Superman Lover – Johnny “Guitar” Watson (1976)

new city, he found employment, while still a teenager, with jump-blues-style bands such as Chuck Higgins’ Mellotones and Amos Milburn. He worked as a vocalist, pianist, and guitarist, and quickly made a name for himself in the African-American juke joints of the West Coast, where he was billed as “Young John Watson” until 1954. That year, he saw the Sterling Hayden film “Johnny Guitar”, and a new stage name was born. He adopted a swaggering, yet humorous personality, indulging a taste …