"Johnny 'Guitar' Watson was probably best known for his '70s funk incarnation, but he had been recording as early as the mid-'50s -- not as Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, but as the piano-pounding bluesman Young John Watson. Space Guitar collects Watson's sessions recorded for Federal in the mid-'50s (his first sessions as a leader) and some early-'60s sides recorded for King. As mentioned, he was billed as Young John Watson for the Federal sides, and aside from a bit of guitar on one song at his first session ('Highway 60'), Watson stuck to piano for his first two sessions. These are your typical '50s blues: upbeat and passionate with driving piano and a horn section, solid if unspectacular. It wasn't until his third session for Federal in 1954 (two days before his 19th birthday) that he strapped on the guitar as his featured instrument and cut the astonishing 'Space Guitar,' presented here with an alternate take as well."
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YouTube: Gettin Drunk, Cuttin' In, Motor Head Baby, Half Pint A Whiskey, Sweet Lovin' Mama, Gangster Of Love, Space Guitar
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