A singer/guitarist known for two essential albums in the funk sphere Aint That a Bitch and A Real Mother For You Johnny Watson was first of all a highly respected bluesman with close ties to the R&B scene of the Fifties. When Johnny Watsons grandfather died, he left his grandson a guitar, but Grandma insisted that Johnny shouldnt ever play the devils music the blues on such a holy instrument that had accompanied so many gospels Johnny at once thought about nothing else. In Los Angeles he would spend the Fifties under the influence of Amos Milburn and Chuck Higgins, with whom he played for a time before creating his own group to trawl through every club in the city. I was doing things like Jimi Hendrix, fifteen years before [him] playing guitar with my teeth, hanging from the rafters and doing double gigs with Guitar Slim we used to work together in clubs with 30 foot guitarleads, sit on each others shoulders and walk out into the audience. Johnny Guitar Watsons shows left an indelible mark. He gave each period in his career a personal stamp that made him an original character: he marked every style he played in, whether it was blues, R&B or funk. The first two styles appear on all four sides of this album, leaving the funk for Aint That a Bitch and A Real Mother For You.