Melvin "Wah-Wah Watson" Ragin
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Melvin "Wah-Wah Watson" Ragin, better known as just Wah-Wah Watson, is an American guitarist and session musician famed for his skills with a wah-wah pedal. A Detroit native, he played on numerous sessions in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s for many top soul, funk and disco acts, including Motown artists like The Temptations, The Jackson 5, The Four Tops, Gladys Knight & The Pips and The Supremes as a member of the Funk Brothers studio band.
[edit] Selected discography
- Blondie, "Live It Up"
- Eric Clapton, Slowhand (rumored)
- Herbie Hancock, Dis Is Da Drum; various albums with The Headhunters
- Labelle, Chameleon
- Martha Reeves, Martha Reeves
- Marvin Gaye, Let's Get It On
- Me'Shell NdegéOcello, various tracks on Plantation Lullabies
- Michael Jackson, Off The Wall
- Pointer Sisters, Steppin'
- Quincy Jones, Body Heat
- Rose Royce, Car Wash
- Stevie Wonder, Conversation Peace
- Maxwell, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
- Brian McKnight, his 1992 self-titled debut albu, and 1995's I Remember You
- Vanessa L. Williams "Comfort Zone"
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