Johnny Guitar Watson: North Sea Jazz Festival

Johnny 'Guitar' Watson was one of the hottest and most influential rocking blues guitarists of the Fifties, playing a pivotal role in the development of rock 'n' roll from its R&B roots and pioneering the use of feedback and reverberation in the process. Watson's groundbreaking recordings from the Fifties were technically years ahead of their time. Himself inspired by innovative guitarists Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown and T-Bone Walker, his own virtuoso and flashy guitar style and stage pyrotechnics in turn were to influence countless R&B and rock guitarists who followed in his wake, ranging from Bo Diddley to Jimi Hendrix, from Ike Turner to Frank Zappa. Watson enjoyed his greatest commercial success during the Seventies when he re-invented himself as a pimp-styled funkster and was in the midst of another career revival when he died in 1996. Filmed at the 1993 North Sea Jazz Festival, this concert captures Watson in blistering form, playing a selection of his most popular numbers, including the hits 'Gangster Of Love', 'I Need It' and 'A Real Mother For Ya'. Johnny Guitar Watson: North Sea Jazz Festival is not currently available to stream, rent, or buy but you can add it to your want to see list for updates..