Johnny Guitar Watson - Mister Magic (1977)

[monkeys350]

WHAT IS THIS DVD?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[chicagosaxsam]

@hornman 1959 bro I Gota hip you to this truth when it comes to the creators of funk Clinton, bootsy and JGW are all cut from the same cloth I know you can, t be dissing Clinton and Bootsy come on bro P funk is true funk, the pretenders is these young busters today sampleling the true funk masters work and showing no love or respect paying no royalties. Now that's a dirty shame! Peace true funk soldier

[HORNMAN1959]

THE ORIGINAL PIMP DADDY FUNKMASTER...BEFORE BOOTSY, CLINTON AND ALL THE PRETENDERS SHOWED UP. ALWAYS HAD GREAT SESSION PLAYERS WITH HIM TOO. WHAT A PRO...GOD I MISS THE 1970'S

[LKJDFDG]

Thats a guitar solo

[TheDoogsie]

I was converted some twenty years ago to the watsonian institute !! ( all who know what that means) problem is !!!!! not got all the vynil anymore ,and miss his stuff !! like !!( what the helll is this )

[TheEagleCon]

@independantGeorge76. I couldn't agree more with your comment. Absolutely outstanding!

[EndWorldViolence]

GUITAR PICKS ARE FOR SQUARES!! YOU SHOW EM' MISTA MAGIC!

[sezd47]

I lived in London England from 1980-90 and introduced many Brits to JGW. MY cool factor was off the charts!!!!!!

[teatown]

there are no words in earthly languages I can muster to express with accuracy the breadth and ultimate soulfulness, peace and happiness JGW has made upon old me, and I am certain so many others. Thanks for sharing this one! You gotta get some of his stuff on vinyl... you will have a religious experience fo sho :)

[Largekilla]

Great fucking song!

[ecalzo]

wow wow and wow.....johnny rulez even now..... thanks a lot...

[zcarluz]

BEAUTIFUL SONG

[ntesslafan]

Oh Man! Here is one of my favorite guitarists! There's nobody play like Johnny Guitar! Thanks so much for posting!

[IndependentGeorge76]

i'm sure it's technically possible that in the the grand scale of human civilisation there may have once been a cooler individual that Johnny Guitar Watson, but somehow i doubt it.

[Kutupyildizi1]

Thanks, music by g.w.jr.

[MarekThi]

Auch nicht von Pappe. Besser als das Original? Das Gitarrensolo ist nach meinem Geschmack. Ohne Rumgeschlunze, voll drauflos.

[DLuxPNW]

Get Em!

[veeseee128]

JGW could out play hendrix, bootsy, benson, b womack, rick james, and even prince he was a bad mutha for ya!

[024athena]

<3



[killalavilla]

I can hear his influence on FZ. The tech mix is here is his playing too.

[Darvmack1100]

RICHMOND CA LOVES JGW

[teemotorsport]

I love Grover but this blows me away. I miss Johnny so much.

[JaysalP]

great cover of washington jr's classic!!

[joshua626]

JGW didtnt have to outplay you cause everybody knew that he was the "bridge" he could walk in on your style and be good at it cause he came from the source of things that are good music.

[neilsdunn]

a real mutha for ya



[xxMARCUS50xx]

at 3:18

[pipotherium]

RIP

[tbonewalk]

wow... he could really play, even this later funky stuff of his is great!

[calidazed]

This Shits Badass<3

[DaveEnsor]

never heard of this guy tbh but I dig it

[streetmonsters1]

i love his interpretation, It sent me on a funky/blues/jazz mind blowing trip. Even the handful of viewers that didnt like this was there jamming their heads.

[Argotero]

Wonderfull...this is the top of the tops, in sound and groow...real music, we dont have it anymore.

[teemotorsport]

grovers version was great but this.......wow its beyond the call of duty, jgw is awesome. RIP man i love you.

[CJ81]

hilarious to hear Paul Dunmall play something inside

[TheMCXII]

4 people disliked his outfit lmao

[jike360]

If you wanna hear MR MAGIC in Fusion Rock , search it like this , (Mr Magic Plus 4 ) Its only a cover ! Like it

[jike360]

@jike360 Vote and Post a comment ! hope this version like you.

[ultravioleta3]

JGW is the tonic one needs to feel young again.......seriously I need a hit everyday......see you in heaven JGW!!!!!!

[daniellarsonblues]

jazzy blues players or bluesy jazz players like Johnny Guitar Watson and Grant Green, there just weren't enough of them. These days it's all about playing without being part of the ensemble, we need government-funded horn sections just to get the ball rolling again.

[MrVicnash]

pure ! enough said

[mrtlc666]

ONE OF THE BEST THAT EVER PLAYED.........OSIRIS

[ultravioleta3]

JGW was Mr. Magic himself!

[espanola82]

@ Everyone: Lol I did not even post the comments under this song! I think an elder relative of mine did so while I was logged in under my account and away from the computer I dont think they knew that I was logged in either soooooooo I apologize for any offenses taken from comments posted under my account lol

[Rorschachxx1985]

great jazz

[MoniSings]

That's the kind of performance that makes you just wanna be up on the stage groovin with a bunch of cool cats doin their thang. Righteous swag!

[MrTrackfreek]

WHAT A GREAT VERSION TO A GREAT SONG.COME MERE GUITAR.

[mssquirrely]

AWESOME POST! one of the BADDEST guitarist alive.....I miss Johhny 'Guitar', he was a hott mess with the women too.

[Donniedoitall]

@espanola82 Thank you very much for that statement the great Muddy Waters said it best the blues had a baby and they named it rock and roll everything that came after was just a carbon copy

[pretorious700]

sounds like the peruvian flake version of this Grover Washington Jr. classic

[blueyesoul1l]

@ igessthsisgrwnup same here. Man i grew up listening to all this back in the day. They can never get over the race card. What else to they have. @espanola82 whats wrong with JM?

[1KillaSkrilla1]

YOO IT CANT GET NO MORE FUNKY THAN THIS RIGHT HERE!!!! GET DOWN WIT IT!!!

[YaMixTapeMajesty]

This is great video!!!

[Gavinthorp]

rip JGW



[Gavinthorp]

rip jgw

[jamobg]

@espanola82 as a white dude who loves this music soo hard......everyone who watches this, educate your friends on the inspirationals, the geniuses who hovered just below the surface of mainstream, just because they were too good for people to get. thats one bad mother right there

[graphx311]

I've never seen more use out of a kapo

[PeteyHop]

Thanks for posting this, I love Johnny. I don't suppose there's any footage of his earlier period ala "Space Guitar" or "One Kiss"

[frg8888]

That solo was outrageous!!!

[WhyDidntIInventYT]

for years, ive had fellow music heads namedrop this dude, and ive been meaning to check him out. I have to say, johnny guitar watson is the real deal. much props and respect. rip.

[qwerly45]

Damn Hendrix must have taken influence. 

[jdogg66]

@qwerly45 He had but it had never been mentioned or he might had been too ashamed to admit it, i would have been honored to mention about "guitar" influencing me!

[Jnkdog]

@espanola82 The problem is the way the radio stations control what is played. Anyone willing to can find great music if they just listen and search it out. Check out 88.5 FM in the US on Friday nights at 9pm. The Doug Curry show for classic blues with loads of history. WRUR in Rochester, NY Great stuff. And trust me as a white person, there are just as many blacks that don't know the great music either. Keep educating everyone....

[kkarl1008]

This is amazing! Thanks so much for uploading. Anybody knows whther there is a CD of this.

[MrAschorle]

i saw him live in the early 80s. "Oh my god. Look at all the ladies", "Gimme that guitar", "Let me tell you this". Great guitar player, unique sound and a good sense of humour. I wish today's so called R&B would have a little bit more of this.

[coltranius]

As a white southerner, I'd just like to say I know real blues. And its not with Stevie Ray and Clapton. Both interesting acts in their own way, but certainly not with the raw, funky energy and soul seen here.

[latinoyam]

exellent!!

[Twigra]

WHAT?????????????

[upsstc]

What a feeling it is to have heard this music being played live! I feel sorry for the youngster nowadays, who have never heard these greats!!!

[cgribling666]

thnx like this concert, it has a good groove. Good band and Johnny sure looks slick!

[sortajazz]

Paul Dunmall is a hardcore free jazz / improvised music genius these days!

[davd2468]

haha i can see johnny's wang!

[monkeys350]

his tone is almost identical to that of clarence "gatemouth" brown

[jaytay2010]

I need a silver jumpsuit like that.

[miamigroove]

that is one big ass FLY collar my man

[blackdude57]

check out parliament funk

[miamigroove]

damn Johnny this just made me funk in my pants its so funky

[YusefDeeb69]

@miamigroove i bet it's funkin hard to clean up too. . . on account that there was so funkin much

[downonthe1]

ultimate BLUES FUNK MASTER! RIP JOHNNY.

[Bluezking]

Smokin'

[grifitti]

bad dude !!! kinda reminds me of Bootsy

[LaraSixtyEight]

Love his COLLAR!  Love his playing, too.

[myronrita]

He reminds me of Grant Green one the best there was

[farchand]

FAN-TAS-TIC!!! Where the blues meets the funk music, Gorgeous! A great guy, with great band,

I miss him ; Thanks!!

[Lodger1337]

I like the way he wears his guitar strap

[chalone2]

and how about the shoes? he always had the best outfits!

[GreenDaveDefoeSt]

seriously fonky

[joshua9312]

@GreenDaveDefoeSt fon-k

[dseppe]

does any one know what kind of filter effect he uses on his guitar, its the shizzzz, sounds the same as what eric gale uses, i must have one...haha thanks

[teegotmuscle]

johnny was one of my alltime favorites. He made the blues funky

[azizbrs]

Thanks a million Bob. You did well and you are a Man of Good. Thats a wonderful upbeat version. I had the full vhs of this gig in Bremen and could never put my hands again on the youtube version of the openning tune : headhunters' Chameleon - Johnny rocks it again. Do you have it ?

[bobfunk11]

I have just uploaded it with The Lone Ranger on the same clip

Bob

[sstrothe]

Off the hook! Thanks Dad for playin' this when we were kids.

[teegotmuscle]

My Dad played Johnny all the time when I was a kid. My father had all his 8-tracks in his van back in the day. we had to listen to the whole album. Johnny was the shit!

[saddlesandbrushes]

THE BEST!!!!!

[bristol12bar]

awesome johnny was brilliant...

[pediwheatstraw]

One of the GREAT'S !!!!!!

[kezzer2]

This fookin ROCKS!

[gottohavesoul]

How bad is this...man, he was it!! And finding collar stays for that jumper must have been a bitch...

[Odawg96]

Damn...man. You know THE GANGSTA has some serious chops because he can STILL play even with that GIGANTIC pinky ring on his left hand! LOL!

[bluesborn]

Johnny's one smooth cat-the Original Gangster.

[mssquirrely]

Get Down Johnny "Guitar" Get Down !

CHILD PRODIGY

[SippinCoughee]

maaaaaan, jammin

[lmkan]

Too funky in here..........

[Bizarronumber4]

Is this on any records or cds?

[sethwardwell]

Location: Houston, TX. Time: 5:05am. This is the reason why I love the internet. I'm 26 and have been listening to Guitar Watson for several years, educating myself on blues, soul, funk. This man is a genius and I wish more of his music was featured, his early recordings, that is. Then you'll see exactly where Jimmie Vaughan got his kicks. Love you, Watson. See you in space!

[dicksatan]

@sethwardwell He inspired Zappa.  His early stuff is VERY good. I got into him around 1976. He's a total inspiration.

[beatlesfan129]

jimi could have learned from this

[zombywoof112]

you mean Watson learned all of it from Jimi ha

[reaux719]

Don't get me wrong Jimi was great, but Hendrix stole his act.

[beatlesfan129]

haha i know but both of them were great!

[ZuluMuntu]

Grudginly I agree with you.Jimi borrowed from a gifted brother.

-Jimi Heandrix Fanatic

[theherobros]

think he ever learned anything from gatemouth?!?!?!?! LOL

[wdupar20]

Is an elephant heavy?

[mightyleons]

My absolute TOPS as well my 10yr. girl: what a band. I'd never heard this before...too much

[gmax2it]

...entra senza bussare...e non esce più...

Thank Johnny

[bristol12bar]

he was brilliant

[Odawg96]

THE GANGSTA puttin' his spin on Mr. Magic! Man...I don't what to do with myself. Artists don't DO stuff like this anymore! As much as I love Eric Gale, I love Johnny too...and Johnny didn't need no pick!

[EddieLandsberg]

amen, amen, amen to that...

[psyne000]

That Buddy on Drums people.../ hit me up...?

[garmonbozia318]

no.

[SlikkTim]

Wow, Mr MAgic on steroids !!! Incredible version !! Love the phaser on johnny's guitar too.

[Msstrange1]

Johnny Rules! Did you know he is buried at forest lawn near burbank, I drive by him everyday going to work! I think about him everytime I drive by there. Hail the Prophet Johnny! Johnny Lives forever!

[taildragger51]

Albert Collins did the same and he sounded just as great. JG Watson was an innovator! This guy wrote the book on 'dirty" guitar (together with Guitar Slim) One of the first guys to use feedback and distortion some 15 yrs before Hendrix.

[cgillyard]

Yo, Mr. Watson can play anything and any song he wants to. Everything is tight and exact to Mr. Grover Washington's version of Mister Magic! Nice-n-funky!

[PeteyHop]

Dude is bad, plain and simple!!!

One of my all time favs, by far

[dancinhispanic]

Johnny is too smmoth and full of funk

[doktorfroyd]

About as f'ing cool as it gets! One badass picker!

[bdachakeya]

Man, this dude was underated. The man is just FUNKY as FUNK can get!!!

[Franckyarts]

C'est bon ça !!!

[esgotos]

Awesome video thanks 4 sharing!

[miamiborn]

Slammin'

[yannickmakker]

very nice!