Description
• With Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson we present an exceptionally inventive and style-defining musician in the ‘Rocks’ series on Bear Family Records®.
• • As ‘Young’ John Watson, he enjoyed his first triumphs as a teenager and pianist, before coaxing never-before-heard sounds from his Fender® guitar and amplifier with Space Guitar in 1954 and henceforth being celebrated as Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson!
• • We follow his career from 1953 to ’64 with a focus on the uptempo numbers driven by his razor-sharp guitar tone.
• • Including Hot Little Mamma, Too Tired, the great Gangster Of Love, Johnny Guitar, Untouchable and Cuttin’ In, his biggest hit to date (1961).
• • Extensive liner notes by Chicago music historian Bill Dahl, plus discographical details and illustrations in the comprehensive booklet.
• • Carefully remastered recordings from the best available sources.
TRACKLISTING:
CD:
Hot Little Mama Chuck Higgins (and his Mellotones): Motor Head Baby Looking Back She Moves Me Too Tired Gettin’ Drunk You Better Love Me Gangster Of Love Sweet Lovin’ Mama I Say, I Love You Deana Baby Highway 60 Oh Baby Posin’ Love Me Baby Broke And Lonely Ruben Johnny Guitar Space Guitar The Bear One Room Country Stack I Got Eyes Half Pint Of Whiskey One More Kiss Untouchable Rat Now Those Lonely, Lonely Nights What’s Going On Wait A Minute, Baby Cuttin’ In
GENRE: Rocknroll/Blues
BARCODE: 4000127177643
RELEASE DATE: 22/11/2024
