Funk Doesn't Get Much Better Then This
Andre S. Grindle | Brewer Maine | 10/18/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"James Brown invented it,Sly,George Clinton and Bootsy embellished it and Chaka Khan BELTED it out but Johnny Guitar Watson made the funk all his own,starting with this 1976 album.Johhny sticks his ingenious blues guitar licks to this set of funk of R&B of his his creation.In fact outside of horns and drums he played all the instrumetns and very well too.Besides his songwriting on the jumpy opener "I Need It" is almost sing-a-long in quality while in the meantime "Superman Lover" and the title song are just plain classic grooves.The slower grooves are where the real meat has to be judged and on the well produced,keyboard laden 'ballads 'We're No Exception" and "Won't You Forgive Me Baby" Johnny passes the test with flying colors,proving he can more then deliver a complete album package.As for the bonus cuts?Lol THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALBUM CUTS AT LEAST!!!!"Funkula" is so powerfully funky and catchy it would surely become one of his classics and I could easily see an R&B radio station even spinning the likeminded instrumental "Follow Me".Whoever chose these fantastic bonus cuts knew what they were doing and I cannot wait for more Johnny Guitar Watson reissues in the coming months!"
ANY TRUE FAN HAS TO OWN THIS ALBUM!
A. THOMAS | LOS ANGELES, CA USA | 01/04/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"THIS IS THE BEST JOHNNY "GUITAR" WATSON ALBUM EVER! I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS AROUND 7, MY MAMA WOULD WEAR THIS ONE OUT! I HAD TO HAVE IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO MUSIC TODAY THAT IS COMPARABLE TO THE REAL MUSIC OF THE 70'S!"