Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson was born on ... songs and tunes. Watson was also an accomplished practitioner of fingerpicking, a guitar style involving plucking strings with the thumb and one ...

An old ancient warrior' Arthel "Doc" Watson's mastery of flatpicking helped make the case for the guitar as a lead instrument in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was often considered a backup for the ...

“Doc sang and played guitar on it. …The album pushed Doc’s reputation to the next level where he became an American icon.” At the time, Watson was touring with his son Merle. After the ...

Included are homages to Watson’s distinct style of playing the guitar, represented on the set with the finger-tapping style exhibited by Williams on “Doc’s Guitar,” Posen’s slide guitar ...

“Doc Watson is everyone’s hero and a great guitar player,” Parton said in a statement. “Some say he is the absolute best, and I was honored to get to work with him a few times in my career.

Born in Stony Fork and raised in Deep Gap — both tiny communities tucked in the mountainous folds of Watauga County — Doc Watson rose to fame as a dazzling flatpicking guitarist and singer ...

“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,” says Dolly Parton of Watson ...