Jhonny Guitar Watson

• CD JEWEL CASE FORMAT

• 28 TRACKS

•INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

Despite a lack of any major hits, Johnny ‘Guitar” Watson has long been recognized as one of the true geniuses of blues and R&B.

This set is a long overdue tribute to a visionary pioneer. A truly mufti-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. 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.

This CD puts together the best blues sides he made for labels such as Federal, Modern, Keen, RPM, Class and Arvee Records between 1952 and 1960.

PERSONNEL:

• JOHNNY "GUITAR" WATSON - (vocals and guitar), plus:

• Maxwell Davis, Milt Bradford, Chuck Higgins, Bill Gaither (tenor sax), Clyde Dunn, Jim Wynn (baritone sax), René Hall, Wayne Bennett, Harold Grant (guitar), Mario DeLagarde (bass), Willard McDaniel (piano), Charles Pendergraph, Robert "Snake" Sims (drums), Cordella de Milo (vocals), among others.

Recorded in Los Angeles, 1952-1960.

TRACKS:

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