Johnny Guitar Watson (Blues Funk Medley)

[HansvanMokum]

His music never dies ! Many thnx Johnny for these great great tunes...

Hans

Amsterdam

[johnnie181]

The BADDEST MAN EVER!!!!! Rest in peace !!!

[downonthe1]

the original pioneer of Blues-Funk fusion! RIP JOHNNY.

[Demidalai]

Take a look at him on Wikipedia and you'll see what an influence he has been in the music world!

[richisinpiano]

The first song name is "Funk Beyond The Call Of Duty"

[weluvmusick]

Oh Yea that's it alright

[FollowersofDamu]

@richisinpiano This song on Call Of Duty?

[Herodotus12]

Johnny is not only a musical genius, but a lover of everyone and everything, a happy man.

[weluvmusick]

well he was not the level of someone like Stevie Wonder but he did have skills and his music endured for 4 decades ,I think the 70s was his best ,you're right he did seem to a happy guy thanks for your comments

[angelseye2000]

Johnny is Johnny. You can't compare Wonder with Watson. Both are great musicians. Wonder sings and plays keyboards/piano. Watson played keyboards/piano, bass, guitar and even sax in his early days. Wonder is Wonder. But Watson is Watson. He can't be beat!!!!!

"Ain't that gold"

[tropelia]

Wonder also play drums. In "Living for the city", for example

[CheckMate657879]

@angelseye2000 That's what I'm trying to holla - angelseye2000 - no comparison whatsoever - unless it's that they're both musical geniuses in their own genre and own right..  But, thanks, Weluvmusick, for putting together a cool funk medley of Johnnie G. Johnnie G hasn't missed a decade since the 50's of recording and selling albums. That's not too shabby. And, he never really did stop performing. As I mentioned earlier, he died on stage, performing.

[weluvmusick]

@CheckMate657879 I don't know who said that Johnnie Guitar Watson didn't have skills but it sure as hell wasn't me I have been a loyal Johnnie Guitar Watson fan forever both my parents would be turning over in their graves at such a statement because I nearly drove the crazy playing Guitar's records in the 70s he was a musical genius indeed but in all fairness I don't think that too many people will put him in the same category as Stevie Wonder

[JilaX]

Space Guitar is a masterpiece beyond limits.

Personally, as much as I like Stevie Wonder, it's beyond anything he's ever done.

[CheckMate657879]

Weluvmusick - "He did have skills." Please! Who is that a revelation to - except you? Of course Johnnie G is not on the level of Stevie Wonder. Nor is Stevie Wonder on JGs level.

There is no comparison. Both are out-of-this-world musicians. Stevie Wonder does what he does and Johnnie G did what he does. Are you flipping serious?

More than that Johnnie Guitar Watson survived the 70s. Where did he die? On STAGE in Japan - performing before a SOLD-OUT audience.

[weluvmusick]

This is just some of the funk that I grooved on in my teen age years If my parents were alive today they would probally know all the words to every Guitar Watson that came out in the 70s