Gangster of Love

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Gangster of Love
Gangster of Love cover
Studio album by Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Released 1957
Recorded 1953 - 1954
Genre Blues
Electric blues
Blues rock
Label Keen Records (1957)
King Records (1958)
Sanctuary Records (2002)
Professional reviews
Johnny "Guitar" Watson chronology
Gangster of Love
(1957)		 I Cried for You
(1963)

Gangster of Love the debut album for the American blues musician Johnny "Guitar" Watson, whose long career influenced the development of blues, soul music, rhythm & blues, funk, rock music, and rap music. It was released through Keen Records in 1957 and then King Records/Federal Records again in 1958. It was most recently released on CD by Sanctuary Records in 2002.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I Need It" - 4:44
  2. "Superman Lover" - 5:45
  3. "Ain't That a Bitch" - 5:01
  4. "I Want to Ta-Ta You Baby" - 5:48
  5. "A Real Mother for Ya" - 5:04
  6. "Funk Beyond the Call of Duty" - 5:14
  7. "Lone Ranger" - 6:34
  8. "Gangster of Love" - 3:48
  9. "Love That Will Not Die" - 3:48
  10. "Tarzan" - 5:00
  11. "Booty Ooty" - 5:26
  12. "Love Jones" - 4:47
  13. "Telephone Bill" - 4:46
  14. "What the Hell Is This?" - 6:08
  • All songs credited to Watson.

[edit] Gangster of Love (song)

In the year 2006, the song was used in an Axe Clix commercial featuring Nick Lachey, in the United States, and Ben Affleck in Europe.[1]

[edit] Production

  • Johnny "Guitar" Watson - organ, synthesizer, bass, guitar, piano, conga, drums, keyboards, timbales, triangle, vocals, clavinet
  • Rudy Copeland, James Ivory Johnson, Randie Redman, Darcus Thomas, Marci Thomas, - vocals (bckgr)
  • Paul Dunmall, Knud Jensen - saxophone
  • Bruce Fowler - trombone, horn
  • Walt Fowler - trumpet, horn
  • Peter Martin Trumpet
  • Tommy Robertson - trombone
  • Emry Thomas - drums, vocals (bckgr), whistle, siren, bell tree
  • Albert Wing - horn, sax