◇ image via WikipediaJohnny "Guitar" Watson
Johnny "Guitar" Watson is a Blues and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Albert Collins, T-Bone Walker, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Guitar Slim. Those roots explain a lot about how Johnny "Guitar" Watson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Bar-Kays, Brick, Bo Diddley, Big Joe Turner and Bloodstone, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jimi Hendrix, Susan Tedeschi, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Frank Zappa and George Clinton, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 53 connections around Johnny "Guitar" Watson, reaching back through Albert Collins and forward to Jimi Hendrix. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Johnny "Guitar" Watson connections
Johnny "Guitar" Watson grew out of Albert Collins, T-Bone Walker, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Guitar Slim, shares an orbit with The Bar-Kays, Brick, Bo Diddley and Big Joe Turner, went on to shape Jimi Hendrix, Susan Tedeschi, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Frank Zappa. 53 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Sounds and acts that shaped Johnny "Guitar" Watson.
Artists similar to Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Johnny "Guitar" Watson.
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- Rick Jamesartist
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- Lyn Collinsartist
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- Chuck Willisartist
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- Ike & Tina Turnerartist
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- Ivory Joe Hunterartist
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Bands Johnny "Guitar" Watson shaped
Where the influence of Johnny "Guitar" Watson travelled next.
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- George Clintonartist
- Bobby Womackartist
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- The Supermen Loversartist
- Sly Stoneartist
- Stevie Ray Vaughanartist
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- Charles Wrightartist
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