He tried to get his life in order and free himself from the people he’d found himself close to. That, along with other personal setbacks and issues led to Watson withdrawing from the Music Business in the Eighties. Although it was declared a suicide much speculation points to it being murder.Īs for Johnny “Guitar” Watson, he was never the same after the shooting death of his friend Larry Williams. At age 44, Williams died of a gunshot wound. Unfortunately, Williams continued with drugs and violence, which led to his death in January of 1980. This incident has been credited to Little Richard’s return to religion. When Little Richard didn’t show for the “later” payment Williams went after him. Little Richard had bought drugs from Williams, with an IOU promise to pay later. At the time the two, who had not just worked together, but become friends, were over-indulging in both cocaine and heroin. In 1977, Williams pulled a gun on Little Richard over a drug debt. The Song “A Quitter Never Wins” is Track 10 on the Album. They also recorded the Fantastic Soul Album, Two For the Price of One with Okeh Records. They both worked on Music with Little Richard who, at the time, was returning to Secular Music. The two worked together in the Sixties around the time that Williams was having a “comeback”. His biggest solo hit was from the latter, the Song “A Real Mother For Ya”, released, and charted, in 1977. He ran the gamut of Music Styles, from Rock and Roll, Soul, and later in the Seventies, Disco, and Funk. Johnny “Guitar” Watson, born John Watson, Jr., in February of 1935, was known for his showmanship and signature electric guitar playing credited as the T-Bone Walker Style. Despite his successes, Williams struggled with drug addiction and a history of violence that followed him around like a shadow of dread. In the 60’s he found success in the Soul Scene. He was a renowned singer-songwriter, producer, and pianist. Many of those Classics were later recorded by The Beatles, among other British Invasion Groups (via Wikipedia). Larry Williams, born in May of 1935, was best known for writing and recording a slew of Rock and Roll Classics from 1957-1959 with Specialty Records. “A Quitter Never Wins” by Larry Williams and Johnny “Guitar” Walker Contact Dave by phone at 91 or by e-mail at Visit his website at. I should have realized that and disqualified him sooner.ĭave Fellman is the president of David Fellman & Associates, Cary, NC, a sales and marketing consulting firm serving numerous segments of the graphic arts industry. The buyer with the brother-in-law failed that test. Third, and maybe most importantly, they have to show some real interest in buying from you. Second, they have to want, need or buy enough of what you sell to make pursuing them worthwhile. First, they have to want, need or buy exactly what you sell. You want to spend your time on “qualified” prospects, and as I’ve written in the past, that means three things. The branch may want to buy locally, but the office politics say otherwise.Īgain, this is a time management issue. Family situations may be the hardest to beat, followed closely by situations where a branch office gets all of its printing from the main office. Maybe the most important lesson I’ve learned in selling is that you can’t sell to everyone. He smiled ruefully and said,” Now do you understand?” She said “That’s not going to happen,” and walked away. He told her that I was trying to take her brother’s business. She was not what I would call a pleasant person. I finally quit on this prospect after running into him - and his wife - at a social event. I told him all about our quality control, our dedicated and experienced staff, our guarantee that the work would be done right or he would not have to pay for it. I learned that he regularly had quality and service issues with his brother-in-law’s company. He was happy enough to let me quote, but I never got any orders. Back in my Moore Business Forms days, I hung in for more than a year with a buyer who told me that he bought all of his forms from his brother-in-law. The things I would most like to do differently were situations where I put a lot of time into something that had a very low probability of success. This is really a conversation about time management. Looking back, I can see exactly where it did both of those things. That attitude has helped me in sales, but it has also hurt me. I was taught to persevere against the longest odds.
#A quitter never wins full
The sports culture is full of bromides, for example: A winner never quits, a quitter never wins. (Fortunately, we never competed against each other for the same girl!)
We competed against each other in sports, board games and even classroom success. We didn’t have toys, we had sporting goods - balls, bats, gloves, racquets and clubs. I have two brothers, and we were all athletic.
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