Junior Watson is an American jump blues guitarist and singer.
[1] Watson is a West Coast blues guitarist.
He was a founding member of the blues band The Mighty Flyers and, starting in the early 1980s, he performed with the band for a decade.
[2] He also performed with Canned Heat throughout the 1990s.
[2] Watson has performed as a backing musician in performances and recordings for a number of blues musicians, including Big Mama Thornton, George Smith, Jimmy Rogers, Luther Tucker, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, John Németh, Michael "Pink" Arguello, and Kim Wilson.