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Love Jones (CD)

By: Johnny "Guitar" Watson (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Love Jones (CD) Album By Johnny "Guitar" Watson (Artist...
1   Booty Ooty
2   Love Jones
3   Going Up In Smoke
4   Close Encounters
5   Asante Sana
6   Telephone Bill
7   Lone Ranger
8   Jet Plane
9   Children Of The Universe
10   Funky Blues - (previously unreleased, bonus track)
11   Untitled Mix - (previously unreleased, bonus track)
 

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Title Note

Personnel: Johnny "Guitar" Watson (vocals, guitar, Fender Rhodes piano, bass, drums, percussion); Walt Fowler, Albert Wing, Bruce Fowler (horns); Ron Brown (piano); Emery Thomas (drums, background vocals); Randie Redman, James Johnson, Rudy Copeland (background vocals).

Recorded at Paramount Recording Studios, Hollywood, California.

Recording information: 1980.

The follow-up to Johnny "Guitar" Watson's WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?, 1980's LOVE JONES continues in the wacky, funkier-than-thou vein of its predecessor. Standing in stark contrast to the singer/multi-instrumentalist's bluesy early work, this disc is slick, of-the-era R&B that careens from silly dance-floor workouts (the propulsive "Booty Ooty" and the hilarious "Telephone Bill") to velvety smooth ballads (the chiming title track) to absurdist mid-tempo numbers ("Close Encounters" and "Funky Blues"). Of particular note is the groove-laden Watson classic "Lone Ranger," which finds the fun-loving performer embarking on a wonderfully ridiculous scat solo while cruising along on a sea of burbling keyboard lines. Although many of Watson's '70s-funk contemporaries (Parliament, Ohio Players, etc.) were fading by this point, LOVE JONES finds the Texan jack-of-all-trades welcoming in the '80s with unrestrained energy, making it one of his most enjoyable outings.

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