In 1997, when presenting Arthel “Doc” Watson with a National Medal ... I want you to learn how to play this thing real well,” CNN quotes Watson as saying. “It might help you get through ...

If the name Doc Watson doesn’t resonate into your soul ... He pointed to a bronze statue of Watson in Boone, North Carolina, that quotes the guitarist as “Just one of the People.” ...

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 ...

"I'm just as informal as I would be if you were down at my home," said guitar legend Doc Watson to a packed house Saturday night at the Birchmere in Alexandria. And sure enough, it wasn't long ...

Doc Watson, the blind folk singer and guitarist whose dazzling string work and homespun stage manner transported concert audiences to his rural home in the Blue Ridge Mountains, died Tuesday at a ...

On this day (May 29) in 2012, Doc Watson passed away at the age of 89 due to complications following surgery. He grew up in a rural community called Deep Gap near Bonne, North Carolina.

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