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Jesse Johnson: Jesse Johnson (A&M)

Mark Rowland, Musician, 1985

WHEN A guitarist makes his reputation in Minneapolis, proceeds to write the hottest tune on the most recent Time LP ('Jungle Love'), plays his ass off on Sheila E.'s The Glamorous Life, and every instrument on his solo debut, you half-expect the result to sound like Prince. In that respect, Jesse Johnson does not disappoint.

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