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Johnny "Guitar" Watson: The life and death of a guitar-slinger

Andy Gill, The Independent, 26 May 1996

With his fedora and his Gibson, his pimp-chic style and his flamboyant playing, Johnny "Guitar" Watson lived and died, on stage, for the blues. Andy Gill looks back in wonder.

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