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 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 ...

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

From the folk revival of the 1960s to the Americana movement of the 21st century, Doc Watson remained a constant source of inspiration and a treasured touchstone before his death Tuesday at age 89.

Doc Watson was born March 3, 1923, in what is now Deep Gap, N.C., in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He lost his eyesight by the age of 1 when he developed an eye infection that was worsened by a ...

"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,” Dolly Parton said in a press ...

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.

It is always fascinating to watch the Doc Watson statue on a busy weekend evening in the summer. Located on the corner of ...

Watson recorded over 50 albums, many with his late son Merle, and has been celebrated many times over: he received the National Medal of Arts in 1997, was inducted into the International Bluegrass ...

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.