finetune artist: Doc Watson

Blind North Carolina guitarist Arthel "Doc" Watson did more than anyone other than Earl Scruggs to popularize the guitar as a lead instrument in bluegrass. Watson's trademark two-fingered flatpicking style is one of the most influential in the genre, and has proven influential to all who followed in his wake. He became a professional musician in the 1950s, and was in the right place at the time for the folk boom of the '60s, which made him a star in roots music circles. For many years, Watson worked in a duo with his son Merle, but the latter was killed in a 1985 farm accident. Doc eventually soldiered on, becoming one of the most respected elder statesmen of bluegrass, earning Grammys and plaudits along the way.

Listen to Doc Watson at Finetune.

(2008) Americana Master Series: Best of The Sugar Hill Years
(2007) Vanguard Visionaries
(2005) Doc Watson
(2005) Riding the Midnight Train
(2003) Trouble In Mind... 1964-1998
(2003) Trouble In Mind: The Doc Watson Country Blues
(2001) Doc Watson At Gerdes Folk City
(2000) Foundation: The Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection 1964-1998
(1999) The Best Of Doc Watson 1964-1968
(1999) The Best of Doc Watson 1964-1968
(1997) Doc Watson & Son
(1996) Home Again!
(1996) Good Deal!
(1995) The Doc Watson Family Tradition
(1995) The Vanguard Years (CD1)
(1995) The Vanguard Years (CD2)
(1995) The Vanguard Years (CD3)
(1995) The Vanguard Years (CD4)
(1995) Docabilly
(1995) The Vanguard Years
(1994) The Original Folkways Recordings of...(CD1)
(1994) The Original Folkways Recordings of...(CD2)
(1993) Portrait
(1993) My Dear Old Southern Hom
(1991) Old Timey Concert
(1990) Southbound
(1990) The Essential Doc Watson
(1986) The Essential Doc Watson
(1985) Pickin' The Blues

Shady Grove
Doc's Guitar
Wayfaring Pilgrim
Alberta
Deep River Blues

alicat7183 on 2008-05-30 14:48:12.197:
He's my cousin!!! Isn't that cool!!!