Melvin Ragin And Toussaint Thomason

[Ady Croasdell]

Has anyone seen their names on anything else except J&S late 60s singles? They sound a bit West Indian to me.

[Garethx]

Melvin Ragin produced Timmy Willis's Epic single I think. Early 1970s release and while Timmy himself was originally from Columbus, Ohio the other names on the label (Wah Wah Watson etc.) seem to suggest a Los Angeles recording session.

[Garethx]

Well there you go. A quick bit of googling reveals that Melvin Ragin is Wah Wah Watson and was originally from Detroit.

From wikipedia:

Melvin "Wah-Wah Watson" Ragin, better known as just Wah-Wah Watson, is an American guitarist and session musician famed for his skills with a wah-wah pedal. A Detroit native, he played on numerous sessions in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s for many top soul, funk and disco acts, including Motown artists like The Temptations, The Jackson 5, The Four Tops, Gladys Knight & The Pips and The Supremes as a member of the Funk Brothers studio band.

[Ady Croasdell]

Well there you go. A quick bit of googling reveals that Melvin Ragin is Wah Wah Watson and was originally from Detroit.

From wikipedia:

Melvin "Wah-Wah Watson" Ragin, better known as just Wah-Wah Watson, is an American guitarist and session musician famed for his skills with a wah-wah pedal. A Detroit native, he played on numerous sessions in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s for many top soul, funk and disco acts, including Motown artists like The Temptations, The Jackson 5, The Four Tops, Gladys Knight & The Pips and The Supremes as a member of the Funk Brothers studio band.

Wow so he must have moved to NYC in the 60s to produce for Zell Sanders. Thanks for doing all my work today Gareth, I must remember to do that google thing more often!

[Ady Croasdell]

But then again I just double checked and Wah Wah was 16 years old and living in Detroit in 1967 so it weren't him after all!