" Watson songs: Gangster of Love, Space Guitar, Funk Beyond the Call of Duty, Booty Ooty. More music songs You Can Stay But the Noise Must Go, Cuttin' In, Miss Frisco, I Need It, I Want to Ta-Ta You Baby, Lone Ranger, Love That Will Not Die. More music songs What the Hell Is This?, Hot Little Mama, Someone Cares For Me, Superman Lover Lyrics, Ain't That a Bitch Lyrics, Three Hours Past Midnight Lyrics. More music lyrics and songs Telephone Bill Lyrics.
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Johnny "guitar" Watson Biography
An influence on everyone from Frank Zappa (who helped revive his career) to Jimi Hendrix, Johnny "Guitar" Watson was one of the most distinctive West Coast blues guitarists. He marked himself as a unique stylist early on with his reverb-laced 1953 single "Space Guitar," and is widely known for his hit "Gangster of Love." In the '70s, Watson reinvented himself as an R&B/funk artist, shockingly scoring more hits than he had in the previous decades as a bluesman. Later on, Watson's songs were a sample source for West Coast gangsta rappers. The relentlessly active performer died in 1996 while on tour in Japan.
Key Personnel
| Member Name | Worked With | | Johnny "Guitar" Watson | Frank Zappa, George Duke, Tubby Hayes, Chuck Higgins, Freddie Hubbard, Imitation Electric Piano, Punk Blues Review | | Emry Thomas | | Walt Fowler | Frank Zappa, James Taylor, Rayford Griffin, Gregg Karukas, Michael O'Neill, Matthew Sweet, Rance Allen, Banned From Utopia, Bluezeum |
Contemporaries
B.B. King, Johnny Winter, Prince, Little Richard, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Etta James, Albert King, Johnny Otis, Freddie King, Otis Rush, Albert Collins, Ike Turner, Hound Dog Taylor, Johnny Copeland, Earl King, Pee Wee Crayton, Earl Hooker, Jimmy McCracklin, Howard Tate, Guitar Shorty
Followers
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Los Lobos, Robert Cray, Johnny Winter, Frank Zappa, The Blasters, The Flamin' Groovies, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Son Seals, The Holmes Brothers, Bill Perry, Steve Miller (Guitar), Lucky Peterson
Influences
Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, T-Bone Walker, Elmore James, Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Slim, Guitar Slim
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