The campus of Wilkes Community College is rich with natural beauty ... which was named after Doc Watson’s son Eddy Merle Watson, who had passed away just a couple of years prior.

MerIefest has been a Wilkes County staple for over 25 years and the event raises money for Wilkes Community College ... brought flowers to the Doc and Merle Watson stage on Wednesday.

With that fitting introduction, Doc Watson, with his late son Merle’s band Frosty Morn, begin their appearance at the Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Wilkes Community College is ...

Merle Watson died in a tractor accident in 1985. In honor of his son, Doc Watson started Merlefest, a springtime festival of acoustic and traditional music at Wilkes Community College that has ...

Their son, Eddy Merle Watson, died in a tractor accident in 1985. Doc Watson created MerleFest at Wilkes Community College in 1988 to honor him. The festival attracts thousands of roots-music ...

The duo’s 1971 album, Doc Watson Live on Stage, featuring Merle Watson ... The festival, held each year at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, continues to be a major ...

With that fitting introduction, Doc Watson, with his late son Merle’s band Frosty Morn, begin their appearance at the Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Wilkes Community College is ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Doc Watson, the Grammy ... N.C., that raises money for a community college there and celebrates "traditional plus" music. "When Merle and I started out we called ...

Merle Watson has a strong set of credentials for a young musician. Besides being the 24-year-old son of the preeminent guitar picker, Doc Watson, Merle is also his father’s extremely competent ...

MerleFest started in 1988 as a fundraiser for the Garden of the Senses at Wilkes Community College to memorialize world-renowned flatpicker Doc Watson's late son, Eddy Merle Watson. In keeping ...