(Appreciation)Johnny "Guitar" Watson

[videogamestashbox.com]

This dat roll all day music. I got “Ta-Ta You Baby”, “Telephone Bill”, “Bow Wow”, and “Hook Me Up” on the drive.

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[Spiritual Stratocaster]

You literally hear the stuff/tricks guys like Eddie Van Halen and SRV were doing except johnny was doing it 20years prior

 

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@Taadow

Bruh!!! I ain't heard this track in a min. I remember hearing this shyt on the radio when I was a kid ....thought that shyt was Johnny gill, Gerald lavert, or something. Had no clue it was johnny "guitar" watson
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[UNCLE JAM]

I always liked this track:



Johnny and Larry were some real brehs. Larry was murdered under shady circumstances.

Both he and Johnny were in some real pimp shyt.

Yeah Larry was out their pimpin for real!

Bman's Blues Report: SO MUCH TROUBLE - LARRY WILLIAMS

THIS WAS MY shyt!!

 

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@Taadow I kept racking my brain cause while I didn't recall JGW making "hook me up" I did remember another old head blues guy out around that time.

Finally remembered it was johnny taylor good love album.

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As said before most of that stuff was music my granddaddy nem listened to ....but "hook me up" and "good love" was actually on RAP / R&B stations at the time.
While I knew of Johnny Taylor album i didn't know of Johnny "Guitar" Watson "bow wow" album, or who made "hook me up". I just know I heard the song all the time.

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

The GOAT

 

[Taadow]

@Taadow I kept racking my brain cause while I didn't recall JGW making "hook me up" I did remember another old head blues guy out around that time.

Finally remembered it was johnny taylor good love album.

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As said before most of that stuff was music my granddaddy nem listened to ....but "hook me up" and "good love" was actually on RAP / R&B stations at the time.
While I knew of Johnny Taylor album i didn't know of Johnny "Guitar" Watson "bow wow" album, or who made "hook me up". I just know I heard the song all the time.

Yeah, that was really the last time the “urban” stations were still playing the new music the OGs put out -
before the markets started having the “classic R&B”/no rap/Tom Joyner in the Morning” stations. We all
used to hear the same thing. Some other cuts from that era was

Al Green - Everything’s Gonna Be All Right
Ann Nesby - I’m Still Wearing Your Name
Peggy Scott-Adams - Bill

 

[Eza]

That 'Bow Wow' album used to be our soundtrack on our 2 and a half hour drive every Saturday to see my big bro at Juvenile Camp..

'Never too late'

 

[mamba]

Sunday’s with Unc
In the broham

 

[mamba]

I always liked this track



That guitar work at 1:40.

In 1994, he was still laying it down on guitar.

I wish we still had brehs who could play like this. Not that hard rock sound. But, more of that funk sound.

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

Check this right here



a Gibson Explorer and the other cat got an ES-335

 

[videogamestashbox.com]

Lemme run dis back...


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[blues_funk_reggae]

Old thread but fukk it....

I listened to this track today and forgot how dope it was. That wah pedal, the bass, the solo...

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

Hook me up baby

Old thread but fukk it....

I listened to this track today and forgot how dope it was. That wah pedal, the bass, the solo...

Live version is off the chain.