Best Live solos of Johnny "Guitar" Watson, #1: Hessen Concert 1993

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  • @dorothywilson1974
    @dorothywilson1974 2 роки тому +43

    I love me some Johnny Guitar Watson. One of the best blues legend. Gone but never forgotten. Continue to rest in peace Baby!

  • @Ghostdogsurvivalist
    @Ghostdogsurvivalist Рік тому +96

    One of Frank Zappa's 3 favorite guitar players.

    • @katiejoe5986
      @katiejoe5986 Рік тому +15

      And good friends also! :)

    • @lonestar6709
      @lonestar6709 Рік тому +14

      Yeah, with Jeff Beck.
      And I believe British maestro, Allan Holdsworth was his favourite.

    • @dariningalls3041
      @dariningalls3041 Рік тому +10

      Johnny did some of my favorite vocals on "Andy" and "San Ber'dino" off One Size Fits All. Some musicians are just naturals. What a talent! JGW is heavy on my play list!

    • @rosbifle413
      @rosbifle413 Рік тому +7

      Frank was temporarily a great arranger of music but the success went to his head and afterwards he produced some awful music. He was an average guitarist at best. Just sheer noise. JGW on rhe other hand....one of the greatest.

    • @VuotoPneumaNN
      @VuotoPneumaNN 11 місяців тому

      Who gives a shit

  • @JohnLloydDavis
    @JohnLloydDavis Рік тому +35

    That bass player is awesome. Great tone and feel.

  • @DavidRomero-y6s
    @DavidRomero-y6s 24 дні тому +11

    Thank you for this post. I was lucky to see him perform live 2 times & talked with him at a Power of Tower club date in Redondo Beach. This clip shows how much of an entertainer this man was. He had me laughing & grinning from ear to ear as I watched this performance. Musician, singer, guitarist, song writer, producer innovator, par excellence! We will never see the likes of him again, sadly enough.

    • @donaldsamuel1871
      @donaldsamuel1871 22 дні тому

      You

    • @CalvinMayes-zv5di
      @CalvinMayes-zv5di 11 днів тому +2

      You were very fortunate to have seen JGW the first time and twice as lucky the second!

    • @MickyTubbs1985
      @MickyTubbs1985 7 днів тому

      Kudos to your homage to an outstanding representative of the genre and one fabulous entertainer.😊

  • @ginafriend1690
    @ginafriend1690 7 місяців тому +28

    Johnny G! Excellent and left us too soon at 61. ❤

  • @airtow6766
    @airtow6766 Рік тому +25

    Just a man that did what he loved, and we loved him back. I miss JGW!

  • @JOVO1971
    @JOVO1971 Місяць тому +4

    One of my best all time concerts when he stayed in south germany! Pure soul with great entertainment!

  • @emiliobertoli
    @emiliobertoli 11 місяців тому +50

    You know the band Is special when the bass is upside down

    • @lesliehayton2929
      @lesliehayton2929 3 місяці тому +2

      I don’t like it , it confuses me !

    • @fabrikk60
      @fabrikk60 2 місяці тому +3

      Funny how some lefties just get used to playing them that way, while others have to have a proper lefty bass (or guitar).

    • @georgemcrae5117
      @georgemcrae5117 2 місяці тому +2

      @@fabrikk60I noticed that the bass players that are lefty’s and leave the strings the same play great

    • @adewilliams8
      @adewilliams8 13 днів тому

      😂👍🏾

    • @garypoe7477
      @garypoe7477 7 днів тому

      He's left handed!

  • @KennethDawson-zv8rn
    @KennethDawson-zv8rn 9 місяців тому +12

    Simply a spiritual creation of the eternal ancient of days! He loves his amazing music! Are we clear!

  • @snakefinger
    @snakefinger 3 роки тому +50

    If you're a great skateboarder you could use anybody's board to land a trick. No matter if they ride their trucks tight or barely falling off. Skinny or wide board. Grip tape falling off or new sheet just laid. I feel the same way about Johnny. I know a lot of players like playing or appreciate playing an SG. I can't stand playing an SG. it feels like I'm playing a coffee table. Much respect to Johnny he's hands down in my top ten favorite guitar players. And it's for that same reason that guy Mariano skates. They're great at it and just natural nothing comes off as staged or contrived. R.I. P. Johnny. We miss you and will forever love who you were and what you were and represented to us.

    • @beverleecambronne6599
      @beverleecambronne6599 2 роки тому +5

      Its not how you can shred but less is more soul. Nice flow.

    • @MrJohnnyDistortion
      @MrJohnnyDistortion Рік тому +7

      I don't like shateboards because it feels like in riding on a little, narrow tiny coffee table with 4 dinky wheels.
      But I love the Gibson SG body style.

    • @jroc2201
      @jroc2201 Рік тому +2

      @@MrJohnnyDistortion Haha

    • @MrJohnnyDistortion
      @MrJohnnyDistortion Рік тому +2

      @@jroc2201
      You da man!

    • @adamsouza7140
      @adamsouza7140 Рік тому +3

      Teeny tiny strings

  • @terrycuyler5659
    @terrycuyler5659 10 місяців тому +19

    Man why have I never heard of this man? It's always the obscure bands that seem to amaze me.

    • @bertramattles1695
      @bertramattles1695 7 місяців тому +5

      He is very very very underrated but he was very popular in the blues circles

    • @Ram-by2gz
      @Ram-by2gz 4 місяці тому +2

      I always say for all the great musicians that we get to hear because "they make it" there are so many we're never going to hear because they didn't "make it" but we're still playing their whole life. Google Frankie Paris who's called the Godfather of the New York club scene for over 40 years. Frankie was a good friend of mine who I call my mentor because he was so helpful and encouraging to other musicians that he was that to me for sure. I always said if he was taller and looked as good as Tom Jones everyone would have been listening to Frankie. My dear friend passed away in 2008 in his '60s😢. Love you Frankie miss you and think of you often to this day ❤️

    • @marvintaylor5332
      @marvintaylor5332 Місяць тому +2

      Many times artist like JGW are overlooked because record companies focus most of there energy and resources into artist whom they feel are "commercial " as Bobby Womack would say !!!! Record companies will put the bank behind 4 or 5 pretty boys with no talent !!!! And will throw there most talented artist leftover peanuts 🥜 but will beg talented artists to help make there new untalented pretty boy group sound talented!!!! It happens all the time!!!!

  • @marvintaylor5332
    @marvintaylor5332 Місяць тому +7

    For those of you who are not familiar with Johnny Guitar Watson, he was a pioneer and innovator of his art and technique as well as a great song writer and producer!!!! I would strongly recommend these two albums from JGW "A REAL MOTHER FOR YA " and "AIN'T THAT A BITCH " very clever song writing , somewhat similar to Chuck Berry songs writing clever yet witty ! His use of horns on these albums are spot on with flawless precision !!!!! His guitar work is clever and authentic on these albums and the way that this man plays a guitar is an art form that many great guitar players lack ,he demonstrates his creativity much in the same light as Jimmy Hendrix!!!! He also inspired Steve Ray Vaughan whom idolized him and also duplicated his techniques!!!! JGW is that hidden gem , only known by loyal fans of his !!!! Mainly those whom are true blues lovers!!!! He wasn't main stream due to him being a blues musician, but I can safely say he is one of the greats guitar players of all time!!!! I truly hope that those whom are not familiar with his music, pick up these 2 albums listed above , both albums are unique treasures, you can listen to the albums from beginning to end and wont find one bad song , arrangement or production !!!!

    • @orlandogreen6743
      @orlandogreen6743 Місяць тому

      UR ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!! I'm not sure but he's the first to combine Disco with blues when he broke out "Ain't DAT a bitch"?? Not too much longer Barry White did it with his crossover song" Ecstasy"!!!?? JGW was my favorite, When I was a teenager my Father and I would jam our favorite over and over. " Nothing left to be desired"..

    • @adewilliams8
      @adewilliams8 13 днів тому

      👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

  • @garysimmons3050
    @garysimmons3050 3 дні тому

    😢😢He was a country boy but he knows how to make you feel good playing his Guitar 🎸 oh! MG he was good we will always Miss him.

  • @angelabird9051
    @angelabird9051 7 місяців тому +7

    Love him my mother always played his music and I became a fan also ❤beautiful artist ❤🎉

  • @guyharrison4644
    @guyharrison4644 4 місяці тому +12

    his timing is outa sight....what a legend...superb tight band....JGW....Deano....wow....

  • @adamsouza7140
    @adamsouza7140 Рік тому +15

    Man this guy’s good at being on stage

  • @margaretsullivan721
    @margaretsullivan721 13 днів тому +3

    WOW!!! THE GUITAR CAN TALK!! What a performer !

  • @dblocker3145
    @dblocker3145 Місяць тому +8

    They called him the "Superman Lover"!

  • @curtisantonieospears3885
    @curtisantonieospears3885 9 місяців тому +13

    Absolutely Fantastic. GREAT MUSIC. LOVE IT. 4:03

  • @jontalbot1
    @jontalbot1 Місяць тому +8

    Loved this man. Much underrated songwriter as well as performer and player

  • @WorthlessDeadEnd
    @WorthlessDeadEnd 11 місяців тому +18

    The man still had it even forty years later.

  • @victorbrown3570
    @victorbrown3570 7 днів тому

    Man, I was about to shut down my computer when I found this so I sat my ass down and thoroughly enjoyed JGW. I used to have an album of his with A Real Mother for Ya. Great guitarist, singer, bluesman, entertainer. Shame on me for not listening to him in so long. I need to down load some of his music. Man, I love the blues.

  • @rosbifle413
    @rosbifle413 Рік тому +33

    Today we have mumble rap. What a shame our best days of art and music are behind us. A true loss for our society.

    • @perkinsshaquan770
      @perkinsshaquan770 5 місяців тому +1

      I’ll do my best to bring it back!

    • @BobLee-df4zh
      @BobLee-df4zh 5 місяців тому +3

      You know there were PLENTY of people saying the exact same thing about this (blues/rock) when it first emerged... Take a wild guess at what they all have in common..

  • @joeduncan08
    @joeduncan08 Рік тому +12

    The guitar slung over one shoulder is so cool

  • @leonard1150
    @leonard1150 2 місяці тому +5

    Saw him in concert in Akron Ohio year’s ago…, fantastic show.
    R. I .P. JGW

  • @ElimanGibba
    @ElimanGibba Місяць тому +2

    Thank man , I never heard ,read or seen this man play. My wife and I use to run & operate a 750 capacity nightclub ( Bo Diddly was our biggest Blues Musician we had among other genres ) & as a promoter he never came to our attention. Music love & respects .

  • @paristexas919
    @paristexas919 Місяць тому +2

    I'm a Blues addict but this, this goes straight to my soul, this Blues is talking to me...

  • @JoeandAngie
    @JoeandAngie Рік тому +9

    Jeri-Curl days...that crap got on everything lol
    It coated Memphis when I lived there.

    • @tonyjones1560
      @tonyjones1560 Місяць тому

      It coated a bunch of places. Heck, I helped build Baltimore’s oil slick. Probably why I’m bald today LOL

    • @alanfletcher9698
      @alanfletcher9698 Місяць тому +1

      Jeri curl on the Keyboards to . Those Jeri curl days are shiny bald heads now 😅

    • @tonyjones1560
      @tonyjones1560 Місяць тому

      @@alanfletcher9698 I resemble this remark…

  • @jewellmendes1496
    @jewellmendes1496 9 днів тому +1

    Johnny was one of the Greats baby !!

  • @Jazz313
    @Jazz313 2 місяці тому +5

    I ❤this post! Real Alabama soul down dirty music ❤

  • @friendofbeaver6636
    @friendofbeaver6636 Рік тому +9

    Johnny plays a mean guitar on his SG and with his touch on the MIDI keyboard!

  • @adewaleadewusi168
    @adewaleadewusi168 5 місяців тому +4

    I love deeply his music, always penetrating into my spine❤

  • @arneminderman3770
    @arneminderman3770 2 місяці тому +12

    Love johnny guitar watson ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @amadovaldes4105
    @amadovaldes4105 Місяць тому +2

    😂❤🎉 I saw him perform 🎭 live 🎸 Carnie Hall in, Manhattan N.Y.C years ago, awesome musician 😂❤🎉 😅 👍

  • @Jack-vy6uo
    @Jack-vy6uo 4 місяці тому +2

    Thankfully I got to see him in NYC and almost had to check into the hospital 😢😅

  • @laurawilliams4113
    @laurawilliams4113 9 місяців тому +3

    Brilliant ❤

  • @redbrown7355
    @redbrown7355 Місяць тому +1

    I just subscribed to your channel because you made me reminisce over how much I admired Johnny Guitar Watson’s playing and songwriting as a young man. Thanks for the memories. 🙏🏾

  • @filsdejeannoir1776
    @filsdejeannoir1776 3 роки тому +10

    0:28 He's just so my main man it's unreal!! I sure do like his Voodoo!! Voodoo great master! My Voodoo guru. 🙏🖤

    • @kingbey3480
      @kingbey3480 2 роки тому

      Hey boy. Johnny aint never done no damn voodoo so shut that voodoo stuff down. Johnny was a Jesus man. Get up outta here.

  • @stevetessier8532
    @stevetessier8532 7 годин тому

    J.G.W. was The Man..!! Forever missed...!

  • @gregorybatiste
    @gregorybatiste 23 дні тому

    Words well spoken,that era is gone,gone forever.The level of excellence for that group can’t be surpassed.

  • @cynthiakennie9727
    @cynthiakennie9727 Місяць тому +1

    ❤ i have two of his lps, I love his tunes and voice. Gone way too soon, rip.

  • @LloydMajor
    @LloydMajor 2 місяці тому +1

    Real cool and thanks for the post!

  • @luffyzoro4270
    @luffyzoro4270 2 місяці тому +2

    Thank you for sharing.

  • @imbees2
    @imbees2 3 місяці тому +5

    30 years ago. But sounding fantastic. Johnny Guitar Watson.

  • @dualmp8
    @dualmp8 Рік тому +11

    this guy can tell a story

  • @rainergoertz2070
    @rainergoertz2070 Місяць тому +1

    Johnny beginnt zu spielen.... und dann.... Der Bass am Anfang !!! ..........der Bass... er füllt die Pause so aus.... Johgnny Guitar Watson ist natürlich Oberklasse.... aber es Zeichnet ihn aus das er die Pause, vollkommen auskostet... einfach großartig... Das ist Musik !!

  • @organgrinder55
    @organgrinder55 Місяць тому +1

    My two buddies on keyboards Mike King, and RIP Rudy Copeland.

  • @juanlamaupin4213
    @juanlamaupin4213 26 днів тому +2

    I road cross country I was playing guitar 🎸 bass guitar I play what ever 😮

  • @AaronMajors-z1f
    @AaronMajors-z1f Місяць тому

    Loved his show and he could play 😮

  • @saburichards8209
    @saburichards8209 12 днів тому

    Peace...Well when you got Smokey you got FIRE 🔥 , And where got got Fire you know got SMOKEY . ●❤●

  • @fredgertie
    @fredgertie Рік тому +6

    Great perfomer....

  • @gypsieseagul3901
    @gypsieseagul3901 Місяць тому

    I loved JGW..and oh man I loved the way Dino play the harmonica..!!!

  • @lalogallu
    @lalogallu 3 роки тому +6

    Amazing slow tempo

  • @Mariamoneymaker2
    @Mariamoneymaker2 Місяць тому +1

    Awesome recording❤❤❤

  • @Dwoed
    @Dwoed 2 місяці тому +4

    No pedals and modelling, the naked truth❤ Saw him the same year 1993 on North Sea Jazzfestival in my hometown.

  • @tonywright8302
    @tonywright8302 Рік тому +8

    If Frank liked him he must be quite decent, to say the least

  • @averyadrian1534
    @averyadrian1534 10 місяців тому +3

    Guy learned more than space guitar

  • @lawanatabron5057
    @lawanatabron5057 4 дні тому

    FUTURISTIC BLUES.....WOW !!!!

  • @juanlamaupin4213
    @juanlamaupin4213 26 днів тому +2

    I play that and everything trying to get in studio and I will turn it up to another level

  • @greggaeflores3707
    @greggaeflores3707 5 днів тому

    This is Good as it Get❤

  • @db4695
    @db4695 5 років тому +12

    Legend

  • @lawrencegordon-we9dh
    @lawrencegordon-we9dh 5 днів тому

    Love this man😂😂😂😂.

  • @jewelreynolds6612
    @jewelreynolds6612 Місяць тому

    He is cold!!! I loved his music since I was a child

  • @mikethomas6972
    @mikethomas6972 19 днів тому

    Seen JGW perform in Germany before the wall came down..was west Germany then..a blast!

  • @simonpanter3627
    @simonpanter3627 Рік тому +8

    The Bass player is left handed playing a right handed bass with the fat E string on the bottom.

  • @gregoryjohnson5006
    @gregoryjohnson5006 3 роки тому +8

    He kicked ass on this tune jack

  • @atlantabraves1529
    @atlantabraves1529 Рік тому +3

    👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @TinaLevins
    @TinaLevins 11 днів тому

    No one can do it like Johnny

  • @DannyGuzman-zs5xg
    @DannyGuzman-zs5xg 6 місяців тому +6

    My cousin Anthony played his music when I Young I miss him , CANT'A. RANA'S. Casper

  • @drecool6976
    @drecool6976 2 дні тому

    The Gangster OF Love.

  • @PAlex-us4ov
    @PAlex-us4ov Рік тому +9

    This is good.

  • @michaelwilson569
    @michaelwilson569 16 днів тому +1

    Incredible 2024❤❤❤❤❤

  • @asfcharters1
    @asfcharters1 5 місяців тому +2

    This man has a killer voice too! All I have is two words if you like/love this check out Roy Buchanan ❤ .

  • @philipcramer940
    @philipcramer940 Місяць тому +2

    Johnny was "A Real Mutha for ya' "

  • @melvinpoole6385
    @melvinpoole6385 2 роки тому +2

    That's what funk is All about

  • @eliciajones7676
    @eliciajones7676 4 роки тому +6

    Rip

  • @tonywhite2567
    @tonywhite2567 Місяць тому +1

    Johnny's badass

  • @jamillie87
    @jamillie87 5 місяців тому

    Man didn’t need no pick either that’s impressive my grandfather loved this guy

  • @ezzardtaylor3910
    @ezzardtaylor3910 8 днів тому

    Great entertainment unique sound

  • @vonfloryanzia138
    @vonfloryanzia138 2 місяці тому +1

    You go Dino💫❤️

  • @miltonthompson7051
    @miltonthompson7051 Місяць тому

    I was raised up listening to him and BB King , Bobby Blue Bland and others ❤

  • @frankstecker5675
    @frankstecker5675 2 роки тому +10

    The Master of Funk....🎸

  • @405Lenny
    @405Lenny 2 місяці тому +1

    So good! 🙏👏👏👏

  • @georgemitchell9315
    @georgemitchell9315 Місяць тому +1

    One of the "best" in my book!!!

  • @lonnywilson2641
    @lonnywilson2641 9 днів тому

    Be was a GREAT SOUL GUITAR PLAYER

  • @robomaster4882
    @robomaster4882 Місяць тому +1

    The original "Gangster of Love".

  • @J.B24
    @J.B24 3 місяці тому

    God bless the blues!

  • @hamhead2765
    @hamhead2765 11 місяців тому +7

    Space Guitar brought me here

  • @eliciajones7676
    @eliciajones7676 4 роки тому +10

    Rip to the king

  • @philipmalempre9599
    @philipmalempre9599 5 місяців тому +1

    ❤2024❤yeesss

  • @juanlamaupin4213
    @juanlamaupin4213 26 днів тому

    Thx u I was in Los Angeles went 1975 plane crash I was there before he died he was my hero love his music ❤😊😅😮love I feel him died I love led zeppelin 😅

  • @donalddelain9013
    @donalddelain9013 2 місяці тому +1

    Ooh yeah man play them Blues soo cool 😎👌

  • @antrudd9066
    @antrudd9066 Місяць тому +4

    A real muther for you

  • @Stratsrule
    @Stratsrule 2 місяці тому

    He’s cool as a fan

  • @garyberuck5636
    @garyberuck5636 Місяць тому

    The gibson SG .. this cat got the rythum goin alright

  • @jeromelangston2967
    @jeromelangston2967 Місяць тому

    Awesome 💓

  • @MrStanleyMilton
    @MrStanleyMilton Місяць тому

    Masterful at Funk-jazzifying the blues.

  • @uyscuti5503
    @uyscuti5503 9 місяців тому +2

    Wow!!!!

  • @AP-xq3jm
    @AP-xq3jm Місяць тому

    Straight out of 3rd Ward Texas

  • @tagaudi
    @tagaudi 2 місяці тому +4

    This guy was one of three guitar players who inspired Frank Zappa (later they played together).
    But why is he dressed like a doorman of a fancy hotel in Vienna, Austria?

    • @allen6924
      @allen6924 Місяць тому +2

      It's called 'show attire' its a prop, for the performer to play a character. Such as "Johnny 'Guitar' Watson 🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂. Nothing new here in performance arts.