Monday, July 19, 2010

The style and the influence of Johnny "Guitar" Watson

Johnny "Guitar" Watson, John Watson Jr. was born in Houston, Texas. His father was a pianist and taught his son the instrument from an early age. Johnny quickly abandoned by his father in the way of how he became interested in electric guitar through the influence of his T-Bone Walker in Houston and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. Watson's grandfather was a guitarist for local church groups and agreed to a guitar the boy if he does not play all "devil's music has received" Blues agreed. This wasThe first thing he played.

Her parents separated 15 years, and he and his mother moved to Los Angeles. He has won numerous talent shows and eventually found a job while still a teenager with the band playing the blues as a style of Jump Toni Chuck Higgins' Mello and Amos Milburn. He made his name in small local Western plays under the name "Young John Watson." That was until he saw the film, Johnny Guitar, in 1954, and his real moniker was born.

Watson startedThe cultivation of a person bold, raw, and fun while on stage, was his way of playing especially representative of this. He would strum wildly, without the aid of a plectrum, and replace, as a consequence, would string several times during a single show. His account of the 1954 album "Space Guitar," a pioneer in the techniques of feedback and reverb, the popular emulation saw the birth of psychedelic rock a decade later. He toured with the band often accompanied the likes of LarryWilliams, Little Richard, Don & Dewey, the Olympics, Johnny Otis and David Axelrod.

Then came the era of soul and funk years 1960 and 1970 respectively Watson adapt his style changed over time. He gave his person wearing blues and gold teeth, wide-brimmed hats, flying colorful clothing and jewelry. He released albums with titles like "Is not That a Bitch," "Superman Lover" and "Real Mother For Ya". The lyrics of "Telephone Bill" had "complex Love Jones', has helped fast lyricsHerold possible increase in rap music.

Watson died after a shooting friend Larry Williams in 1980, he retired from the limelight for some time and has appeared on tour in France is enough to earn recognition as the "Godfather of Funk." He gained more fame and recognition than ever with the release of her album 'Bow Wow "in 1994. He received a Grammy nomination for it, and re-releases of his older albums have brought him great attention and recognition.

Toured around theWorld widely and began to numerous artists album 'and as a guest vocalist or for sampling, including Redman, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Easy E, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige. It 'was a modified version of Watson's sentence "Bow Wow Wow Yippie Yippie-yay-yo", the famous Snoop Dogg "What's My Name is issued."

According to witnesses, Watson is only half-dead guitar on stage, while expressing his last words, "is not that a bitch" in Yokohama, Japan May 171996

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