🎵 AotW Johnny Guitar Watson - THAT'S WHAT TIME IT IS (SP-4880)

[LPJim]

Johnny "Guitar" Watson
THAT'S WHAT TIME IT IS
A&M SP-4880

SIDE ONE

Do the Guitar 3;50
The Planet Funk 5:05 (Jolyon Skinner & Michael Zager)
You Sexy Thing -A Wonderful Creation - 3:50
That's What Time it is 3:48 (Skinner & Zager)
Flip It 0:38

SIDE TWO

Go For It 3:34 (Skinner & Zager)
At the Wishing Well 3:59
First Timothy Six 3:44
I Miss Your Kiss 5:06 (Skinner & Zager)

Johnny Guitar Watson - guitar, percussion, bass (moog), wrote songs except as indicated & co-producer
Phil Ayling - alto sax
Joylon Skinner - bass
Marti McCall, Paulette McWilliams-Bush & Stephanie Spruill - backing vocals

James Gadson - drums
Don Palmer - concert master
Michael Zager - electric piano & co-producer
Paulinho Da Costa - percussion

Gemi "Master Phonk" Taylor - rhythm guitar
Larry Williams & Michael Casey-Young - synthesizer programmer
Pete Christlieb - tenor sax
Lew McCreary - trombone

Chuck Findley - trumpet
Mallory Earl - engineer
Bob Winard - assistant engineer
Steve Katz - assistant mixing engineer

Executive Producer - Herb Alpert
Mixing Engineer - Bruce Swedien

Recorded at Kendun Recorders; mixed & mastered at A&M Recording Studios
Released 1981
Reissued on CD in 2007 in Japan by A&M Records -- 'D32Y3537'


JB

 

[Dave]

I've really yet to hear an example of this guy's work! In fact, I've heard more playing by Wah-Wah Watson, then I ever have of Johnny "Guitar"...!

Other than the fact that I've long heard that this Watson was one of the most important guitar slingers in the many decades progressive guitar playing was in vogue... And that he did fit well enough in-between such greats as T-Bone Walker and Jimi Hendrix (and heavily by the former while definitely influencing the latter)...

Lastly, I'd read that Johnny died in Japan while in the middle of one of his famous solos, and referencing the title of one of his songs, his last words reportedly were, "Ain't That A Bitch!"...!


-- Dave