Doc Watson & Son

by Doc & Merle Watson

Doc Watson & Son cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1965
  • Label: Vanguard
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:06
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Establishing a foundational musical partnership, 'Doc Watson & Son' pairs the legendary blind flatpicker with his remarkably talented son, Merle. The album strips Appalachian folk and acoustic blues down to breathtakingly intricate, interplay-heavy guitar arrangements, heavily influencing the course of the American folk revival.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, acoustic, folklore, folk, traditional, guitars, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Nashville Blues (1:58)
  2. Sittin On Top Of The World (2:39)
  3. Intoxicated Rat (2:33)
  4. Country Blues (3:33)
  5. Talk About Suffering (2:49)
  6. Born About Six Thousand Years Ago (3:01)
  7. Black Mountain Rag (1:32)
  8. Little Omie Wise (4:28)
  9. Georgia Buck (2:19)
  10. Doc's Guitar (1:18)
  11. Deep River Blues (3:12)
  12. St. James Hospital (3:29)
  13. Tom Dooley (3:15)

Credits

  • Doc & Merle Watson - primary artist
  • Merle Watson - guitar [2nd]
  • Doc Watson - guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, harmonica [mouth harp]
  • Clarence Ashley - written-by
  • Robert Bateman - written-by
  • Gid Smith - written-by
  • Olin Miller - written-by
  • The Delmore Brothers - written-by

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