Johnny Watson Concept

The Johnny Watson Concept may have been a band led by John L. Watson, an American singer who fronted English rock band The Web in the 1960s. He would later record solo in the 1970s and 80s.
Around 1963, Watson was a member of The Hummelflugs which later became John L. Watson & The Hummelflugs. Later on he formed the progressive rock group The Web. In their earlier days they were a soul outfit. He left The Web after recording two albums with them, Fully Interlocking 1968 and Theraposa Blondi 1970. He was replaced by Dave Lawson.
He also recorded as a solo artist in the 1970s with the album White Hot Blue Black. Also backed by the group White Mouse, he recorded Let's Straighten It Out in 1975.
In the late 1990s Watson would go on to front The Odyssey Blues Band.
Watson died early in 2014.
==Links to Peel==
John L. Watson may have been the leader of the Johnny Watson Concept, the backing group for several soul artists (Chris Clark, Lou Rawls and Maxine Brown) who did sessions for Top Gear in 1967. 
There is no evidence that Peel played any of John L Watson's groups such as the Web on his radio programmes, according to available tracklistings on this site - although the Web were praised in the music press and may well have done BBC sessions for other shows.. 
==Sessions==
;Chris Clark And the Johnny Watson Concept
1. Recorded with Chris Clark: 1967-12-01. First Broadcast: 17 December 1967
*Love's Gone Mad / From Head To Toe / Do Right Baby / I Want To Go Back There Again / Gotta Get You Into My Life
;Lou Rawls, Maxine Brown and the Johnny Watson Concept
1. 1967-10-03. First Broadcast: 08 October 1967
*Yesterday's Heroes / Street Of Dreams / It's An Uphill Climb To The Bottom / On Broadway / Love Is A Hurting Thing
==Other Shows Played==
*None
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists