Tape #11 rough copy of selections intended for release, a collection of live recordings of Doc Watson (guitar and banjo) and Jean Ritchie (dulcimer) playing and singing Appalachian folk ballads, reels ...

On this day (May 29) in 2012, Doc Watson passed away at the age of 89 due to complications following surgery. He grew up in a rural community called Deep Gap near Bonne, North Carolina. As an infant, ...

"Doc Watson: A Life in Music” by Eddie Huffman, University of North Carolina Press, 288 pages In 2009, when folk singer Doc Watson was the featured performer in the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage ...

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1st tape in a collection of original live recordings of Doc Watson (banjo) and Jean Ritchie (dulcimer) playing and singing Appalachian folk ballads, accompanied by Roger Sprung on fiddle. Made soon ...

In 2009, when folk singer Doc Watson was the featured performer in the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival's Blues Tent, he received a standing ovation before he began to play. According to The ...