This article is about the musician. For his album, see Doc Watson (album). For the baseball player, see Doc Watson (baseball).
Doc Watson
Watson at MusicFest 'N Sugar Grove, Sugar Grove, North Carolina, 2009
Background information
Birth name
Arthel Lane Watson
Also known as
Doc Watson
Born
(1923-03-03)March 3, 1923 Deep Gap, North Carolina, U.S.
Died
May 29, 2012(2012-05-29) (aged 89) Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Genres
Bluegrass
folk
old-time
country
blues
gospel
Occupation(s)
Musician, singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)
Vocals, guitar, banjo, harmonica
Years active
1953–2012
Labels
Folkways, Vanguard, United Artists, Flying Fish, Sugar Hill
Spouse(s)
Rosa Lee Carlton Watson
Musical artist
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music.[1] He won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. His fingerpicking and flatpicking skills, as well as his knowledge of traditional American music, were highly regarded.[2] Blind from a young age, he performed publicly both in a dance band and solo, as well as for over 15 years with his son, guitarist Merle Watson, until Merle's death in 1985 in an accident on the family farm.[3][4][5]
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^Miller, Dan (September 1998). "Doc Watson: Flatpicking Legend". Flatpicking Guitar Magazine. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2008.
^"Doc Watson Biography". Wilkes Community College. 2005. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
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Menconi, David (March 2, 2003). "Doc of Ages". The News & Observer. North Carolina. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel...
DocWatson's discography includes principal albums as a solo artist, as well as with his son Merle Watson, The Watson Family and as collaborator with...
his father, DocWatson. 1965 – DocWatson & Son 1967 – Ballads from Deep Gap 1971 – DocWatson on Stage 1972 – The Elementary Doctor Watson! 1973 – Then...
hosted by Grammy Award winner DocWatson prior to his death and is named in memory and honor of his son, Eddy Merle Watson, who died in a farm tractor accident...
music at an early age and were particularly inspired by recordings of DocWatson, Flatt and Scruggs, Bill Monroe, and other progenitors of country, bluegrass...
the World in 1983. In 1994, Scruggs teamed up with Randy Scruggs and DocWatson to contribute the song "Keep on the Sunny Side" to the AIDS benefit album...
traditional country artists as Mother Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Roy Acuff, DocWatson, Merle Travis, and Jimmy Martin. A follow-up album based on the same concept...
introducing him to traditional bluegrass artists at a young age, including DocWatson, Del McCoury, David Grisman, Bill Monroe, John Hartford, Ralph Stanley...
direction changed. He became aware of the folk and blues musicians such as DocWatson, Lightnin Hopkins, Merle Travis, and Mississippi John Hurt, as well as...
Maria Muldaur, the Tony Rice Unit, Marty Stuart, Merle Travis, DocWatson, Doc and Merle Watson Additional song with this title written and recorded by Danny...
performs many pre-World War II blues and folk songs. Bluegrass musician DocWatson discovered the band while its members were busking outside a pharmacy...
Calvin Russell, Natalie Maines, Jason Molina, Kevin Morby, Stephen Duffy, DocWatson, The Cowboy Junkies, Frank Turner, Rowland S. Howard, Tindersticks, Cave...
Bluegrass (Rebel) compilation of 1974-1984 Rebel Records recordings 1998: Del Doc & Mac (Sugar Hill) 2011: Audie Blaylock and Redline - I'm Going Back to Old...
DocWatson on Stage (sub-titled featuring Merle Watson) is the title of a live recording by American folk music artist DocWatson, released in 1971. It...
2004 Van Cliburn The Funk Brothers Ella Jenkins Sonny Rollins Artie Shaw DocWatson 2005 Eddy Arnold Art Blakey The Carter Family Morton Gould Janis Joplin...
On Me -- The Library Of Congress Recordings, V. 3 (New Rounder) 1966: DocWatson from Home Again! (Vanguard Records) 1970: Arlo Guthrie, single, Reprise...
categories the same year. Other artists who have covered the song include: DocWatson, whose first cover of the song was in his 1966 album Southbound. Interest...
Parton was released on February 16, 2023, from the DocWatson tribute album I Am a Pilgrim: DocWatson at 100. The song was nominated for the 66th Grammy...
Price, DocWatson, Mac Wiseman, and The Country Boys. Old Time Music At Newport –- VRS-9147 (Mono) and VSD-79147 (Stereo) Clarence "Tom" Ashley, Doc Boggs...
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