Elementary Wah Wah Watson

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  • Release Date: 11/02/2004
  • Original Release: 1977
  • Label: COLUMBIA EUROPE
  • UPC: 5099751900320

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Elementary

1LISTENGoo Goo Wah Wah Instrumental 5:42
2LISTENLove My Blues Away 5:29
3LISTENCry Baby 4:06
4LISTENMy Love for You Comes and Goes 4:40
5LISTENTogether (Whatever) 4:58
6LISTENSunset Boulevard 4:14
7LISTENLove Ain't Somethin' (That You Get for Free) 4:21
8LISTENI'll Get by Without You 6:03
9LISTENBubbles Instrumental 3:19
10LISTENGood Friends 6:14

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After years of infusing his wah-wah guitar licks on countless sessions, Melvin "Wah Wah Watson" Ragin cut a deal with Columbia Records for this unsuccessful solo album that did so poorly Watson didn't have another solo release for 24 years. Columbia pushed this as fusion-jazz; well, some of it is, but it's really just good "head music." "Cry Baby" sounds like a track left off Sly & the Family Stone's There's a Riot Going On album; not a sad tune as its title suggests, but a jaunty stepper more related to funk than jazz. "Bubbles" is soft and understated with a clandestine groove, with Watson easing up on the wah-wah's. You'd think Norman Whitfield was in the studio on "Goo Goo Wah Wah" going by the countless gadgets and studio tricks employed on this likeable sprinter that's pushed by threatening tomtom drums: great chase music. Some of L.A.'s finest studio musicians are with Watson on this one. Andrew Hamilton, All Music Guide

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