Doc Watson

Artist:  Doc Watson
Birth Name:  Arthel Lane Watson
Born:  March 3, 1923.  Deep Gap, North Carolina, USA
Died:  May 29, 2012 (Aged 89).  Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Genre:  Folk, Bluegrass, Country Folk, Gospel, Blues, Traditional Folk, Old-Time, North American Traditions, Traditional Country, Traditional Bluegrass
Occupation:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Harmonica

Doc Watson was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter of Bluegrass, Folk, Country, Blues, and Gospel Music.  He won seven Grammy Awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.  His Fingerstyle and Flatpicking skills, as well as his knowledge of Traditional American Music.  Blind from a young age, he performed with his son, Guitarist Merle Watson, for over 15 years until Merle's death in 1985 in an accident on the family farm.

Artist:  Doc Watson And Gaither Carlton
Title:  Doc Watson And Gaither Carlton  (2020)
Genre:  Folk, Bluegrass, Country Folk, Gospel, Blues, Traditional Folk, Old-Time, North American Traditions, Traditional Country, Traditional Bluegrass
Label:   Smithsonian Folkways
Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Double File  (`1:22)
 2.  Handsome Molly  (2:10)
 3.  He's Coming To Us Dead  (2:50)
 4.  Corrina  (2:24)
 5.  Brown's Dream  (1:46)
 6.  Groundhog (Blind Lemon's Version)  (2:39)
 7.  My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains  (2:29)
 8.  Bonapparte's Retreat  (1:52)

Side B:

 1.  Willie Moore   (3:56)
 2.  The Blue Ridge Mountain Blues  (2:58)
 3.  Goin' Back To Jericho  (2:09)
 4.  Billy In The Low Ground  (1:35)
 5.  Reuben's Train  (2:37)
 6.  The Dream Of The Miner's Child  (3:22)
 7.  Groundhog (F.O.T. M. Version)  (2:10)

Personnel:

Doc Watson:  Vocals, Guitar, Banjo
Gaither Carlton:  Fiddle, Banjo
Clarence Ashley:  Banjo

Doc Watson And Gaither Carlton is a live album by Doc Watson And Gaither Carlton, released on May 29, 2020 by Smithsonian Folkways, recorded from a live concert in New York City's Greenwich Village in 1962.