Watson is widely credited with popularizing the guitar style known as flatpicking, a rapid-fire approach to playing notes and chords on guitar strings by use of a plectrum, or guitar pick.

Guitar,Banjo,Mandolin,Bass,Autoharp. English language 604 Soldier's Joy / John McEuen, Earl Scruggs, Junior Huskey. Banjo,Bass. English language 605 Will the Circle Be Unbroken / Doc Watson, Earl ...

Doc Watson died in 2012 but his influence on American music was undeniable. Master of flatpicking--the technique of striking the strings of a guitar with a pick (also called a plectrum) held between ...

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We pay tribute to Doc Watson on the centennial of his birth. The pioneering bluegrass, country and folk guitarist and singer changed the way people around the world think about mountain music. In ...

Last night, Grammy-award-winning bluegrass guitarist and singer-songwriter Billy Strings celebrated what would've been the 100th birthday of Doc Watson, ...

Netflix and Roku have taken U.S. rights on the BBC and Blink Films’ Wham! doc, which airs tomorrow. WHAM!: Last Christmas Unwrapped has been acquired from Sony Pictures Entertainment by Netflix ...

The power of — a doc. Michael J. Fox famously rocked out on guitar to Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” in an iconic scene from “Back to the Future.” But now it’s more like “Johnny B ...

Roy Book Binder shares blues roots and wild stories from a legendary road life. From Doc Watson to Ray Charles, Roy Book Binder takes host Brandon Lee Adams on a no-holds-barred journey through ...

The long anticipated Doc Watson’s Market, 275 S. Main St. in Amherst, officially opened its doors to the public April 7 as it welcomed guests to enjoy their “healthy made simple” … ...

“Doc Watson is everyone’s hero and a great guitar player. Some say he is the absolute best, and I was honored to get to work with him a few times in my career,” says Parton, who had a top 10 ...

Hilary Carpenter, Governor Ned Lamont’s pick for the newly created ombudsman job at the Connecticut Department of Correction, has tried to reassure skeptics she’ll be independent.