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55 unusual facts about Johnny "Guitar" Watson


4th Reconnaissance Battalion

General Thomas E. Watson, assistant division commander of 4th Marine Division, ordered both the amphib recon and scout companies to continue reconnoitering, seizing and clearing other islands in the atoll, moving south toward the islet of Japtan, or LADYSLIPPER.

Afro Puffs

The original song samples " Love That will not Die", also by Johnny "Guitar" Watson The term that the title refers to is a hairstyle in which the hair is tied into ball-shaped masses at the top or sides of the head.

The Extended, video and instrumental version on the single samples "Superman Lover" (Intro) by Johnny "Guitar" Watson.

American Airlines Flight 6780

Patterson was returning from meeting Thomas J. Watson of IBM, who had just hired him for a new case on the previous day.

Arthur K. Watson

Arthur K. Watson died as a result of a fall on July 26, 1974 in New Canaan, Connecticut, at age 55.

Arthur Watson

Arthur C. Watson (1909–1984), American attorney and political activist

Arthur K. Watson (1919–1974), president of IBM World Trade Corporation and United States Ambassador to France

Barbara M. Watson

Barbara M. Watson was born in New York City on November 5, 1918, the daughter of James S. Watson, the first black judge elected in New York State, and his wife, Violet Lopez Wilson, one of the founders of the National Council of Negro Women.

Barton H. Watson

Upon his release from prison after more than two years, Watson returned to Belding and lived with his father for six months, working as a server at a Red Lobster restaurant in Grand Rapids.

Burl S. Watson

He became President in 1954 and was Chairman of the Board and CEO beginning in 1962, taking the place of W. Alton Jones, who died in the famous plane crash American Airlines Flight 1.

Caroline Dormon

Natchitoches attorney and philanthropist Arthur C. Watson organized the Foundation for the Preservation of the Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve and served as its treasurer until his death in 1984.

Charles Williams Jr. House

Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson experimented with the telephone in Williams' shop, and it was there that they first heard indistinct sounds transmitted on June 2, 1875.

Cognitive neuroscience

J.B. Watson was a key figure with his stimulus-response approach.

Customer engineer

Originally simply engineer, those who specialized in servicing IBM equipment in use by its customers were designated customer engineers by Tom Watson circa 1942.

Cybernet

For the fraudulent company CyberNet Engineering see Barton H. Watson.

David C. C. Watson

He then served as a missionary in India, teaching at a Christian school near Madras (now Chennai).

David K. Watson

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress.

Ed Watson

Edwin "Pa" Watson (1883–1945), top aide to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Edward B. Watson

Watson was born on October 7, 1844, in Garnavillo, Iowa, as the child of James Watson and Emily Adams Franklin Watson.

Edward H. Watson

He retired to New York City, where he was in the New York Social Register.

Watson married Hermine Cary Gratz who came from a family of five siblings, including a half sister, Helen, who married Godfrey Rockefeller of Greenwich, Connecticut.

Edward Watson

Edward B. Watson (1844–1915), 12th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court

English Opening

Both Holmes and Moriarty eventually play the final moves blindfolded by citing out the last moves in descriptive notation (rather than algebraic, as the former was contemporary in the late 19th century), ending in Holmes checkmating Moriarty, just as Watson foils Moriarty's plans.

Eugene P. Watson

He was a member of the American Library Association, the Modern Language Association, the Bibliographical Society of America, the Louisiana Historical Association, the Louisiana Chess Association, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Beta Phi Mu, Phi Kappa Rho, and Kappa Delta Pi.

Eunotosaurus

English zoologist D. M. S. Watson claimed that Eunotosaurus was transitional between cotylosaurs (now referred to as captorhinids) and Chelonia.

Gemmi Pass

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson cross the pass on their way to Meiringen, where Sherlock Holmes has his famous meeting with Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls.

Guitar, Bass and Drums

"Guitar, Bass and Drums" is a series of three EPs by the British rock singer, Toby Jepson.

Harold Gonsalves

The 22nd Marines was cited by Major General Thomas E. Watson, commanding general of Tactical Group I, for their part in the Marshalls' Campaign.

Harry L. Watson

Harry L. Watson is an American historian of the antebellum American South, Jacksonian America, and the history of North Carolina.

John B. Watson

Thanks to contacts provided by an academic colleague, E. B. Titchener, Watson subsequently began working for U.S. advertising agency J. Walter Thompson.

Watson was the maternal grandfather of actress Mariette Hartley, who suffered with psychological issues she attributed to her being raised with her grandfather's theories.

John C. Watson

Watson was born in Frankfort, Kentucky on August 24, 1842, the grandson of renowned Kentucky politician John J. Crittenden.

John L. Watson

He has a weekly Internet radio show 'Chess Talk with John Watson' on Chess.FM, the radio arm of the Internet Chess Club (ICC).

Watson has a regular book review column at The Week in Chess, the publication of the London Chess Centre (available online).

His 1999 book Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy won the British Chess Federation's Book of the year award as well as the United States Chess Federation Book of the Year.

John M. Watson, Sr.

He is perhaps best known for his roles in films such as Groundhog Day, The Fugitive, Natural Born Killers, and Soul Food.

Watson's first movie role was as Harold Monroe in the 1990 movie Opportunity Knocks starring Dana Carvey.

John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy

The Institute is named after New Jersey Assemblyman John S. Watson, the first African American to serve as the state's Chairman of the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

John W. Marchetti

After receiving appropriate security clearances, he was transferred to the Radio Position Finding (RPF - early SCL designation for radar) section where Paul E. Watson, the SCL Chief Engineer, was leading the development of the Signal Corps’s first pulsed detection system.

Johnny Jackson

Johnny "J" Johnny Lee Jackson (August 28, 1969 – October 3, 2008)

Let Me Ride

It was recorded simultaneously with the original version and was released on the 12" vinyl when the solo version was chosen to be a part of the album. The full version of the remix is 11 minutes long and features a guitar solo by Johnny "Guitar" Watson.

Lincoln, Alabama

The first graduate of Lincoln High School was the famous Cities Service Company CEO Burl S. Watson, who graduated from LHS in 1912.

Mike Craver

This humoristic song is based on the first words transmitted thru the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas A. Watson.

Paul E. Watson

By 1937 Watson's team had developed a proto-type "Search Light Control Radar" (SCR-270) apparatus and successfully demonstrated it to the Secretary of War at Fort Monmouth.

Ironically, in the 1990s the U.S. Air Force would control the world's most powerful radar, designed to cover the entire Atlantic Ocean from Europe to Africa, from a headquarters in Watson's home town of Bangor, Maine.

Roberto Busa

In 1949 he met with Thomas J. Watson, the founder of IBM, and was able to persuade him to sponsor the Index Thomisticus.

Rome Laboratory

Development of the Rome Lab started in 1948, when several small teams were sent to Griffiss from Watson Laboratories and the Middletown testing units at Middletown, Pennsylvania.

Samuel E. Watson

Nofi, Albert A., The Marine Corps Book of Lists: A Definitive Compendium of Marine Corps Facts, Feats, and Traditions. Da Capo Press, 2001.

The Telephone Gambit

# The world famous scene in which Bell and Watson make their first telephone call is described in his autobiography by Thomas A. Watson some year's after Bell's death.

The Treasures of Agra

The Treasures of Agra is part of a series of television films made by Soviet television.

Thomas J. Watson Research Center

The center, headquarters of IBM's Research division, is named for both Thomas J. Watson, Sr. and Thomas Watson, Jr., who led IBM as president and CEO respectively from 1915 (when it was known as the Computing Tabulating Recording Company) to 1971.

Ultima V: Lazarus

As a tribute to his efforts, Ultima fans bought for him a crossbow made by David R. Watson, the real world inspiration for the recurring Ultima character Iolo.

Wallace John Eckert

Eckert arranged with IBM president Thomas J. Watson for a donation of newly developed IBM 601 calculating punch, which could multiply instead of just adding and subtracting.

Watson Escarpment

The escarpment was more closely observed in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and was named by Byrd for Thomas J. Watson, American business executive, a patron of this expedition.

Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House

Until Dr. Watson listened to the dictaphone cylinders Sherlock recorded in his retirement, not even he knew "The Mystery of Manor House."


28 Days Later: The Soundtrack Album

The song was covered by British Death Metal band The Rotted on their album Get Dead Or Die Trying, and indie developer James Silva for the Xbox Live Arcade game The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, in a Guitar Hero style mini-game segment where the protagonists play guitar solos.

5uu's

In May 2004, Dave Kerman/5uu's regrouped again in Israel, this time comprising Kerman, Drake, Cutler, Perry, Koomran and Janet Feder on prepared guitar.

Aidan Coffey

He recorded with Irish traditional fiddle players Seamus Creagh and Frankie Gavin and with guitar players Mick Daly and Arty McGlynn.

Anne LeBaron

Her 1991 recording Phantom orchestra featured the Anne LeBaron Quintet (Frank London, trumpet; Marcus Rojas, tuba; Davey Williams, electric guitar; Gregg Bendian, drums, vibraphone, percussion; and Anne LeBaron, harp with electronics).

Bandaloo Doctors

This hard rock / blues based foursome consisted of former Aerosmith guitar hero Jimmy Crespo; CSN&Y drummer Dallas Taylor; bassist/songwriter Danny Sheridan and his then wife, vocalist Bonnie Bramlett.

Baratos Afins

His guitar playing was found on some of the most influential music coming out of Brazil in the late 60's and early 70's: the music of Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Jards Macalé, Tim Maia and Gal Costa.

Billy Duffy

Duffy got his start playing in different punk line-ups in the late 1970s, but these earlier years were more notable for his introducing Johnny Marr (The Smiths) to the guitar and encouraging Morrissey to make his singing debut with Duffy in The Nosebleeds.

Blind Boy Fuller

As a boy he learned to play the guitar and also learned from older singers the field hollers, country rags, and traditional songs and blues popular in poor, rural areas.

BR549

In October 2010 Raucous Records released Gary's follow up album "My Ol' Guitar" co-produced by Kenny Vaughan and including several Br549 re-recordings.

Charlie Benante

He is also an accomplished guitarist, contributing lead guitar to S.O.D.'s Speak English or Die album, as well as the majority of the music for Anthrax.

Darril Fosty

During his college years he played bass guitar with the band First Step considered the 'sister band' for the Seattle based Brotherhood, the band which included future Sunny Day Real Estate and Foo Fighters' bassist Nate Mendel.

Die Goldenen Zitronen

The founding members were Schorsch Kamerun (vocals), Ale Sexfeind (drums), Ted Gaier (bass, guitar), and Aldo Moro (guitar, bass).

Direktori

During the spring of 1989, vocalist Nebojša Drakula, with the former Varšavski Geto member Miroslav Pilipović "Trta" on guitar, former Pogrebni Zavod member Srđan Marić on bass guitar and former Hogari member Dragan "Rale" Rašković on drums, formed a band performing cover versions of oi! punk acts such as Sham 69, Cockney Rejects and Skrewdriver.

Earth vs the Wildhearts

Mick Ronson contributed one of the three guitar solos on "My Baby is a Headfuck."

Ed Krebs

Krebs also plays guitar, bass and organ in several reggae bands, and is the webmaster of HERB (Had Enough Religious Bullshit), a site for anti-Theocracy and anti-religious humor with particular emphasis on cartoons.

Eric Carbonara

Recent years have revealed a departure from his psych/krautrock-influenced work to a kaleidoscopic realm of minimalism, electro-acoustic improvisation, free noise guitar thrashing, the folk music of North Africa and Andalusia and Hindustani classical music.

Experimental luthier

In 2006 Yuri Landman built his Moodswinger for the band Liars and afterwards made a large serie of alternate string instruments like the Moonlander for Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, the Springtime for Blood Red Shoes and the Tafelberg drum guitar for The Dodos and others.

Fender Harvard

The most famous user of the Fender Harvard, in conjunction with a Telecaster guitar, was Steve Cropper, who said that he used the amp for most of the classic recordings made with the Stax house band Booker T. & The M.G.'s, including Green Onions and (Sitting On) The Dock of the Bay.

Frehley's Comet

Tod Howarth – rhythm guitar, vocals, keyboards (1986-1988)

Haustor

Two years later they formed Haustor, together with Ozren Štiglić (guitar) and Boris Leiner (drums), who also played in another prominent Yugoslav rock band Azra.

Holden Thorp

In the summer of 1981, at age 17, while studying guitar at Boston's Berklee College of Music, Thorp won first place and a $500 prize in a northeast regional competition to solve a Rubik's Cube puzzle.

Katorz

During the recording of this album, guitarist Denis D'Amour (a.k.a. Piggy) died on August 25, 2005 due to colon cancer.

Lament for the Numb

The Stone People consisted of Dobbyn himself on the guitar, piano and as the lead vocalist, album producer Mitchell Froom on the keyboard, Bruce Thomas on the bass guitar and Pete Thomas on the drums and as the percussionist.

Lippy's Garden

The band consisted of David Milhous (drums and background vocals), his cousin Mark Bollinger (vocals and lead guitar), James Ross (keyboards), and Rob Salter (Bass).

Mario Millo

Millo recorded the track, "Rebecca" for the various artists' Australian Guitar Album released in 1979, it was issued as a shared single with Harvey James' "Let It Go".

Music of Zimbabwe

Jit is a generic term for electric guitar-driven pop, and includes wildly popular groups like the New Black Eagles and the Four Brothers.

Nad Navillus

Collaborators have included Rob Sullivan (bass), Andy Sullivan (vocals), Suzanne Roberts (violin, viola), Rob Bochnik (guitar), Dylan Posa (guitar), Dudley Colley (guitar), Joss Moorkens (drums, accordion, musical saw), Bill Murphy (drums), Jim Grabowski (keyboards), Dan Sylvester (drums, percussion), Justus Roe (programmed drums), and Keith Hanlon (drums).

On Broken Wings

As of February 2008, Kevin Garvin, Mike McMillen, and Sean Laforce are also in the band Everybody Out!, with former Dropkick Murphys guitarist Rick Barton and former Dead Pets and Lost City Angels frontman Sweeney Todd, playing drums, guitar, and bass, respectively .

Paul Martinez

Paul Martinez played bass guitar on the only album release by Paice Ashton Lord, 'Malice in Wonderland'.

Red Stars Theory

The band was formed in early 1995 when James Bertram was looking for someone to play guitar with and found Tonie Palmasani (guitar/vocals), Jeremiah Green (drums/percussion/vocals) and Jason Talley (bass guitar/vocals).

Ryan Dennis

Dennis also plays guitar, and starred in a music video for Our Lady Peace's "Superman's Dead".

Sándor Jemnitz

Jemnitz: Trio for violin, viola and guitar – Benjamin Hudson (violin); Kim Kashkashian (viola); David Starobin (guitar); A Song from the East, Bridge Classics BDG 9004 (1987); David Starobin Favorite Tracks Vol.

Shane Theriot

He has performed with many influential musicians, authored guitar instruction books and DVDs, and composed and produced music for MTV and ESPN, among others.

Shut It

The song was released to promote the Not of This Earth album, recorded by a new line-up which featured long-term members Dave Vanian and Rat Scabies, and new members Kris Dollimore (Guitar), Allan Lee Shaw (Guitar), and Moose (Bass).

Shye Ben Tzur

In addition to musical ventures with Indian Folk artists, Shye has collaborated with the famous Indian singer Shubha Mudgal, the Spanish guitar maestro Fernando Perez, Yossi Fine, Mishko M’ba, Eli Magen, Zohar Fresco, and many others.

Small Town USA

Directed by Chris Hicky, it portrays Moore singing and playing guitar in various parts of his hometown of Poyen, Arkansas.

Stephen Caudel

Toured extensively (Britain, Germany and Japan) including Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Markneukirchen Guitar Festival, Karuizawa Music Festival and 3 nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall as Special Guest of Art Garfunkel.

Steve Zodiac

Steve Zodiac (pseudonym adopted from the lead character of Fireball XL5) is a rock guitarist and prolific songwriter, who gained recognition in the early 1980s as frontman of New Wave Of British Heavy Metal band Vardis.

Teenie Hodges

Born in Germantown, Tennessee, Hodges began playing guitar at age 12 in his father's band, the Germantown Blue Dots, before joining his brothers Leroy and Charles in their group, the Impalas.

The Monterays

Ron Lauback joined the band in 2002 first as a replacement for Jack Abert, then switching to lead guitar in 2005 with the departure of Dave Moziak.

The Pist

The Pist was an American hardcore punk band that was formed in Connecticut in the winter of 1992 by Al Ouimet on vocals and bass, Bill Chamberlain on guitar, and Greg Bennick on drums.

The Truth About De-Evolution

The "Secret Agent Man" performance begins, featuring Bob Mothersbaugh on guitar, Gerald Casale on bass, Jim Mothersbaugh on electric bongos, and Mark Mothersbaugh/Booji Boy on synthesizers.

The Yoko Factor

Whereas Anthony Head does not actually play guitar for Behind Blue Eyes in the episode "Where the Wild Things Are" (music supervisor John King did), this time he both sings and plays Free Bird.

Todd Mohney

He played guitar in the punk "super-group" band The Falcon, though he only appeared on the original EP, not being able to attend the recording session for the band's first full length, Unicornography.

Typhoon Saturday

Formed in 1981 from the ashes of Worksop band Veiled Threat, singer Elaine McLeod, Bassist Derek Taylor and drummer Nigel Fitzpatrick recruited Nick Robinson on guitar to form Red Zoo.

Wade Keighran

He started his career playing guitar in punk band Taking Sides, was the bass player and co-songwriter with The Scare and is currently writing and playing bass for Wolf & Cub.

Walter Zwolinski

Band members included Bernie LaBarge on guitar and vocals, Grant Slater on keyboards and vocals, Paul Armstrong on drums, and Dennis Pinhorn on bass guitar and vocals.

Warner Brothers Presents... Montrose!

Side One closes with the long progressive-rock influenced "Whaler", pairing Ronnie Montrose's acoustic guitar alongside Novi Novog's viola.

What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery

Crick comments on various aspects of the DNA double helix discovery and gives a qualified endorsement to the 1987 television movie Life Story with Jeff Goldblum as Jim Watson and Tim Piggott-Smith as Francis Crick.