{"id":7307,"date":"2017-12-03T11:32:03","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T16:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=7307"},"modified":"2017-12-03T11:32:03","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T16:32:03","slug":"johnny-watson-coke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=7307","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Watson – Coke"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Johnny Watson – Coke MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the great pleasures of record digging\/collecting is the unexpected find, as in \u2018I had no idea this very familiar artist did anything like this\u2019 which describes this week\u2019s selection to a tee.<\/p>\n

A few years ago I picked up a Johnny Watson<\/strong> solo 45 off of a friend\u2019s list, on which the man who was so famous a guitarist that it became part of his name (i.e. Johnny Guitar Watson<\/strong>) was featuring not on the six-string razor but rather surprisingly on the old 88s!<\/p>\n

I dug the 45 a lot, and started to look around for information on the circumstances leading to its recording, and I was very surprised indeed to discover that Watson had recorded an entire album of instrumentals for Okeh in 1967.<\/p>\n

This was during the heart of his association with Larry Williams<\/strong>, who just happened to have co-produced the album in question (entitled \u2018Bad\u2019) with Watson himself.<\/p>\n

The record sees Watson featuring on both piano and guitar on a wide range of contemporary covers of tunes by folks like Eddie Floyd, Ray Charles, Sam and Dave<\/strong> and the Four Tops<\/strong> among others, mixed in with a couple of groovy originals, of which today\u2019s selection is one.<\/p>\n

\u2018Coke\u2019 (hmmmmm\u2026<\/em>) is hard charging number featuring Watson\u2019s guitar, piano and a tastefully applied horn section.<\/p>\n

It has plenty of soulful, au-go-go flavor, and would work nicely on the dance floor.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think the album has ever been reissued. There was only the one 45 released from the LP.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the sounds, and I\u2019ll see you all next week.<\/p>\n

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Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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