A mountain-born treasure of American folk music, Doc Watson, died Tuesday in North Carolina at age 89. His manager said in a statement that Watson died at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in ...

Doc Watson’s legacy will grow after his passing, since he touched generations of music lovers with his retelling of traditional songs rooted deep in American history. Watson sculpture in Boone ...

He entered the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh when he was 10, and that's where the youngster—who already had a background in church music and was adept at harmonica and banjo ...

"My real interest in music was the old 78 records and the sound of the music," Doc Watson is quoted as saying on the website. "I loved it and began to realize that one of the main sounds on those ...

Master of half-a-dozen styles of American music, slave of none, Arthel “Doc” Watson was first “discovered” accidentally during the folk craze of the Sixties. In 1960, he was 37 and playing ...

Ted Olson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

dubbed him Doc Watson. Survivors include his wife, Rose Lee Carlton; and a daughter, Nancy Watson. Although Mr. Watson enjoyed being onstage, he did not relish the travel involved with music and ...

Chatham Community Library hosts an event on Doc Watson's musical legacy with author Eddie Huffman and musician Riley Baugus ...

If the name Doc Watson doesn’t resonate into your soul, you may not know Appalachian music. Watson, a Deep Gap, North Carolina, man considered one of the greatest flatpicking guitarists of his ...

A treasure of American folk music has died. Doc Watson passed away yesterday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at the age of 89. He was born in Deep Gap, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge ...

East Tennessee State University Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson was born on March 3, 1923, in Stony Fork, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but his music is as influential now – more ...