Hot Just Like TNT (1996)

About this title: This generous serving of 28 tracks focuses on Watson's mid-1950s recordings (both released and unissued) for RPM, throwing in some songs by singers Devonia Williams, Jeannie Barnes, and Crodella de Milo (on whose songs he was accompanist); a couple of 1957-58 singles for Keen; and some previously unavailable tracks he recorded for Johnny Otis, probably dating from the late 1950s and early 1960s. This is worthwhile for fans of Watson in particular as well as fans of the R&B-blues crossover sound of the '50s in general. It's a patchy set, however, in which Watson and his associates try on ... read more

Tracks:

1. Hot Little Mama [Davis/Taub/Watson]
2. I Love to Love You [Davis/Taub/Watson]
3. Hot Little Mama [Davis/Taub/Watson]
4. Don't Touch Me (I'm Gonna Hit the Highway) [Watson/Josea/Taub]
5. Too Tired [Davis/Ling/Watson]
6. Lonely Girl [DeMilo]
7. Ain't Gonna Hush [DeMilo/Josea/Ling]
8. Those Lonely, Lonely Nights [King/Vincent]
9. Oh Baby [Watson/Davis/Taub]
10. Someone Cares for Me [Davis/Taub/Watson]
11. Ruben [Piano Version] [Watson]
12. Give a Little [Davis/Ling/Watson]
13. Love Me Baby [Booker/Josea]
14. She Moves Me [Watson/Ling]
15. Ruben [Guitar Version] [Watson]
16. Three Hours Past Midnight [Watson/Ling]
17. Love Bandit (Gangster of Love) [Watson]
18. Telephone Boogie [Otis]
19. Dee's Boogie
20. I Got a Girl (That Lives over Yonder) [Otis]
21. Gangster of Love [Watson]
22. One Room Country Shack [Walton]
23. Deana Baby [Adler/Alpert]
24. Honey [Watson]
25. Come on Baby [Saxophone Version] [Watson]
26. My Baby and Me [Watson]
27. You've Been Gone Too Long [Watson]
28. Come on Baby [Guitar Version] [Watson]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.