Johnny Guitar Watson - Essential Works 1953-1962

Tracklist

1
Face A
1.
Highway 60
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:27
2.
No I Can't
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:27
3.
Motorhead baby
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:37
4.
I Got Eyes
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:28
5.
What's Going On
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:32
6.
Thinking
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:33
7.
Half Pint of Whiskey
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:53
Face B
1.
Space Guitar
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:40
2.
Getting Drunk
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:45
3.
Hot Little Mama
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:43
4.
Don't Touch Me
Johnny Guitar Watson
03:19
5.
Three Hours Past Midnight
Johnny Guitar Watson
03:25
6.
Love Me Baby
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:54
7.
She Moves Me
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:53
2
Face C
1.
Gangster of Love
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:43
2.
One Room Country Shack
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:40
3.
Deana Baby
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:12
4.
The Bear
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:44
5.
One More Kiss
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:19
6.
Johnny Guitar
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:27
7.
Untouchable
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:35
Face D
1.
Sweet Lovin' Mama
Johnny Guitar Watson
03:03
2.
I Just Wants Me Some Love
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:47
3.
Cuttin' In
Johnny Guitar Watson
03:16
4.
Broke and Lonely
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:59
5.
Posin'
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:41
6.
The Eagle is Back
Johnny Guitar Watson
02:36
7.
Looking Back
Johnny Guitar Watson
01:55

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Le chanteur guitariste de deux albums essentiels de la planète funk Ain’t That a Bitch et A Real Mother For You est d’abord un bluesman respecté qui a suivi tout le parcours de la scène R&B des années cinquante. Lorsque Johnny Watson reçoit la guitare de son grand père qui vient de mourir, sa grand-mère insiste pour qu’il ne joue jamais de blues - la musique du diable - sur cette « sainte » guitare qui a accompagné tous les gospels. Le jeune Johnny ne pense alors qu’à jouer le blues. A Los Angeles, il traverse les années cinquante sous l’influence d’Amos Milburn et Chuck Higgins, avec lequel il joue quelque temps avant de former son propre groupe pour écumer les club de LA : « je faisais les trucs de Jimi Hendrix, 15 ans avant … on jouait deux sets avec Guitar Slim … on jouait dans la salle avec nos guitares branchées sur dix mètres de fil .. on s’asseyait sur l’épaule de l’autre et on jouait à travers le public … ». Les prestations de Johnny Guitar Watson laissent une trace mémorable. Il a su donner un caractère personnel à chaque période de sa carrière, il est avant tout une personnalité originale qui a marqué chacun des styles qu’il a traversé : le blues, le R & B, le funk. Les quatre faces de cet album illustrent les deux premiers, Ain’t That a Bitch et A Real Mother For You illustrent le troisième.

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