Talk:Johnny "Guitar" Watson

message: This is a one of many bogus tracks claiming to be by hendrix released by Johnny Brantley, it is in fact a Jimmy Norman single "Gangster of love (part 1) / Gangster of love (part 2)" on JOSIE 45-994 in or shortly after march 1968, arranged by Ed Bland, produced by Johnny Brantley for Vidalia Productions. Original version of this song (also known as "Love bandit") was recorded (and composed) by Johnny "Guitar" Watson, produced by Bumps Blackwell, and released on Keen Records in 1958. This recording seems to have wah wah on the guitar, so that automatically rules out Hendrix, as (once more with feeling) the effect wasn't available until 1967.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jameselmo (talk • contribs) 15:09, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I was following you up until that last sentence. Hendrix is renowned for his use of the wah-wah pedal and put out a wealth of material after 1967. So how would the use of wah-wah "automatically rule out" Hendrix? That's not to say the GOL recording is Hendrix -- it obviously isn't -- I'm just saying your statement about the wah-wah pedal makes no sense.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.91.74.103 (talk) 14:10, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The issue is the date - there wasn't any wah-way pedal in 1958. Whatever effect is being used by studio gimcrackery would not have been covered by Jimi. 50.111.26.134 (talk) 21:41, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Hendrix Did not Cover Gangster Of Love

message: There is no contemporary evidence that Watson influenced Hendrix in any way. Any stage moves Hendrix used were old established routines going back to the earliest records of "Blues/R&B/Jazz" performers.Jameselmo (talk) 01:27, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: We'd also like to see a reference from a scholarly tome on Hendrix to back up Watson's influence.50.111.26.134 (talk) 21:34, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  WATSON DID NOT INFLUENCE HENDRIX 

message: Stevie Ray's last name is "Vaughan", not "Vaughn". (See the Wikipedia's own article on the man.)
193.205.213.166 (talk) 10:19, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Typos in this article 

message: If there are Youtube videos with correct copyright information, why are these "inappropriate" as inline sources? Simply because they are primary sources? What could be a better information source than the song itself? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:34, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Youtube videos 

message: Would it not be better to at least try and seek some sources, rather than to simply delete the whole list? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:32, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Singles 

message: Just to note, although the quote marks were used on his first (1963) King album, as shown here, his second (1965) Chess album used parentheses and his third (1967) Okeh album omitted the "Guitar". After that he dropped the quotes. So the name of this article is a bit misleading. I guess it's Wikipedia style to include them, as it was not his actual name, a bit like John "Rabbit" Bundrick and Ken "Snakehips" Johnson, etc. But he stopped using them on his albums. The variety of names used for his prodigious singles output was quite a mix, as can been seen here. e.g. the quotes were gone as early as 1964's "Wait A Minute Baby" on Highland.  Martinevans123 (talk) 19:23, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Although on his singles the "Guitar" billing reappeared by the mid 1970s.  Perhaps if the opening line of the article was altered to "John Watson Jr. (February 3, 1935 – May 17, 1996),[3] often known professionally as Johnny "Guitar" Watson... (The bolding is merely to highlight the change, not to be used in the article itself) - then that might be more accurate (for the pedants that oft abound) ? The body of the article might need slight adjustments to clearly explain the ever changing names, although confusion may ensue ! - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 19:48, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems reasonable. He also started off (on Federal) as "Young John Watson"! Martinevans123 (talk) 19:58, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, the Young John Watson naming is mentioned in the infobox and the main article's wording, so that seems covered. I did not mean you when stating 'pedants' - there are more than enough around already !  Perhaps an external link to the "hopelessly unreliable" user-generated 45cat.com might enlighten readers ?  - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 20:21, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: ikr. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:39, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I have been bold and included 'often' in the opening sentence and put the alternate billing of 'Johnny Watson' in the info box.  With you kindly adding the 45cat external link, I think that should push the article the right way. Thanks. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 12:58, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Many thanks, Derek. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:40, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Guitar"