⬇️ JOHNNY RAWLS ⬇️
DISCOGRAPHY 1996-2026 (27CD)
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, arranger and producer Johnny Rawls draws
on the 1950s' and '60s' deep soul-blues tradition in his guitar playing,
yet his lyrics and singing are completely 1990s.
Rawls got his early musical education from his grandfather, John Paul Newson, a blind guitarist who played around the Hattiesburg area. Rawls began playing clarinet and saxophone in third grade, and by the time he was in his teens, the band instructor hired Rawls to play in his band.
As a teen, Rawls had the opportunity to back singers like Joe Tex and Z.Z. Hill. He began playing guitar at age 12, learning as much as he could from players in other area blues bands.
After leaving Mississippi for a year when he was 17, he returned, determined to form his own blues/soul ensemble.
DISCOGRAPHY 1996-2026 (27CD)
BIOGRAPHY
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, arranger and producer Johnny Rawls draws
on the 1950s' and '60s' deep soul-blues tradition in his guitar playing,
yet his lyrics and singing are completely 1990s.Rawls got his early musical education from his grandfather, John Paul Newson, a blind guitarist who played around the Hattiesburg area. Rawls began playing clarinet and saxophone in third grade, and by the time he was in his teens, the band instructor hired Rawls to play in his band.
As a teen, Rawls had the opportunity to back singers like Joe Tex and Z.Z. Hill. He began playing guitar at age 12, learning as much as he could from players in other area blues bands.
After leaving Mississippi for a year when he was 17, he returned, determined to form his own blues/soul ensemble.
They found work backing up touring musicians and by the mid-1970s, Rawls
joined O.V. Wright's band, working with Wright until his death in 1980.
After Wright's death, the band continued to perform his music for 13 years
as the O.V. Wright Band, opening shows for people like B.B. King, Little
Milton Campbell and Bobby Bland.
In the mid-1980s, the O.V. Wright Band also toured with Little Johnny
Taylor, Latimore, B.B. Coleman, Blues Boy Willie, and others, including
Lynn White.
Working with guitarist L.C. Luckett, Rawls recorded 45 rpm singles for
his own label, Touch Records, and continued working around the South,
touring regionally with soul-blues singers. In 1994, Rawls and Luckett
recorded their first album, Can't Sleep at Night, for the Rooster Blues
label.
In 1995, Rawls parted with Luckett to lead a new group and found a record
company that was interested, the London-based JSP label. Here We Go, his
debut for JSP Records, was recorded in 1996, and since then, he's followed
it up with Louisiana Woman, a 1997 release.
Rawls carries on the soul-blues tradition of people like O.V. Wright,
Otis Redding and Z.Z. Hill in his singing style and guitar playing, but
his arrangement, production and lyrics are steeped in the 1990s techniques
and subject matter. Rawls is a true soul-blues renaissance man and with
any luck.
NEW!
1997-Louisiana Woman @FLAC+
2013-Remembering O. V. @FLAC
2014-From The Soul @FLAC
2016-Tiger in a Cage @FLAC+
2017-Waiting for the Train @FLAC+
2018-I'm Still Around @FLAC+
2019-I Miss Otis Clay @FLAC+
2022-Going Back To Mississippi @FLAC
2023-Walking Heart Attack @FLAC
2025-Make Them Dance @320
2026-Tribute To Soul @FLAC24-48
OTIS CLAY
2014-Soul Brothers @FLAC+