Under the Hood: Larry McCray on Johnny “Guitar” Watson

They called him Johnny “Guitar” Watson. What made his playing so special? Guitar man Larry McCray thinks he knows.

“…the reason that I like Johnny so much, uh he had a way of describing his own music, he’d say uh, ‘funky with touch of class and just a little bit of jazz.’ And that’s what kinda caught my ear, but his music. He had all this funk and all this other stuff going on but he always looked for a way to push the music to a higher level.” - Larry McCray