Doc Watson, RIP
The great guitarist Doc Watson, who started his career in a rockabilly band then found an appreciative audience playing at folk festivals, has died at age 89. Listen, relish, mourn:
If you don't have any of his recordings, a good place to start is 1972's Elementary Doctor Watson! Few bluegrass albums are as good as this one, and I'm not sure any are better.
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Damn. Heaven's music scene has gotten better this year. Played like an angel, now plays for the angels.
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Worst. Year. Ever.
(for music)
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Thank You
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"then found an appreciative audience playing at folk festivals"
Fuck off, slaver.
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Not THAT kind of folk festivals. lol Mostly blue-grass festivals and such. Good Red Meat salt of the earth types.
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Well fuck.
And he had such pretty eyes.
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Thanks for making mention of Doc, Jesse. One of the highlights of my life is having my name on the same poster as Doc for a gig. There were about 30 other peoples' names on there too because it was a festival, but it makes no difference. I got to share a piece of a day with Doc Watson.
Here's Doc with the only other two American pickers that could hold a candle to him, Tony Rice and Norman Blake. It's an old time tune:
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Amen to that. I don't know where that was that Doc and Tony and Norman were together but wherever it was it was the ground freakin' zero of flat picking.
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Throw Mark O'Connor in there, and you have something going on.
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Damn! I saw him live probably 15 times. Loved the man.