Junior Watson

Iron Horse Music Hall (20 Center Street, Northampton MA 01060)

Music

West coast guitarist extraordinaire, Junior Watson, was once one of the most sought after sidemen in the world of Blues. He was one of the founders of the Mighty Flyers with Rod Piazza. He’s been the guitarist for Canned Heat for many years and has played with Big Mama Thorton, George Smith, Jimmy Rogers, Shakey Jake, Luther Tucker, Charlie Musselwhite, Kim Wilson, William Clark and many more. In the past Junior has always been the sideman or featured artist. For the first time in his career he has a band that is taking the back seat and having Junior do all the driving. For the first time you can hear this amazing, original artist wail all night long. This fact alone is exciting and when unleashed, Junior will prove to the rest of the blues community what his cult status is all about.