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Roger Clayton Arnold

Ogden Standard Examiner 16 Oct 2024
Roger Clayton Arnold, born February 23, 1936, in Los Angeles, California, to Troy R. and Merle Watson Arnold, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on Saturday, October 12, 2024 ... He also played football at Weber Junior College ... 5600 S ... 4700 W.
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Pensacola native charts No. 1 Billboard album with boundary-breaking group Gangstagrass

Pensacola News Journal 29 Sep 2024
"I used to buy my records there,'' he said ... 1 ... education ... "We've done all the circuits, played MerleFest (the bluegrass/Americana festival founded by legend Doc Watson in memory of his son Eddy Merle Watson) and just have paid our dues," Dolio said ...
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WCC celebrates 60th birthday with free concert, fireworks Sept. 7

Ashe Post & Times 27 Aug 2024
WILKESBORO — In honor of WCC’s 60th birthday, the college is thrilled to invite you to a FREE concert and fireworks. Join WCC on Saturday, Sept. 7, at the Doc and Merle Watson Theatre on their picturesque campus for an ... .
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Local History: The Stockwell Brothers Band, Green Mountain Boys, and Putney Folk

Brattleboro Reformer 06 Jul 2024
It was the 18th annual festival in celebration of the music of the late Merle Watson and his father, Doc Watson ... Doc Watson, Bonnie Raitt, and Frank Zappa among many others performed at Windham.
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Faces may have changed, but Old Crow Medicine Show’s sound remains the same

The Morning Call 11 Apr 2024
... North Carolina, that folk/bluegrass legend Doc Watson saw Old Crow and invited the group to play Merlefest, the popular Wilkesboro, North Carolina music festival named for his late son, Merle Watson.
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Say Goodbye to Touring—and Mr. Bojangles

Houston Press 25 Mar 2024
Record cover ... The first and best known, a double album released in 1972, found the band collaborating on classics of the genre with A-list country music pioneers including Roy Acuff, Mother Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs and Merle Travis ... .
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Dimon Kendrick-Holmes: No, Doc Watson didn't write 'Shady Grove,' but he sure put his stamp ...

News & Record 03 Mar 2024
Doc Watson plays some music as he sits on the front steps of the Historic Old Cove Creek School, which is the home of the Doc & Merle Watson Museum ... and as a way to honor Watson’s son, Merle.
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is leaving the road, but their legacy remains brighter than ever

The Tennessean 01 Mar 2024
Multiple generations of acclaim ... The 1972 "Circle" recording with Roy Acuff, Norman Blake, Carter, Vassar Clements, Pete "Oswald" Kirby, Jimmy Martin, Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Merle Travis, Doc Watson and others followed "Mr.
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DocStock II brings together musicians to celebrate legacy of Doc Watson

Winston-Salem Journal 29 Feb 2024
Richard Emmett, one of the owners of the The Ramkat, said it makes sense to continue to celebrate Watson’s legacy ... A regular performer at MerleFest, the yearly festival that Watson started in honor of his son, Merle, Brown is a longtime Watson fan.
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MerleFest details volunteer, raffle opportunities for 2024 event

Watauga Democrat 02 Feb 2024
... genre-crossing line-up of artists by presenting unique moments and collaborations where performing artists will take the opportunity to honor the festival’s founding legends, Doc and Merle Watson.
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Pickin' Parlor lets singers shine at jam nights

Cleburne Times-Review 14 Dec 2023
The classic country six-piece ensemble Pickin’ Parlor comes to the Watson Inn with its rotating lineup of singers and musicians at 5 p.m ... We finally backed down to just once a month at the Watson Inn now.”.
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Blanche Quincey

Vermillion Plain Talk 04 Dec 2023
Blanche was preceded in death by her husband, Don; her parents; siblings and their spouses, Wally (Luella) Watson, LaVerne (Eddie) Lake, Leona (Merle) Buhler, LaRena (Alan) Morse, and Bill Watson.
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Sander (German), Dorothy "Dodie" Delene

News & Record 26 Nov 2023
Dodie was preceded in death by her husband Harold "Sandy" Eugene Sander, her parents, Erling Sevile German and Doris Delilah (VanNortwick) German, by her sister Ruth Rosalie (German) Watson (Merle), ...
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9 weekend getaways for people who love fall

Market Watch 17 Oct 2023
At Wilkesboro’s Merle Watson Garden of the Senses, visitors can experience all that fall offers. The garden was built in memory of Eddy Merle Watson, a critically acclaimed local bluegrass musician who ...
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Community members and visitors alike descend on Boone for 3rd Annual Buskers Fest

Watauga Democrat 10 Oct 2023
Bateman said there were more than 100 stations and more than 200 artists involved ... 6 ... 6 ... A quartet of traditional Latin dancers finish a performance in front of the Doc and Merle Watson mural during the Buskers Festival on Friday, Oct. 6 ... .

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