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    Johnny "Guitar" Wats - Space Guitar Master: 1952 - 1960 Recordings [New CD]

    Johnny "Guitar" Wats - Space Guitar Master: 1952 - 1960 Recordings [New CD]

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    THE GANGSTER OF LOVE
     
    Despite a lack of any major hits, Johnny “Guitar” Watson has long been recognized by people in the know as one of the true geniuses of blues and R&B. This set is a long overdue tribute to a visionary pioneer. A truly multi-talented artist, he was a blazing boogie-woogie pianist, though he is best remembered as an innovative guitarist who influenced Bo Diddley and Ike Turner in the instrument-as-noisemaker department (1954’s “Space Guitar"). Some sources claim he was the first guitarist to use reverb and feedback to make music and his guitar playing tapped the full range of the instrument’s potential. Watson was also a prolific songwriter and a soulful singer, who was both uptown and as gutbucket as you could possibly ask for. His singing was by turns sexy, humorous, and political. This quintessential collection gathers a variety of the great R&B recordings and hard to find blues sides he made for different labels such as Federal, Modern, Keen, RPM, Class and Arvee Records between 1952 and 1960. This is the material upon which Johnny Guitar Watson's reputation was built.

    “There are few more lascivious sounds in popular music than the voice of Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson.” - The New York Times
    “Watson understood low down blues and be-bop jazz and came up with his own melding of it.” - Cub Koda

    16-PAGE BOOKLET - RARE PHOTOS - VINTAGE MEMORABILIA - DETAILED LINER NOTES

    JOHNNY “GUITAR” WATSON, vocals & guitar, plus:

    Maxwell Davis, Milt Bradford, Chuck Higgins, Bill Gaither (tenor sax),
    Clyde Dunn, Jim Wynn (baritone sax),
    René Hall, Wayne Benett, Harold Grant (guitar),
    Mario DeLagarde (bass)
    Willard McDanield (piano),
    Charles Pendergraph, Robert “Snake” Sims (drums),
    Cordella de Milo (vocals).
    Further personnel information is detailed inside booklet.

    Recorded in Los Angeles (California), between 1952 and 1960.

    01. DEANA BABY 2:13
    02. RUBEN 2:25
    03. GANGSTER OF LOVE 2:43
    04. UNTOUCHABLE 2:36
    05. I GOT EYES 2:28
    06. SPACE GUITAR 2:40
    07. LOVE ME BABY 2:54
    08. HOT LITTLE MAMA 2:43
    09. TOO TIRED 2:43
    10. I LOVE TO LOVE YOU 2:40
    11. JOHNNY GUITAR 2:27
    12. HONEY 2:25
    13. AIN’T GONNA HUSH 2:34
    14. LOOKING BACK 1:58
    15. ONE MORE KISS 2:20
    16. JUST WON’T TREAT ME RITE 2:31
    17. MOTOR HEAD BABY 2:16
    18. OH BABY 2:40
    19. SOMEONE CARES FOR ME 3:00
    20. THINKING 2:32
    21. THOSE LONELY, LONELY NIGHTS 2:54
    22. NO I CAN’T 2:26
    23. GETTIN’ DRUNK 2:43
    24. SHE MOVES ME 2:53
    25. LONELY GIRL 2:33
    26. GIVE A LITTLE 3:04
    27. HALF PINT OF WHISKEY 3:16
    28. WHAT’S GOING ON 2:28
    THE GANGSTER OF LOVE

    TOTAL TIME: 72:57

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