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Can someone shed light on Johnny 'Guitar'?

BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,446
edited October 2009 in The Porch
Can someone shed light on Johnny 'Guitar' Watson for me?

Being from Australia we've never, or should i say, ive never heard of him (pardon my ignorance).

Just trying to get a grasp on this song and how it fits in with the rest of the album. Is that him on the cover on the mini bike?

I see they've played it live a few times. Do they play it well?

Just returned from Europe and have been listening to the album. Sorry if ive missed previous threads!
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  • erik_1099erik_1099 Posts: 25
    I'm curious as well. The other night Eddie mentioned it was inspired by something read on a bathroom wall.
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  • oona leftoona left Posts: 1,677
    This interview gives some tidbits on the inspiration of the songs:

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/art ... le1290301/

    Do you have "Backspacer"? On the cover, bottom row in the middle. That'll give you some idea of the actual Watson album cover (an image of which can be found in another thread).

    Do they play it well? From what seen online, they rock the shit out of it 8-)
  • 37pheet37pheet Posts: 433
    i thinkthere was his pic above the urinal,
  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    oona left wrote:
    This interview gives some tidbits on the inspiration of the songs:

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/art ... le1290301/

    Do you have "Backspacer"? On the cover, bottom row in the middle. That'll give you some idea of the actual Watson album cover (an image of which can be found in another thread).

    Do they play it well? From what seen online, they rock the shit out of it 8-)

    Here's the album cover for Johnny "Guitar" Wilson's "What the Hell is This?"

    watson_john_whatthehe_101b.jpg
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    you should wikipedia him... interesting life and death...

    lp was on bathroom wall... funny how the song isnt so much about him as it is about the kid (singer) falling in love w one of the lady's on the cover...

    ...if you ask me this is like ed's version of "pictures of lilly" by the who...sort of...or at least it reminds me of that song
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • phillypjheadphillypjhead Posts: 123
    wow, as the saying goes, he died with his boots on.
  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    its good live. more than good.
  • BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,446
    Cheers for the threads and links everyonew, great stuff!
    Melbourne #1 '98
    Melbourne #2 '03
    Melbourne #3 '03
    Melbourne #1 '06
    Melbourne #3 '06
    Melbourne '09
    Melbourne '14
  • Fender_ManFender_Man Posts: 408
    I first became aware of JGW when he guested on the Frank Zappa album "Them Or Us", apparently he was one of Franks heroes. Check out the track "In France", it's pretty funny unless, I guess, you're from France.
  • SurfingSasquatchSurfingSasquatch Posts: 15
    The man was a total Player way before hip hop copped that title. He was a rock and roll pimp, with most his songs being about getting laid or sexy women. He sang in a really sexy voice and played his guitar liked it was his lover. He did the songs "Love Jones" and "Superman Lover" to name a couple. He was definitely a major influence on alot of musicians.
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  • WildsWilds Posts: 4,329
    Here is everything you will ever need to know about Johnny 'Guitar' Watson.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk31242C ... re=related
  • leadbedr10leadbedr10 Posts: 409
    ^^^
    wow
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