Doc Watson was a famous American musician known for his mastery of folk, bluegrass, and country music. His music was rooted in traditional Appalachian sounds, and he played a key role in reviving ...

Doc Watson was a highly respected guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for his fast flatpicking style. He helped bring traditional Appalachian folk and bluegrass music to broader audiences in ...

The music of North Carolinian Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson is as influential now — more than a decade after his 2012 death — as at any time during his long career. During that time he was ...

I Am A Pilgrim: Doc Watson at 100 Track List 1. “Shady Grove” – Jerry Douglas 2. “The Last Thing on My Mind” – Dolly Parton 3. “Am I Born to Die” – Nora Brown 4.

From Doc Watson discovering the band to Bob Dylan co-writing songs, Old Crow Medicine Show gets boosts by following their roots By Alan Sculley on Wed, May 13, 2015 at 4:00 am ...

On this Fourth of July, we're going deep into our archive for some great American music. Watson, who died in 2012, was a pioneering bluegrass, country and folk guitarist and singer who changed the ...

Two of Watson’s former sidekicks, T. Michael Coleman and Jack Lawrence, will be part of a tribute concert, Doc Watson at 100, set for Saturday at Jefferson Center.

In this March 15, 2000 file photo, master flatpicker Doc Watson talks about his long and successful musical career at his home in Deep Gap, N.C. Watson, the Grammy-award winning folk musician ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Doc Watson is at an age when the old-timey songs he plays have a particular poignancy, particularly the church songs that tell of being "carried away" or "going over to the ...

Host Bob Edwards talks with guitarist Doc Watson, who demonstrates some of the picking techniques that have made him an American musical legend. He also tells how he was discovered in North ...

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 than a decade after his 2012 death ...

Some say he is the absolute best, and I was honored to get to work with him a few times in my career,” says Dolly Parton of Watson (who died in 2012) and “The Last Thing On My Mind,” which ...