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