Junior Watson & Dean Shot at Jimmy’s

“𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒆𝒕 ‘𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏’ 𝑻𝒐 𝑰𝒕 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑻𝒐 𝑫𝒐 𝑰𝒕’…𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆.”
— 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑬 (2020 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 ‘𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏’ 𝒕𝒐 𝑰𝒕 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑻𝒐 𝑫𝒐 𝑰𝒕’)

𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐒𝐎𝐍, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 & 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭, 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓, 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬.

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐰. The latest release, ‘Nothin’ To It But To Do It’ shows Watson’s command of the instrument – either when soloing or playing rhythm. Watson’s artist resume is as large as it is impressive. A founding member of The Mighty Flyers, he stayed with the band for ten years, then left to join Canned Heat for ten years. Watson then toured for a while with LA-based harmonica player/vocalist Lynwood Slim. All along the way he has backed up and recorded with the who’s-who of the blues. His list of musical endeavors include backing up and recording with Big Mama Thorton, George Smith, Jimmy Rogers, Shakey Jake, Luther Tucker, Charlie Musselwhite, Kim Wilson, William Clark and many more.

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬. 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞: melting diverse styles to create a style all his own. With influences as diverse as Tiny Grimes, Oscar Moore, Bill Jennings, Rene Hall, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Jimmy Rogers, Eddie Taylor, Guitar Slim, Earl Hooker and others he has truly created one of the most unique and original guitar voices to come along in years. Besides his mastery of blues and swing he often adds his own cartoon-like twist to everything he plays. You’ll never know what he will do and when asked he doesn’t know himself. His energy and playing gives you a feeling of reckless abandonment. As he was once quoted “like a train off the tracks”.

𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬. The list of artists he has toured and/or performed with is substantial and significant: Hubert Sumlin, Kim Wilson, Junior Watson, Ronnie Earl, Big Jay McNeely, Big Jack Johnson, Mark Hummel, Danny Russo, Lurrie Bell, Otis Rush, David Maxwell, Greg Piccolo, Paul Oscher, Steve Guyger, JB Lawson, Doug James, Floyd Phillips, Lonnie Youngblood, Sax Gordon, Studebaker John, Eddie Shaw, Carl Weathersby, Bob Margolin, Jesse Morrison, Cecil Brooks III, Christian McBride, John Primer, Pat Tandy and many more.

𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐥𝐢𝐧. Dean took Hubert’s word to heart when Hubert asked him to carry the music forward and give it to others. In recent years, Dean has toured with blues royalty such as Junior Watson and Mark Hummel, and is currently a member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds.

“𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒃 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔. 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒛𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏.”
— 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑩𝑳𝑨𝑺𝑻 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬 (2020 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇 ‘𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏’ 𝑻𝒐 𝑰𝒕 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑻𝒐 𝑫𝒐 𝑰𝒕’)

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