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Beverly 'Guitar' Watkins - In Paris

1.
 
Baghdad Blues 02:46
 
 
 
2.
 
Do The Breakdown 03:25
 
 
 
3.
 
Melody Cruise 02:58
 
 
 
4.
 
What'd I Say 04:14
 
 
 
5.
 
Lonesome Window Blues 04:22
 
 
 
6.
 
Blues Ain't What It Used To Be 04:03
 
 
 
7.
 
Sugar Baby Swing 02:22
 
 
 
8.
 
You Send Me 05:19
 
 
 
9.
 
Red Mama Blues 06:15
 
 
 
10.
 
Get Out On The Floor 03:34
 
 
about
If you ran across Beverly “Guitar” Watkins playing at Underground Atlanta, you might never know that she was a guitar veteran who had been in the trenches with Piano Red, James Brown, B.B. King, and Ray Charles. By the time these recordings were made in 2012, Watkins had regained some of her notoriety with a string of groove-heavy albums for Music Maker that focused on her stellar songwriting. The bulk of these songs is original material, with one reprise of Ray Charles’ “What’d I Say.”

On this fiery set recorded in Paris, Watkins is backed by vets, including rhythm guitarist Albert White (Elvin Bishop, Clarence Carter, Ben E. King, Ray Charles, Joe Tex), keyboard player Eddie Tigner (formerly of The Ink Spots), and Lil Joe Burton (Bobby Womack, Otis Clay, B.B. King).

Everywhere she played, from Atlanta taverns to Lincoln Center, Beverly “Guitar” Watkins was beloved, but in few places was she more treasured than in France. Listening back a decade later, one can imagine Watkins slinging her guitar behind her head and giving an all-out, wild, sweaty performance to an admiring crowd.
credits
released March 18, 2022

All original Beverly Guitar Watkins compositions, except "What'd I Say" written by Ray Charles and "You Send Me" written by Sam Cooke

Beverly Guitar Watkins - Lead Vocal/Lead Guitar/Harmonica
Albert White - Guitar/Background Vocals/MC
Eddie Tigner - Organ/Piano
Nashid Abdul - Bass Guitar
Lil Joe Burton - Trombone
Ardie Dean - Drums

Recorded live in PARIS FRANCE by Sam Clayton Jr. 2012 (Track 11 recorded in Kittery Maine 2010)
With Special Guest appearances by
Jean-Jacques Milteau - Harmonica
Dan Hoctor - Hammond B3 


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