JOHNNY 'GUITAR' WATSON: Ganster of Love, 1957

JOHNNY 'GUITAR' WATSON:

Born February 3, 1935
Houston, Texas
Died May 17, 1996 (aged 61)
Yokohama, Japan
Genres Blues, blues-rock, electric blues, jazz blues, funk
Instruments Guitar, keyboards, bass, drums
Years active 1950s–1990s
Labels Federal, RPM, Keen, King, Chess, Fantasy, DJM




Ganster of Love
1957

Released 1957
Recorded 1953 - 1954
Genre Blues
Electric blues
Blues rock
Label Keen Records (1957)
King Records (1958)
Sanctuary Records (2002)

"I Got Eyes"
"Motorhead Baby"
"Gettin Drunk"
"Walkin To My Baby"
"Highway 60"
"Space Guitar (alt)"
"Sad Fool"
"What's Going On"
"Half Pint of Whiskey"
"No I Can't"
"Thinking"
"Broke and Lonely"
"Cuttin In"
"What You Do to Me"
"Those Lonely, Lonely Nights"
"You Can't Take It With You"
"I Just Wants Me Some Love"
"Gangster of Love"
"Space Guitar"
"Sweet Lovin Mama"


Johnny "Guitar" Watson - organ, synthesizer, bass, guitar, piano, conga, drums, keyboards, timbales, triangle, vocals, clavinet
Rudy Copeland, James Ivory Johnson, Randie Redman, Darcus Thomas, Marci Thomas, - vocals (bckgr)
Paul Dunmall, Knud Jensen - saxophone
Bruce Fowler - trombone, horn
Walt Fowler - trumpet, horn
Peter Martin Trumpet
Tommy Robertson - trombone
Emry Thomas - drums, vocals (bckgr), whistle, siren, bell tree
Albert Wing - horn, sax







Gangster Of Love
Johnny "Guitar" Watson

Jesse James and Frank James,
Billy the Kid and all the rest,
Supposed to be some bad cats
Out in the West.

But when they dug me,
And my gangster ways,
They hung up their guns,
And made into their graves.

Cause I'm a gangster of love,
Say, I'm a gangster of love.
Oh, well now,
When I walk down the street,
All the girls that I meet
Say: "he's a gangster of love"

(Yeah!)

I robbed a local beauty contest,
for their first place winner,
they found her with me out in Hollywood,
eating a big steak dinner.
They tried to get her to go back,
to pick up her prize.
She stood up and told them:
"You just don't realize, that he's a gangster of love"

And in the morning,
gangster of love.
(Uuh yeah, now!)
When I walk in to a bar,
girls from... from near and far,
say: "he's a gangster of love".

(Alright!)

I jump on my white horse Cadillac,
I ride across the border line,
I rope 65 girls,
I kiss them all the same time,
I take 25 or 30,
I put 'em all on a freight,
A million dollar reward for me,
In each and every state,
Sheriff say "Is you "Guitar" Watson?"
In a very deep voice
And I say "yes sir brother sheriff, and that's your wife on the back of my horse"

Cause I'm a gangster of love
I'm a gangster of love

(Yeah!)

When I walk down the street,
All the girls that I meet
Say: "he's a gangster of love"

REVEREND GARY DAVIS, At Home and Church 2010

Reverend Gary Davis
Laurens, South Carolina, 1896
Hammonton, New Jersey, 1972

Ragtime de la coste este de EEUU.
Ciego de nacimiento.
Malgastó su vida en el Harlem de Nueva York.
Un gigante del blues rural.
Una religión en el folk y en la música tradicional.
Maestro de genios como Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal, Donovan o Ry Cooder.



Pure Religion and Bad Company
1957




Harlem Street Singer
1960




At Home and Church
2010
Tres fantásticos CDs.
Grabaciones de 1962 a 1967.
IMPRESCINDIBLE.


Similares: Lightnin´Hopkins, Ry Cooder, Brownie McGhee, Blind Willie Johnson, Doc Watson, Bert Jansch, Hot Tuna, The Wood Brothers.




Gibson SJ-200
6.330 dólares

The SJ-200 True Vintage acoustic guitar delivers the look, feel, and sound of Gibson’s original Super Jumbo as it first appeared in 1937. Gibson Acoustic’s master luthiers in Bozeman, Montana have recreated a legend. The SJ-200 was originally built to cut through the loudest acoustic ensembles, but ended up defining the new American music scene of the 1930s on its way to becoming the world’s most famous acoustic guitar. The SJ-200 True Vintage captures the deep, well-balanced tone and powerful sound of these celebrated guitars, and are almost identical in makeup and structure as the most popular 1950’s versions including an Adirondack red spruce top and VOS finish.




Gibson GB-1
Rare model and an incredible piece of American history. This is the banjo that was recorded and played by the Reverend Gary Davis. This is a non Mastertone banjo with thick, 11 inch rim and simple tonering. It has all the appropriate documentation. The original flange was broken and a replacement makes it playable once again.



Gibson B45-12


Gibson B-45-12 ( 1961-1979 )

The Gisbon b-45-12 was also in production during these years ( 1961-79 ) it was a 12 string acoustic guitar , flat top , mahogony wood . The 61-62 models had round shoulders and from late 62 and on gibson made them with square shoulders , and were made in sunburst colors .

In 1963 Gibson also introduced the B-45-12-N ( same guitars but in natural finish ) production ended in 1979 . Vintage Price values are more or less the same as the Gibson b-45-12 ( sunburst )


Gibson B-45-12 Limited Edition Reissue ( 1991 -1992 )

Because of the high demand gibson in 1991 made a limited edition reissue of the b-45-12 ,same guitar but was built with rosewood wood on the back and sides of the body .

Because of the limited number of gibson b-45 reissues produced , they are also considered somewhat collectible .

Vintage Guitar Price Value 2008 :
1967 - 1971 > $500 to $700 ( b-15 )
1962 - 1969 > $1000 to $1600 ( b-25 )
1970 - 1977 > $900 to $1000 ( b -25 )
1962 - 1969 > $950 to $1500 ( b-25n )
1970 - 1977 > $750 to $1000 ( b-25n )
1962 - 1968 > $700 to $1200 ( b-25 3/4 )
1962 - 1966 > $900 to $1600 ( b-25 / 12 )
1967 - 1977 > $800 to $1000 ( b-25 /12 )
1961 - 1962 > $1900 to $2300 ( b-45-12 round shoulders )
1962 - 1964 > $1700 to $2100 ( b-45-12 square shoulders )
1965 - 1969 > $1400 to 1700 ( b-45-12 )
1970 -1979 > $900 to $1100 ( b-45-12 )
1991 - 1992 > 950 to $1200 ( b-45-12 reissue )

BO DIDDLEY, Bo Diddley 1957

ROCK AND ROLL
Bo Diddley
McComb, Mississippi, 1928
Archer, Florida, 2008

El rocker del Mississipi y su famoso ritmo –bomp, ba-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp- no pasó desapercibido para los hombres de Chess Records. El padre prehistórico del rap inventó sus propias guitarras (¡una Gretsch roja rectangular!). Fuzz, distorsión y rock and roll.




Bo Diddley
1987



Go Bo Diddley
1959






Guitarra: GRETSCH G6198 Bo Diddley

For five decades, Bo Diddley has been turning heads with his great chops, incredible showmanship and outrageous guitars. Now it's your turn! The G6138 is a faithful reproduction of the famous rectangle-shaped guitar Gretsch built for Bo back in 1958.

Measuring 17-3/4" x 9-1/4" x 2" and made of alder and 5-ply maple, the eye catching Firebird red semi-hollow body features two FilterTron pickups, a Tune-O-Matic bridge, Gretsch "G" tailpiece, and plenty of gold hardware. The 3-piece rock maple neck has an ebonized rosewood fingerboard with "dot" pearl inlays, a 1957 style headstock, and a special Bo Diddley signature on the truss rod cover.




Seguidores: The Rolling Stones, Stray Cats, The Pretty Things, Esquerita, The Yardbirds, Dr. Fellgood, Eric Burdon

LITTLE RICHARD, Here´s... 1957

ROCK AND ROLL
Guitarras: Edgar Blanchard, Justin Adams
Little Richard
St. Louis, MO, 1935





Here´s Little Richard
1957

El excéntrico de San Louis tocaba el piano, pero el fuego musical que provocaba en cada actuación iluminaron a Hendrix. Fue la primera gran estrella del rock and roll. Muchas versiones y un ‘Keep a Knockin’ con su firma iluminan este trabajo. Justin Adams toca las seis cuerdas en el mítico ‘Tutti Frutti’ y Blanchard, en la mayor parte del disco.

Seguidores: ,
Esquerita, The Beatles, Funkadelic, Otis Redding, The Standells, Ringo Starr, Status Quo, Lazy Cowgirls, The 13th Floor Elevators