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Watson in 1976Background informationBirth nameJohn Watson Jr.Also known asYoung John WatsonBorn( 1935-02-03)February 3, 1935, Texas, United StatesDiedMay 17, 1996 (1996-05-17) (aged 61), JapanGenres, funk blues,InstrumentsVocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, bass guitar, drumsYears active1952–1996Labels, RPM, Class, Arvee, Goth, Escort, Jowat, WilmaAssociated acts,John Watson Jr. (February 3, 1935 – May 17, 1996), known professionally as Johnny ' Guitar' Watson, was an American, and musician and singer-songwriter. A flamboyant showman and electric guitarist in the style of, Watson recorded throughout the 1950s and 1960s with some success.

Johnny Guitar Watson's career went back to the early 50's in Houston. As a teenager, Johnny played with various artists including Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland. His father played piano, which also became Johnny's first instrument. Johnny left Houston for Los Angeles when he was only 15 years old.

His creative reinvention in the 1970s with funk overtones, saw Watson have hits with 'Ain't That a Bitch' and 'Superman Lover'. His successful recording career spanned forty years, with his highest chart appearance being the 1977 song 'A Real Mother For Ya'. Contents.Early life Watson was born in, Texas. His father John Sr. Was a pianist, and taught his son the instrument. But young Watson was immediately attracted to the sound of the guitar, in particular the electric guitar as played by and.His grandfather, a preacher, was also musical.

'My grandfather used to sing while he'd play guitar in church, man,' Watson reflected many years later. When Johnny was 11, his grandfather offered to give him a guitar if, and only if, the boy didn't play any of the 'devil's music'. His parents separated in 1950, when he was 15.

His mother moved to, and took Watson with her.Early career In his new city, Watson won several local talent shows. This led to his employment, while still a teenager, with -style bands such as 's Mellotones. He worked as a vocalist, pianist, and guitarist. He quickly made a name for himself in the African-American of the, where he first recorded for in 1952. He was billed as Young John Watson until 1954. That year, he saw the film, and a new stage name was born.In 1953, had Watson as part of his Orchestra perform for the famed ninth concert held at in Los Angeles which was produced by on June 7.

Also featured that day were and his Orchestra, and His Mexican Jazzmen, and and his All Stars with.Watson affected a swaggering, yet humorous personality, indulging a taste for flashy clothes and wild showmanship on stage. His 'attacking' style of playing, without a, resulted in him often needing to change the strings on his guitar once or twice a show, because he 'stressified on them' so much, as he put it.Watson's ferocious 'Space Guitar' single of 1954 pioneered guitar. Watson would later influence a subsequent generation of guitarists. His song ' was first released on in 1957. It did not appear in the charts at the time, but was later re-recorded and became a hit in 1978, becoming Watson's 'most famous song'.He toured and recorded with his friend, as well as, and, in the mid-1970s with. In 1975 he was a guest performer on two tracks (flambe vocals on the out-choruses of 'San Ber'dino' and 'Andy') on the album.

He also played with. But as the popularity of declined and the era of dawned in the 1960s, Watson transformed himself from southern blues singer with into urban soul singer in a hat. His new style was emphatic – wearing the gold teeth, broad-brimmed hats, flashy suits, fashionable outsized sunglasses and ostentatious jewelry.He modified his music accordingly. His albums (included funk blues singles 'Superman Lover') and Real Mother For Ya(1977) fused funk and blues. Watson had album Love Jones in 1980. Reviewing Watson's 1977 LP A Real Mother for Ya, wrote in (1981): 'Watson has been perfecting his own brand of easy-listening funk for years, and this time he's finally gone into the studio with his guitar Freddie and his drummer Emry and a bunch of electric keyboards and come up with a whole album of good stuff.

The riff-based tracks go on too long but go down easy and the lyrics have an edge. Granted, Watson can't match 's chops, but this is dance music, chops would just get in the way. And I prefer his -without-pipes to Benson's -ditto.' Later career. Watson at, Germany, 1987In a 1994 interview with for liner notes to The Funk Anthology, Watson was asked if his 1980 song 'Telephone Bill' anticipated.

Watson replied. 'I damn well invented it!

And I wasn't the only one. Talking rhyming lyrics to a groove is something you'd hear in the clubs everywhere from Macon to Memphis. Man, talking has always been the name of the game.

When I sing, I'm talking in melody. When I play, I'm talking with my guitar.

I may be talking trash, baby, but I'm talking'.In 1995, he was given a Pioneer Award from the in a presentation and performance ceremony at the. In February 1995, Watson was interviewed by Tomcat Mahoney for his Brooklyn, New York-based blues radio show The Other Half. Watson discussed at length his influences and those he had influenced, referencing,. He made a special guest appearance on 's 1996 album A Man Amongst Men, playing on the track 'I Can't Stand It' and singing on the track 'Bo Diddley Is Crazy'.His music was by (who based his 'Sooperman Luva' saga on Watson's 'Superman Lover' song),. Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre borrowed 's adaptation of Watson's catchphrase 'Bow wow wow yippi-yo yippi-yay' for Snoop's hit. Johnny also played the guitar on the remix of 's winning single in 1993.'

Johnny was always aware of what was going on around him', recalled Susan Maier Watson (later to become the musician's wife) in an interview printed in the liner notes to the album The Very Best of Johnny 'Guitar' Watson. 'He was proud that he could change with the times and not get stuck in the past'.Death and material loss Watson died of a on May 17, 1996, collapsing on stage while on tour in. His remains were brought home for interment at in Glendale, California and buried in the Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Enduring Honor, Holly Terrace entrance.On June 25, 2019, listed Johnny 'Guitar' Watson among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the. Influence. Watson performing in, Germany, in 1996Watson, a recognized master of the guitar– has been compared to and allegedly became irritated when asked about this comparison, supposedly stating: 'I used to play the guitar standing on my hands. I had a 150-foot cord and I could get on top of the auditorium – those things Jimi Hendrix was doing, I started that shit.' stated that 'Watson's 1956 song 'Three Hours Past Midnight' inspired me to become a guitarist'.

Watson contributed to Zappa's albums (1975), (1984), (1984) and (1985). Zappa also named 'Three Hours Past Midnight' his favorite record in a 1979 interview.not only did a cover of ' on his 1968 album (substituting 'Is your name 'Stevie 'Guitar' Miller?' For the same line with Watson's name), he made a reference to it in his 1969 song 'Space Cowboy' ('And you know that I'm a gangster of love') as well as in his 1973 hit song ' ('Some call me the gangster of love'). Miller had also borrowed the sobriquet for his own 'The Gangster Is Back', on his 1971 album., brother of, is quoted as saying: 'When my brother Stevie and I were growing up in, we idolized very few guitarists. We were highly selective and highly critical. Johnny 'Guitar' Watson was at the top of the list, along with,.

Watson influenced Jimi Hendrix, and.said: 'Music-wise, he (Watson) was the most dangerous gunslinger out there, even when others made a lot of noise in the charts ～　I'm thinking of or '.stated, in an interview at the 2006: 'Johnny 'Guitar' Watson. Just one of my favorite singers of all time. I first met him when we were both on the road with in the '50s, when I was a teenager. We traveled the country in a car together so I would hear him sing every night. His singing style was the one I took on when I was 17 – people used to call me the female Johnny 'Guitar' Watson and him the male Etta James.

He knew what the blues was all about.' .James is also quoted as saying: 'I got everything from Johnny. He was my main model. My whole ballad style comes from my imitating Johnny's style. He was the baddest and the best.

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Johnny Guitar Watson was not just a guitarist: the man was a master musician. He could call out charts; he could write a beautiful melody or a nasty groove at the drop of a hat; he could lay on the harmonies and he could come up with a whole sound.' Recorded a song entitled 'Johnny Guitar', about Watson, for their 2009 album.Watson's 1976 song 'Superman Lover' features on the soundtrack of the video game.

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