Cat. No. VMD 79170: DOC AND MERLE WATSON ~ DOC WATSON & SON. VANGUARD VMD 79170.

DOC WATSON IS A LEGEND OF THE FOLK MUSIC SCENE. GUITARIST, SONGWRITER AND SINGER OF BLUEGRASS, FOLK, COUNTRY, BLUES AND GOSPEL MUSIC, DOC WON SEVEN GRAMMY AWARDS AS WELL AS GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. BLIND FROM A YOUNG AGE DOC’S FINGER STYLE AND FLAT PICKING SKILLS AS WELL AS HIS KNOWLEDGE OF TRADITIONAL AMERICAN MUSIC WERE HIGHLY REGARDED. AS IS THE CASE WITH MANY AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC FAMILIES THE APPLE DOESN’T FALL FROM THE TREE AND DOC’S ONLY SON, MERLE, WAS NO EXCEPTION. MERLE HAD JUST TURNED FIFTEEN WHEN HE STARTED TO PLAY GUITAR. DOC WAS ON THE LONGEST TOUR HE HAD EVER TAKEN AND BY THE TIME DOC RETURNED MERLE WAS ABLE TO PLAY FINGER-STYLE GUITAR WITH A THUMB PICK AND HE COULD BACK UP A FIDDLE WITH A FLAT PICK AS SOLIDLY AS ANY FIDDLER COULD HOPE FOR. AT THE TIME OF RECORDING THIS ALBUM MERLE HAD ONLY BEEN PLAYING FOR ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS. SUPERB RENDITIONS OF 14 CONTEMPORARY FOLK AND BLUES CLASSICS ******

TRACK LISTING: Muskrat / Weary Blues / Medley – (Fiddler’s Dram / Whistling Rufus / Ragtime Annie a.k.a Raggedy Ann) / Dream Of The Miner’s Child / Rising Sun Blues / Mama Blues / We Shall All Be Reunited / Little Stream Of Whiskey / Little Sadie / Beaumont Rag / Otto Wood The Bandit / Faithful Soldier / Memphis Blues / Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar.

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