Doc Watson
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. Watson won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Watson's flatpicking skills and knowledge of traditional American music were highly regarded. 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.
Biography
Early life
Watson was born in Deep Gap, North Carolina. According to Watson on his three-CD biographical recording Legacy, he got the nickname "Doc" during a live radio broadcast when the announcer remarked that his given name Arthel was odd and he needed an easy nickname. A fan in the crowd shouted "Call him Doc!" presumably in reference to the literary character Sherlock Holmes's sidekick Doctor Watson. The name stuck ever since.
An eye infection caused Doc Watson to lose his vision before his first birthday. He was taught by his parents to work hard and care for himself. He attended North Carolina's school for the visually impaired, The Governor Morehead School, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Doc Watson (album)
Doc Watson is the self-titled debut album by Doc Watson, released by Vanguard Records in 1964. The musical supervision was credited to Ralph Rinzler.
It was re-issued on CD by Ace Records in 1995 and numerous tracks have been used in compilations such as Vanguard Years and The Best of Doc Watson 1964-1968.
In celebration of Vanguard Records 60th Anniversary in 2010, it was re-issued with original artwork on a limited edition 180 gram vinyl record pressing of 500 copies for Record Store Day on April 17.
Reception
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Jim Smith wrote the album "The album is incredibly varied, from the stark, banjo-driven "Country Blues" to the humorous "Intoxicated Rat," and many of these songs became Watson standards, especially his signature song "Black Mountain Rag." His incredible flat-picking skills may have been what initially wowed his audiences, but it was Watson's complete mastery of the folk idiom that assured his lasting popularity."
Track listing
Doc Watson (baseball)
Charles John "Doc" Watson (January 30, 1886 in Carroll County, Ohio – December 30, 1949 in San Diego, California) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.
External links
Doc & Dawg
Doc & Dawg is the title of a recording by the American folk music artist Doc Watson and mandolinist David Grisman, released in 1997.
History
Doc Watson and David Grisman first met in the early 1960s when Watson was playing at Gerde's Folk City in New York. Grisman, only 17 years old, was invited on stage by Watson to join him on mandolin for a rendition of “In the Pines”.
Mostly recorded at Grisman's home over a period of years, the recordings are informal and pulled from numerous recording sessions. In the liner notes, Grisman described the sessions: "These tapes document some wonderful 'after-dinner' sessions at my home during several of Doc's visits. Tunes were selected spontaneously and more often than not, played only once. We're pleased to share some of these moments."
Reception
Writing for Allmusic, the music critic S. Colby Miller wrote of the album, "The tracks are mainly traditional country and bluegrass tunes played lovingly and often with great restraint... This is an intimate collaboration between two men at the top of their craft who share a passion for acoustic music. It is a pleasure to listen in."
Podcasts:
Doc Watson
ALBUMS
Doc Watson
ALBUMS
- The Definitive Doc Watson released: 2013
- The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show / Reflections released: 2008
- Vanguard Visionaries: Doc Watson released: 2007
- Memories released: 2004
- Trouble in Mind released: 2003
- The Three Pickers released: 2003
- Legacy released: 2002
- Songs From Home released: 2002
- Foundation: The Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964-1998 released: 2000
- Third Generation Blues released: 1999
- The Best of Doc Watson: 1964 - 1968 released: 1999
- Mac, Doc & Del released: 1998
- Doc & Dawg released: 1997
- Good Deal / Doc Watson in Nashville released: 1996
- Docabilly released: 1995
- The Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley: 1960 Through 1962 released: 1994
- My Dear Old Southern Home released: 1993
- Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record, Volume 2 released: 1993
- On Praying Ground released: 1989
- The Essential Doc Watson released: 1986
- Reflections released: 1980
- Home Again! released: 1966
- Doc Watson released: 1964
- 1980-08-07: The White House released:
- At Gerdes Folk City released:
- Doc Watson Sings Songs for Little Pickers (Live Recordings) released:
- Doc Watson on Stage (feat. Merle Watson) released:
- Portrait released:
- The Vanguard Years released:
- Southbound released:
- Suwannee Springfest 25-3-2000 released:
- Strictly Instrumental released:
- Old Timey Concert released:
- Red Rocking Chair (with T. Michael Coleman) released:
- Elementary Doctor Watson released:
- Riding the Midnight Train released:
The Definitive Doc Watson
Released 2013- The Cyclone Of Rye Cove
- St. Louis Blues
- The House Carpenter
- The Wagoner's Lad
- Anniversary Blue Yodel (Blue Yodel #7)
- Sitting On Top Of The World
- Black Mountain Rag
- Country Blues
- Weary Blues
- Little Sadie
- Dream Of The Miner's Child
- Southbound
- Tennessee Stud
- Blue Railroad Train
- Georgie
- Katie Morey
- Matty Groves
The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show / Reflections
Released 2008- Down South Blues
- Mutual Admiration
- Muskrat Ramble
- If I Had You
- Cannonball Rag
- Boogie for Cecil
- Is Anything Better Than This
- Dance of the Golden Rod
- Who's Sorry Now
- Nine Pound Hammer
- I'll See You in My Dreams
- Dill Pickle Rag
- Me and Chet Made a Record
- Flatt Did It
- Medley: Tennessee Rag / Beaumont Rag
- Medley: Texas Gales / Old Joe Clark
- You're Gonna Be Sorry
- Goodnight Waltz
- Don't Monkey 'Round My Widder
- Medley: Black and White / Ragtime Annie
- On My Way to Canaan's Land
Memories
Released 2004- Rambling Hobo
- Shady Grove
- Wake Up, Little Maggie
- Peartree
- Keep on the Sunny Side
- Double File and Salt Creek
- Curly Headed Baby
- Miss the Missippi and You
- Wabash Cannonball
- My Rose of Old Kentucky
- Blues Stay Away From Me
- Walking Boss
- Make Me a Pallet
- In the Jailhouse Now
- Steel Guitar Rag
- Hang Your Head in Shame
- You Don't Know My Mind Blues
- Moody River
- Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
- Columbus Stockade
- Mama Don't Allow No Music
- Thoughts of Never
Trouble in Mind
Released 2003- Country Blues
- Sitting on the Top of World
- Little Sadie
- Gambler's Yodel
- Rain Crow Bill
- My Little Woman, You're So Sweet
- Lost John
- Deep River Blues
- Georgie Buck
- Anniversary Blues Yodel (Blues Yodel #7)
- Memphis Blues
- Stackolee
- Worried Blues
- Spike Driver Blues
- Never No More Blues
- Honey Babe Blues
- White House Blues
The Three Pickers
Released 2003- Feast Here Tonight
- What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul?
- Spoken Introduction
- Who Will Sing for Me?
- Spoken Introduction
- Soldier's Joy
- Walk on Boy
- Daybreak Blues
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
- Pick Along
- Spoken Introduction
- What is a Home Without Love?
- Doin' My Time
- Earl's Breakdown
- The Storms Are on the Ocean
- Down in the Valley to Pray
- The Banks of the Ohio
- Ridin' That Midnight Train
- Spoken Introduction
- Road to Spencer
- Katy Hill
- Foggy Mountain Top
- Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
Legacy
Released 2002- Whiskey Before Breakfast - Ragtime Annie
- Shady Grove
- Whoop 'em Up Cindy
- Otto Wood
- Dad Taught Me to Play Harmonica
- Old Molly Hare
- Home Sweet Home
- Railroad Bill
- Train That Carried My Girl From Town
- Walk On
- Bantar vs. Gitjo
- Don't Get Weary
- Black-Eyed Susie
- The Telephone Girl
- Stand by Me
- Just to Ease My Worried Mind
- Raincrow Bill - Hambone Rhythm
- I Got the Blues and I Can't Be Satisfied
Songs From Home
Released 2002- My Creole Belle
- T for Texas
- Big Sandy / Leather Britches (live)
- Shady Grove
- Matchbox Blues (live)
- Rambling Hobo
- Southbound Passenger Train (live)
- Little Beggar Man / Old Joe Clark
- Wild Bill Jones
- Bonaparte's Retreat
- Wake Up, Little Maggie
- Double File & Salt Creek
- Daybreak Blues (live)
- Peartree
- My Rose of Old Kentucky
- St. James Hospital / Frosty Morn
- Freight Train Boogie
The Best of Doc Watson: 1964 - 1968
Released 1999- Muskrat
- Country Blues
- Rising Sun Blues
- Tennessee Stud
- Down in the Valley to Pray
- Dill Pickle Rag
- Otto Wood the Bandit
- Windy and Warm
- Little Sadie
- Blue Railroad Train
- Omie Wise
- Intoxicated Rat
- Tom Dooley
- Alberta
- Beaumont Rig
- Shady Grove
- My Rough and Rowdy Ways
- The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
- Black Mountain Rag
- Grandfather's Clock
- The Cyclone of Ryecov
- Doc's Guitar
- Crawdad Hole
The Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley: 1960 Through 1962
Released 1994- Sally Ann
- Richmond Blues
- Old Ruben
- Willie Moore
- Walking Boss
- Shout Lulu
- Skillet Good and Greasy
- Pretty Little Pink
- Run, Jimmie, Run
- Hicks' Farewell
- The Old Man at the Mill
- A Short Life of Trouble
- Brown's Dream
- Footprints in the Snow
- I'm Going Back to Jericho
- Peg and Awl
- Maggie Walker Blues
- God's Gonna Ease My Troublin' Mind
- I Saw a Man at the Close of Day
- Handsome Molly
- John Henry
- Honey Babe Blues
- Wayfaring Pilgrim
Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record, Volume 2
Released 1993- Foggy Mountain Top
- What You Give in Exchange for Your Soul?
- Watson's Blues
- Soldier's Joy
- Where Is My Sailor Boy?
- You Won't Be Satisfied That Way
- Kentucky Mandolin
- East Tennessee Blues
- Midnight on the Stormy Deep
- Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
- Banks of the Ohio
- Fire on the Mountain
- Chicken Reel
- Turkey in the Straw
- Memories of You
- Have a Feast Here Tonight
- Paddy on the Turnpike
The Essential Doc Watson
Released 1986- Tom Dooley
- Alberta
- Froggie Went A-Courtin'
- Beaumont Rag
- St. James Hospital
- Muskrat
- Down in the Valley to Pray
- Blue Railroad Train
- Rising Sun Blues
- Shady Grove
- My Rough and Rowdy Ways
- The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
- Black Mountain Rag
- I Was a Stranger
- Blueridge Mountain Rag
- Country Blues
- Groundhog
- Little Orphan Girl
- Blackberry Blossom
- Going Down This Road Feeling Bad
- Rambling Hobo
- Little Omie Wise
- Handsome Molly
- Whitehouse Blues
- I Want to Love Him More
- Way Downtown
Doc Watson on Stage (feat. Merle Watson)
- Brown's Ferry Blues
- The Wreck of the 1262
- Spikedriver Blues
- Deep River Blues
- Life Gets Teejus Don't It
- Lost John
- Hold the Woodpile Down
- Billy in the Low Ground
- I Am a Pilgrim
- The Clouds Are Gwine to Roll Away
- Windy and Warm
- Doc's Guitar (instrumental)
- Open Up Them Pearly Gates for Me
- The Preacher and the Bicycle
- Jimmy's Texas Blues
- Banks of the Ohio
- Roll on Buddy
- Southbound
- Wabash Cannon Ball
- When the Work's All Done This Fall
- Little Sadie
- The Quaker's Cow
- Salt River / Bill Cheatham (instrumental)
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
Suwannee Springfest 25-3-2000
- Introduction
- Matchbox Blues
- Walk on Boy
- Mean Mamma Blues
- Hearing Aid Joke
- Walkin' Man Blues
- Moody River
- St. James Infirmary
- If I Were a Carpenter
- Introduction for Jack Lawrence
- Corrina, Corrina
- Hobo Bill's Last Ride
- Beaumont Rag
- Never See My Home Again
- Peace in the Valley
- Greenville Trestle High
- Black Mountain Rag
Old Timey Concert
- Introduction
- New River Train
- What Does the Deep Sea Say
- Sunny Tennessee
- Walkin' in Jerusalem
- Sittin' on Top of the World
- Pretty Little Pink
- My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
- Slewfoot
- Little Orphan Girl
- Long Journey Home
- Rank Stranger
- Crawdad
- Fire on the Mountain
- Eastbound Train
- On the Banks of the Old Tennessee
- Mountain Dew
- Corinna Corinna
- Footprints in the Snow
- I Saw a Man at the Close of Day
- Cackling Hen
- Wanted Man
- Way Downtown
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Elementary Doctor Watson
- Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
- The Last Thing on My Mind
- Freight Train Boogie
- More Pretty Girls Than One
- I Couldn't Believe It Was True
- Summertime
- Worried Blues
- Interstate Rag
- Three Times Seven
- Treasures Untold
- I'm Going Fishing
- Little Beggar Man/Old Joe Clark
- Frankie and Johnny
- Old Camp Meetin' Time
Born: 1923-03-03
Died: 2012-05-29
Doc Watson
ALBUMS
- The Kame Up Mixtape, Volume I released: 2007
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by D.O.C
Doc'
by: D.O.COne, and here comes the two to the three and four
Then I drop the beat I have in store
Lay dynamics on the top like a rug
Make it sound smooth and later make a dub
An MC ate well, so that you can tell
I am not illiterate, no not even a little bit
Nothing like an idiot, get it?
You want the record, cool, I'm with it
Let the rhythm take you, shake it cause it makes you
As I turn the knob of the door you escape through
Go in like a knot, don't be a puff
And I let it play cause Dre's getting funky enough
It's getting funky, it's getting funky (Repeat 3x)
Watch the smooth lyrics that take place
If you want another reason why it must be funky
Yo I am not a jackass meaning not a donkey
So I will play the game like it should be played
Drop the funk into the mix so the place will never fade
Ship it the the stations in your jurisdiction
Others say I'm dope, and the others say I'm bitching
No crowd can avoid the D-O to the C
When I'm P-E-R-F-O-R-M-I-N-G
On the stage, see the simple fact is I engulf
And known, I rock a funky beat without a cord so
It is my conclusion you will enjoy the fusion
And I will ascend with the style I am using
Knowing that it's tough and it's not a bluff
I think I'll let it play cause Dre's hitting funky enough
It's getting funky, it's getting funky (Repeat 3x)
Dre make the funky hip-hop music so check it
Listen to the kick drop in with the click
And with no rehearses I'm dropping funky verses
Stupid with the bit that you think you are relying on
You love it when it rattles is the fact that I'm buying on
Suckers never come close cause of knowing
There is no stopping the D.O.C. when I'm flowing
But in the event that someone will try and juice this
Stop him in his tracks, show him that I am Ruthless
I don't give a damn, don't think that I am joking
Cause I don't think he is funny when you're messing with my money
Yo people tell me this: "Yo Dre you must stop him"
But with no frills, so I just drop him
Continue with the rhyme and make sure I get mine
With no static cause that's all I need to get my nine, but
Lessons have been learned now all kidding have been fronting
Let it play when the people say "Dre yo you're getting funky enough"
It's getting funky, it's getting funky (Repeat 3x)
Deal with the D-O to the C
I'm your break so I can check around
See who the hell who is sitting down
I want all chairs off the floor
And if he stands to the wall, show him the door
And the PK nothing giving you something to rock to
To go nonstop to, not have to look at the clock you
Percieve, but can't believe you're being taken
By a beat so cool you start shaking
And shivering, cause I'm delivering the answer
Haven't seen you're a hellified dancer
You tried sitting but it just won't work
Cause the beat is to fresh
Don't even tell it won't be funky enough
It's getting funky, it's getting funky (Repeat 3x)
And with the help of the Dr. Dre, kick it
It's getting funky on the mix now, right (Repeat 4x)
Put it in the needle, and drop it on the one, boy