Since the early ‘60s, guitar novices have been slowing down Doc Watson albums to figure out just how he crafts those elegantly crisp, tastefully flat-picked melodies. Sure, it was easier in the ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Doc Watson, the Grammy-award winning folk musician whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world for more than a half-century, died ...

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 ...

Blind from the age of 1, Watson was left to listen to the world around him and it was as if he heard things differently from others. ... Guitar-picking master Doc Watson dies at 89.

Enjoy the smooth guitar picking and heartfelt lyrics in Deep River Blues, a classic folk-blues track performed by Doc Watson.

The great guitarist Doc Watson, who started his career in a rockabilly band then found an appreciative audience playing at folk festivals, has died at age 89. Listen, relish, mourn: If you don't ...

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 ...

Doc Watson was born March 3, 1923, in Deep Gap, about 100 miles northwest of Charlotte. He lost his eyesight by the age of 1 when he developed an eye infection that was worsened by a congenital ...

Dolly Parton is among the many stars who’ve recorded songs for the upcoming album honoring the life and legacy of Doc Watson for what would have been his 100th birthday.I Am A Pilgrim: Doc ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Doc Watson, the Grammy-award winning folk musician whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world for more than a half-century, died ...

Doc Watson's son Merle began recording and touring with him in 1964. But Merle Watson died at age 36 in a 1985 tractor accident, sending his father into deep grief and making him consider retirement.