So what did Doc Watson himself do in the late ‘30s, when, as a 13-year-old, he first picked up a guitar? Pretty much the same thing, it turns out. “I’d listen [to 78s], pick up a run and the ...

Legendary guitarist Doc Watson ... North Carolina. Watson had undergone colon surgery earlier that week following a fall at home. A pioneer in the flatpicking style of guitar playing, Watson ...

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Doc Watson, the virtuoso folk-guitar player whose real name was Arthel ... He was also adept at playing with finger picks and a thumb pick. The two styles require widely different techniques ...

Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson was born on ... songs and tunes. Watson was also an accomplished practitioner of fingerpicking, a guitar style involving plucking strings with the thumb and one ...

An old ancient warrior' Arthel "Doc" Watson's mastery of flatpicking helped make the case for the guitar as a lead instrument in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was often considered a backup for the ...

Matthew Stevens also produced. “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 ...