Noble "Thin Man" Watts
Noble "Thin Man" Watts
Top Songs
| 1 | Hard Times (The Slop) | ||
| 2 | Jukin' | ||
| 3 | The Slide [Remastered] | ||
| 4 | Jookin' | ||
| 5 | Blow Your Horn |
Albums
May 1990 • 10 songs
May 1990 • 10 songs
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Biography
The 1950s R&B scene was rife with fire-breathing tenor sax honkers, and Noble "Thin Man" Watts was one of the most incendiary. Watts enrolled at Florida A&M University in 1942 (his mates in the school marching band included future jazz luminaries Nat and Cannonball Adderly). The Griffin Brothers, one of Dot Records' top R&B acts (obviously, this was before the days when Randy Wood's label provided safe haven for the hopelessly pale likes of Pat Boone and Gale Storm) hired young Noble Watts after he got out of college. Watts joined baritone saxist Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams in ...