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Johnny Guitar Watson - 3 Hours Past Midnight
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Ace Records CDCH 909 UK release 1987

1) Hot Little Mama
2) Ruben
3) I Love To Love You
4) Someone Care For Me
5) Too Tired
6) Oh Baby
7) The Bear
8) One Kiss
9) Those Lonely Lonely Nights
10) She Moves Me
11) Give A Little
12) Ain't Gonna Hush
13) Motor Head Baby
14) I'm Gonna Hit That Highway
15) Love Me Baby
16) Three Hours Past Midnight

"In 1955, Johnny switched to the Modern/RPM label, the first session producing 3 epic releases, including the simmering Hot Little Mama and I Love To Love You was more brilliance unleashed.

"Blues lovers have probably heard She Moves Me numerous times (Kim Wilson did a version), but always remember that Watson did the knockout original. Ironically, WatsonΓÇÖs most successful recording for Modern was his re-working of Earl KingΓÇÖs New Orleans-flavored Those Lonely Lonely Nights.

"Then there was AinΓÇÖt Gonna Hush, practically as wild and woolly as his feedback breakthrough Space Guitar. Motorhead Baby (recently covered by Jimmie Vaughan) is a souped-up version of the version he'd recorded on Federal."
LivinBlues.com

A seminal influence on the next generation of electric guitarists - including Hendrix, Johnny Guitar Watson pioneered the use of feedback and had an attack that was second to none. His lacerating fretwork is all over these late 50s cuts.

Frank Zappa stated that "Watson's 1956 song Three Hours Past Midnight inspired me to become a guitarist". Zappa also often named "Three Hours Past Midnight" as his favorite record. When Zappa's family heard that Lou Reed would be inducting Zappa in the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, they suggested Johnny "Guitar" Watson as a better choice.

Jimmie Vaughan, brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan, is quoted as saying: "When my brother Stevie and I were growing up in Dallas, we idolized very few guitarists. We were highly selective and highly critical. Johnny 'Guitar' Watson was at the top of the list, along with Freddie, Albert and B.B. King. He made magic."

"Ignore all the compilations and "Best of Johnny's", because Gangster of Love and 3 Hours Past Midnight are your definitive recordings.

"Johnny Guitar Watson smoked 'em out of the hall every time he picked up a guitar. You can hear Johnny's licks in most rock and blues played after this, but he played with style.

"I'm not a big fan of the 70's funk scene that he took part in, but his blues and rock & roll are all-time hits. It's all right here."
Amazon review