{"id":14721,"date":"2018-06-19T05:30:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T09:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=14721"},"modified":"2018-06-19T09:59:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T13:59:00","slug":"album-review-johnny-guitar-watson-s-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/19\/album-review-johnny-guitar-watson-s-t\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Johnny &#8220;Guitar&#8221; Watson &#8211; s\/t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14722\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/johnny_guitar_watson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/johnny_guitar_watson.jpg 350w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/johnny_guitar_watson-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/johnny_guitar_watson-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When one thinks of the bluesy masters of the electric guitar, the name Johnny \u201cGuitar\u201d Watson is sure to be mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>Watson\u2019s second guitar LP mines a variety of styles; \u201cPosin\u2019\u201d feels a bit like Philly soul, with massed backing vocals and Watson\u2019s blues-shouted lead vocal. But when the master of the Stratocaster launches into to his sinewy guitar solo, it sounds like nobody but him. Even the strings on the track don\u2019t overwhelm the stomping vibe.<\/p>\n<p>This 1963 LP \u2013 originally released on King records \u2013 features a dozen songs , and they\u2019re pretty much all great. \u201cCuttin\u2019 In\u201d sounds halfway between a \u201850s slow dance number (again with strings) and very early Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac. Rare was the artist who could stand up to a string section; Watson\u2019s fretwork cuts right through the syrup, and in fact the strings actually make the tracks better than they\u2019d otherwise be.<\/p>\n<p>It takes some chutzpah to add the name of your chosen instrument to your stage name. But Watson more than earned the right, and a dozen pieces of evidence to back up that assertion are on this LP. \u201cYou Can\u2019t Take it With You\u201d churns out a slow, loping blues figure \u2013 with a noisily dissonant piano chugging along \u2013 and some tasty Watson licks. \u201cI Just Wants Me Some Love\u201d features some soulful horns backing the core group. For an album of its era, <i>Johnny \u201cGuitar\u201d Watson<\/i> is surprisingly varied.<\/p>\n<p>In later years Watson \u2013 the <i>original<\/i> Gangster of Love, thankyouverymuch \u2013 would pursue a funk direction, but this debut collection presents him in his fully-formed blues\/r&amp;b guise. In crisp monaural sound and pressed on translucent amber heavyweight vinyl, Johnny \u201cGuitar\u201d Watson is a rare treat indeed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When one thinks of the bluesy masters of the electric guitar, the name Johnny \u201cGuitar\u201d Watson is sure to be mentioned. 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