Love My Blues Away - Music

Wah Wah Watson Melvin Ragin December 8 1950 – October 24 2018 Was An American Guitarist And Session Musician Famed For His Skills With A Wah-Wah Pedal. A Native Of Richmond Virginia Melvin Ragin Moved To Detroit And Became A Member Of The Motown Records Studio Band The Funk Brothers Where He Recorded With Artists Like The Temptations His Guitar Work On "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" Is Particularly Notable The Jackson 5 The Four Tops Gladys Knight & The Pips And The Supremes. He Played On Numerous Sessions In The 1970s And 1980s For Many Top Soul Funk And Disco Acts Including Herbie Hancock He Both Recorded And Composed Songs With The Pointer Sisters. In 1977 Watson Released His First Solo Album Elementary On Columbia Records. The Album Was Co-Produced By Watson And David Rubinson. In 1994 Watson Appeared On The Red Hot Organization's Compilation Album Stolen Moments Red Hot Cool. The Album Meant To Raise Awareness And Funds In Support Of The AIDS Epidemic In Relation To The African American Community Was Heralded As "Album Of The Year" By Time Magazine. In The 2000s Watson Appeared On The Albums Maxwell's Now 2001 Black Diamond 2000 By Angie Stone The Soundtrack To The Film Shaft 2000 Damita Jo 2004 By Janet Jackson And Alicia Keys' Unplugged 2005 The Element Of Freedom 2009 . Watson Died On October 24 2018 At St. John’s Hospital In Santa Monica. Discography As Leader
Elementary 1976 As Sideman
The Jackson 5 ABC 1970 The Undisputed Truth The Undisputed Truth 1971 The Temptations All Directions 1972 Four Tops Nature Planned It 1972 The Temptations Masterpiece 1973 Love Unlimited Under The Influence Of... 1973 Marvin Gaye Let's Get It On 1973 The Love Unlimited Orchestra Rhapsody In White 1974 Martha Reeves Martha Reeves 1974 Quincy Jones Body Heat 1974 Bobbi Humphrey Satin Doll 1974 Pointer Sisters Steppin' 1975 Herbie Hancock Man-Child 1975 Herbie Hancock Secrets 1976 Labelle Chameleon 1976 Rose Royce Car Wash 1976 Dizzy Gillespie Free Ride 1977 Herbie Hancock VSOP 1977 Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive 1978 Donald Byrd Thank You...For F.U.M.L. Funking Up My Life Elektra 1978 Cher Take Me Home 1979 The Beach Boys L.A. Light Album 1979 Michael Jackson Off The Wall 1979 Herbie Hancock Feets Don't Fail Me Now 1979 Thelma Houston Ride To The Rainbow 1979 Herbie Hancock Mr. Hands 1980 Herbie Hancock Monster 1980 Blondie Autoamerican 1980 Vanessa L. Williams The Comfort Zone 1991 Brian McKnight Brian McKnight 1992 George Benson Love Remembers 1993 Me'Shell NdegéOcello Plantation Lullabies 1993 Maxwell Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite 1994 Herbie Hancock Dis Is Da Drum 1994 Stevie Wonder Conversation Peace 1995 Brian McKnight I Remember You 1995 Quincy Jones Q's Jook Joint 1995 Meshell Ndegeocello Peace Beyond Passion 1996 Illya Kuryaki And The Valderramas Versus 1997 Maxwell Now 2001 Maysa Out Of The Blue 2002 Janet Jackson Damita Jo 2004 Yung Berg Look What You Made Me 2008 George Benson Songs And Stories 2009 U-Nam Week-End In L.A A Tribute To George Benson 2012 Tyrese Black Rose 2015 read less