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Johnny Guitar Watson vinyl records

13 albums with 262 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

John Jacob Watson. Born: 3rd February 1935, Houston, Texas, USA. Died: 17th May 1996, Yokohama, Japan. Seminal electric blues & rhythm & blues guitarist of the mid-1950s, with hits like "Gangster Of Love". Performed with artists such as Little Richard and worked in synthesizer productions in the 1960s. In later years his work was a source for sampling by artists such as Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg. He also worked on a number of recordings and projects with , who cites Watson: "Watson's 1956 song, 'Three Hours Past Midnight' inspired me to become a guitarist." Watson learned the rudiments of music on the piano as a child.