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June 4, 2012

Doc Watson Live in Greenwich Village 1962

Arthel “Doc” Watson, legendary North Carolina guitarist and iconic American musician died Tuesday.  He was 89 years old.

I love to play Deep River Blues, it's a favorite of mine.  I happen to play it just a bit slower than Doc, haha.  Here's a nice solo set from back-in-the-day that recently showed up.

Doc Watson
Gerdes Folk City
Greenwich Village
New York City, NY
12-00-1962

01 That's All
02 Black Mt. Rag
03 Farewell Blues
04 Blue Smoke
05 Deep River Blues
06 Dill Pickle Rag
07 Spike Driver Blues
08 9 lb. Hammer
09 Sittin' On Top Of The World
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10 //House Carpenter
11 Brakeman's Blues
12 I Am A Pilgrim
13 John Henry
14 Blue Smoke

Download the show, MP3 256mbps

5 comments:

  1. This is a wonderful album by this much missed master of the flat top guitar. Check out the downloads on this link http://frobbi.org/picking.html
    they have been professionally recorded, mainly on reel to reel. There is over 3 hours of concerts by Doc Watson, his son Merle and Don Reno. The other downloads are mainly bluegrass of which there is a treasure trove of wonderful stuff also recorded by Fred

    Regards kenneth

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  2. You could also check out comments and further information on
    http://www.flatpickerhangout.com/topic/4367

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  3. There is a pdf link here http://www.mediafire.com/view/?ouhxtq1nf5qb2bp
    to A book called Doc's Guitar which is full of tab

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  4. On all the above links you will have to copy and paste the URL into your browser as I don't know howto make them into live links, sorry

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  5. I came across this link the other day http://ezfolk.com/category/documentary/ it features an early BBC UK Omnibus Program about Doc Watson. Although the visuals leave a bit to be desired the content is superb and worth a watch. The other doc about Bill Monroe, "The Father of Bluegrass features superb guitar picking by, such as, Clarence White, Kentucky Colonels"and Byrd's fame and Peter Rowan and there again worth a watch

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