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weeks. If anyone could gauge and gravitate to my angst at paying close to four dollars a gallon for gas or a dozen eggs, Watson could.

Quit Playin'; Johnny Guitar was “fa reel!”

By Vincent L. Hall

Lord, have mercy

I can't get ahead no way I try

Everything is outta pocket

Somebody do something

The present situation is abstract Listen, Listen!

–

Johnny Guitar Watson

According to the Library of Congress, the term "rhythm and blues," often called "R&B," originated in the 1940s when it replaced "race music" as a general marketing term for all African American music, though it usually referred only to secular, not religious music.

Johnny Guitar Watson's brand of rappin’ R&B was always secular and never considered religious. But he did have a religious following.

Johnny Guitar Watson, the legendary blues artist and groovy griot of the ghetto, has been my passenger of choice over the last few