An Evening with Doc Watson

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  • @brianvoith4235
    @brianvoith4235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +337

    Strangely enough, Doc was first person I saw playing the guitar in person , also the first blind person. I went to his house in Deep Gap when I was about 7 and sat on his couch eating cookies and drinking lemonade while he played "Wildwood flower"for my mom and "If the ocean was Whiskey " for me . Then he went on to play about another half hour because there was company. He really was a gentle, gracious man and that is one of my most precious memories.

    • @alexandermcdonald6588
      @alexandermcdonald6588 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      :]

    • @etherashe5164
      @etherashe5164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You are a very lucky man. Nobody was better than ole Doc.

    • @Debunis
      @Debunis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you for sharing this memory with us. Happy new year Brian. Stay strong!

    • @Music.Notes145
      @Music.Notes145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Dude.. That's incredibly unbelievable.... So jealous... Jk

    • @tycobb1910
      @tycobb1910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Incredible memory dude

  • @floydcouncil1690
    @floydcouncil1690 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    Now I know why Billy Strings had so much respect for this man.

    • @squirrelsRfun24
      @squirrelsRfun24 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Thank God he does because now I do!

    • @eduardmeyer6941
      @eduardmeyer6941 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I love this very much ❤️

  • @752brickie
    @752brickie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    What an amazing man !!! Not only playing guitar but he built buildings on his farm,he did wiring ,he did most things that people with eyes could never do ! HE IS PLAYING AND SINGING BEFORE THE THRONE !!!

    • @brianvoith4235
      @brianvoith4235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Right.. the wiring. I forgot about that.

    • @scrabbleroad
      @scrabbleroad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@childofthe80s Heard Doc sing the Gospel Ship is Coming as a lost folk singer & this led to the Lord Jesus coming & saving my life in 1967 _Praise God

    • @andrewmadison6278
      @andrewmadison6278 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you read about thatS His dad was very clear eyed about life and had a very strong faith in his son. Mountains move when both things happen regardless of situation.

    • @752brickie
      @752brickie 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@andrewmadison6278 Amen Andrew - Amen!!! Have an most blessed night.
      A friend from Kentucky sent me a video of this young man playing his D 18 on. Tony Rice song!WOW!!! There are a lot of talented musicians out there unfortunately- I am not one of them!

  • @nancymiller7294
    @nancymiller7294 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Wonderful sums it up. My Dad was also blind from the age of two , he was also a self taught Guitar player. Dad was born in Virginia and he made several records. Claude Mc Grady and his twin brother Paul are on youtube as Paul and Claude McGrady singing Wash Machine Boogie on Blue Jay Records. My father done the Guitar pickin and Uncle Paul was singing..

  • @randystein7374
    @randystein7374 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    My wife and I saw Doc perform at a historic renovated high-school auditorium in Coleraine, MN.
    The evening was one I'll never forget.
    RIP Doc

  • @JohnBradshaw-j2p
    @JohnBradshaw-j2p ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There will never be such as him in my life time again

  • @jacobfrantzmonster
    @jacobfrantzmonster ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Billy Strings brought me here my Lord what a treasure Doc, his grandson Richard and memories of his dead son Merle this is real music

  • @thenormalyears
    @thenormalyears 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    doc was the GOAT of traditional music

  • @angelopap5954
    @angelopap5954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Μy deepest respect to Doc Watson..My father was a blind pianist and I have the highest
    appreciation for these gifted people with special abilities ..

    • @ellen823ful
      @ellen823ful 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes. God’s gift 🎁 to the world 🌎

  • @Gmanblack
    @Gmanblack 4 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    I wish Doc was still here. I'm still just beginning to get to know him.

    • @brianramirez7272
      @brianramirez7272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Gman1717 black same here brother

    • @360vlogger3
      @360vlogger3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I got to see him at The Bottom Line in NYC twice when I was younger. I didn't realize what a treat that was at the time.

    • @squintchy
      @squintchy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Saw him at Grass Valley back in the 90's. I spent a lot of years studying his style and material over the years.

    • @guitarguyjabbia3867
      @guitarguyjabbia3867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Get Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle be Unbroken. Doc is all over it along with Vassar Clements and other bluegrass greats.

    • @brianaxb9429
      @brianaxb9429 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      hey dont be too down over it, most people go through life never hearing any of his music, you clearly know good music and we have the wonderful privilege to always hear the great doc on the amazing youtube

  • @SkipFlatt
    @SkipFlatt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    I first saw Doc at a coffee house in 1964. When he died my brother sent a text that said simply "I guess God needed a flat picker."

    • @benwrong6855
      @benwrong6855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A jammin' partner for sure!!

    • @christopherfreeman2767
      @christopherfreeman2767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      God does not need anybody, humans need God.

    • @mercer854
      @mercer854 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@christopherfreeman2767 About half right, I'd say.

    • @joshuagoodman3854
      @joshuagoodman3854 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      God HAD a flatpicker!!

    • @citygeorge
      @citygeorge ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@christopherfreeman2767
      Humans created every one of the thousands of gods recorded in history, including yours.

  • @petebellmusic
    @petebellmusic ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have played the guitar since I was 10 years old. I am now 55. Most people think I am a good player. But I know different I'm still nowhere near being able to play like Doc Watson. I will keep trying though haha

    • @Charlotte-wp9rf
      @Charlotte-wp9rf ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I started at age 8 , now 87, and wish I had half Doc’s talent.

    • @NoGlaze-y5x
      @NoGlaze-y5x 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Charlotte-wp9rf More impressed by the hard work and dedication.

  • @iangillis2230
    @iangillis2230 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I'm over 60 now. Doc still had lots of pep when I started listening to his LP's. I saw him 2 or 3 times in Vancouver between folk fest and The Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
    That voice, that "git-ar" and a man of impeccable morals... He ranks with the greatest of American folk musicians.

  • @sadhvacman7238
    @sadhvacman7238 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Docs voice and delivery just got better the older he got.

  • @merlinofavalon6721
    @merlinofavalon6721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Grandfather of Country Blues picking... The blind Doc is a genius.

  • @thomaslemon3971
    @thomaslemon3971 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The best guitarists always look like they’re hardly even playing while they’re tearing it up. Doc Watson and Tony Rice are the two examples that come to mind immediately.

  • @patrickduncan5236
    @patrickduncan5236 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    No one picked the guitar sweeter than Doc.

    • @theherbpuffer
      @theherbpuffer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rory Gallagher and Roy Buchanan

  • @Definitelyfromthisplanet
    @Definitelyfromthisplanet ปีที่แล้ว +6

    genuine greatness is rare, and this man is a rare singer, songwriter and guitar picker

  • @daninthout8308
    @daninthout8308 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I got to meet Doc in Columbus Ohio in '65. It was a life changing moment. Thankfully Billy Strings is carrying the torch now.

  • @AileenTimmers-kz8rb
    @AileenTimmers-kz8rb ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nobody rises to Docs playing and singing

  • @benwrong6855
    @benwrong6855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I just love the way doc talks and phrases his sentences

  • @benwrong6855
    @benwrong6855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Such a sad thing for Merle to die, must have been so tough on those guys without him and his music. Big respect to doc n his family

  • @JimmySiyasa
    @JimmySiyasa 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Doc Watson: "If you try to cover my mistakes..."
    Also Doc Watson: Goes right ahead and perfectly picks the songs.
    He was truly God's gift to humanity.

  • @williamcmaylo6597
    @williamcmaylo6597 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My wife bought me a ticket to see Doc and Jack Lawrence at the Knights of Columbus building in Scranton, PA, March 2000. I had brought an album jacket with me. At intermission I asked Jack if he thought Doc might autograph the thing. Jack looked at me funny and replied: "Doc doesn't write!" The concert was fantastic, and afterwards Doc came out with some help, and I got to meet him. I'll never forget that night.

  • @Flatpicknation
    @Flatpicknation 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So glad to own a Gallagher Doc Watson Signature,wish i couldve met the man.

  • @lewiseckert9089
    @lewiseckert9089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Saw Doc at the Barn UC riverside. 1991. happy I won't die without that experience.

  • @glennstraw1672
    @glennstraw1672 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First time I have ever watched him top10 !!!!!!!!

  • @InclusiveMusicUK
    @InclusiveMusicUK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Thank you, such a gentle humble man, genius musician. I love Doc xxx

  • @markwilliams8532
    @markwilliams8532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Doc , you are part of what history is made of. RIP SIR.

  • @rosspatton8306
    @rosspatton8306 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    The defining moment of my life was not only attending a performance of Doc's when I worked and lived in Johnson City, TN, but having the great honor of sitting down with Doc for and hour afterwards and talking with him

    • @vincentparrella272
      @vincentparrella272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      An hour,Boy what a great conversation that must of been. Im jealous.

  • @bryanburnside9783
    @bryanburnside9783 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    My family and I were in the audience that night. The third time I had seen Doc perform. After the show we got to spend some time with Doc and Richard in a room back stage. My kids loved his stories.

    • @benwrong6855
      @benwrong6855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He comes across as a wholly decent person

  • @efreeze287
    @efreeze287 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love how Doc's son looks at him and smiles after a song ends, even though Doc can't see him. What a joy to play with your old man like that. (20:31)

    • @joecox310
      @joecox310 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Unfortunately Doc's son Merle died in 1985 in a tractor accident. This is Merles son and Docs grandson.

    • @efreeze287
      @efreeze287 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@joecox310 ahh I figured this was before the accident, thank you for clarifying. Still something special to play with granddad. He wanted to disappear during the pastor joke though hahaha

  • @highlonesome-coloradobluegrass
    @highlonesome-coloradobluegrass 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I sure do miss Doc Watson!

  • @rosendocarrillo8097
    @rosendocarrillo8097 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Man I just discovered Doc last year I love his music.

    • @tonib.3016
      @tonib.3016 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He is fabulous!

  • @richardmullins2850
    @richardmullins2850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Doc Watson was a National Treasure Thanks to all of the Watson family for sharing Doc and Merle with us RIP Doc and Merle carry on Richard

    • @DanD5350
      @DanD5350 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unfortunately Richard has passed on also…

  • @mikerichardson7658
    @mikerichardson7658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I could listen to Doc all night....A night with Doc Watson and Billy Strings.....

  • @georgemcelroy3058
    @georgemcelroy3058 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was blessed to see Doc play many times. I still miss going to the Somerville Theater, stopping at Redbones for BBQ before the show and then going to see this amazing man play and sing with such talent that it can't be described; it had to be experienced. Thank God for Doc Watson.

  • @RafaeoNobre1
    @RafaeoNobre1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    00:31 Matchbox Blues
    04:09 Muddy River
    7:24 Columbus Stockade Blues on Major Key (Original i guess)
    7:51 Columbus Stockade Blues (Merle propposes to play it in minor key)
    11:14 Life Gets Teejus Dont It
    14:45 Some folk tale (joke about three priests : catholic, methodist and baptist, i didnt get the end, though)
    16:09 Precious Lord, Take my Hand
    19:06 South Coast
    23:25 Couldnt find the name of the track, something about a train
    26:00 Tom dooley Story
    31:07 Doc talks about his first Band
    31:11 John Henry's Hammer ( ? ) not sure the real nome of this track
    36:01 Shady Grove
    39:25 Milk Cow Blues
    43:20 Talk About suffering (A capella)
    Sorry for my english, i am not a native english speaker, brazilian here.

    • @JanJohanssonmusic
      @JanJohanssonmusic  5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Thank you for the listing... Your English is mighty fine.

    • @jerryw6699
      @jerryw6699 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JanJohanssonmusic what's the name of the song at 23:25? thanks.

    • @JanJohanssonmusic
      @JanJohanssonmusic  5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jerryw6699 Thanks for making the set list. The number is called The Train That Carried My Girl From Town

    • @JanJohanssonmusic
      @JanJohanssonmusic  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jerryw6699 - thanks for the set list... the number is called The Train That Carried My Girl from Town...

    • @JanJohanssonmusic
      @JanJohanssonmusic  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jerryw6699 _ The Train that Carried My Girl to Town

  • @Northyorkspaul
    @Northyorkspaul 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Life gets tedious how good is that!..RIP doc.

  • @mlwsf
    @mlwsf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I sure am glad that I got to see Doc Watson sing the Columbus Stockade Blues at least once.

    • @jacobperry3857
      @jacobperry3857 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same. Added to my list with the Mona Lisa

  • @danielstaples982
    @danielstaples982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    what a beautiful man that was

  • @aloiseibel9354
    @aloiseibel9354 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    rip doc,and thank you for the music.

  • @keithkniceley8426
    @keithkniceley8426 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I had the pleasure of meeting and talking at length with Doc at music festivals I helped run in the mid-nineties. Great guitarist but an even greater person- That's what I will always remember about him..
    A truly wonderful person that the world needs now more than ever.....

  • @scburkhardt8464
    @scburkhardt8464 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I think I just recently heard a Les Paul comment that it’s a marriage of soft spoken kindness and skill to produce a good guitarist. Here’s proof.

  • @fasteddie8782
    @fasteddie8782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i am a new fan at 60 years old

  • @seanmartinman7946
    @seanmartinman7946 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I heard Doc first time when buying his first album and his 2nd album Doc and Son in the UK in the 60's, Doc must be one of the most influential musicians ever, he must have inspired and led millions into this music. Doc is sadly missed by so many.

  • @marthavaughan4660
    @marthavaughan4660 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    As I listen the tears roll down and remember that my Dad and Doc were the greatest influence in my life.

  • @daviddavenport6896
    @daviddavenport6896 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Look at that Gallagher guitar he’s playing. Made in Wartrace, Tennessee by Don Gallagher. Years ago I just happened to be in their lobby when in walked Doc. They handed him a guitar and he sat down in a straight backed, cane bottomed chair, and proceeded to perform for the few (5 or 6) of us. I was standing maybe 6 feet away. It was good! Unrehearsed. Never to be forgotten.

  • @robertordewald8678
    @robertordewald8678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've been a fan since 1968. I got to meet him once when I was young. I miss him as well...

  • @lordmichaelbatterton
    @lordmichaelbatterton ปีที่แล้ว +3

    National Treasure !!!!!

  • @JusticeAlways
    @JusticeAlways ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I am so amazed how Doc Watson played so many songs...and played them so excellent! I play along with his recordings every day....he made my life so enjoyable!

  • @kashesan
    @kashesan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Sweetest voice I ever heard. Bless you Doc Watson.

  • @Flatpickmastery
    @Flatpickmastery 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Best picker ive seen live. My dad took me to see doc in davis California at Mondavi center in like 2009. He was old then amd still had it

  • @keithflying1
    @keithflying1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    His iterperatation inspired me since i was 12 , legend

  • @Craigadammusic
    @Craigadammusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just cant get enough of docs music

  • @chriscox5745
    @chriscox5745 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Man what a pleasure this has been today ! Thanks Doc & also to Billy Strings for speaking so highly & helping to teach us about Docs music !

    • @jedminor6128
      @jedminor6128 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah man. Billy turned me on to this icon

  • @ArtistiChicana
    @ArtistiChicana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I got to meet this man, he was interviewed, by Kelly Lang in huntington beach.. long ago...nice man and what a talent!!

  • @gerrybimm2427
    @gerrybimm2427 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A master!

  • @liamogrady2277
    @liamogrady2277 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Doc is many Genre s but I prefer too think of Doc and remember his presence as a true Folk musician

  • @plantpotpeople
    @plantpotpeople 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Heart warming.Thank you Doc.

  • @margaretricher4474
    @margaretricher4474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I had the pleasure of seeing Doc Watson in concert at a festival in Laurens SC in the 80s. We had a blast most of the day, eating good SC barbecue, smoking a little. When Doc was supposed to appear he was no where to be found. Maybe about an hour and a half Doc and Merle Watson appeared on stage and they were warming up. That's when Merle said, "We would have been on time this afternoon, but Doc was driving the bus." What a great line, even Doc on stage was laughing. Then Doc & Merle played for about 2 and 1/2 hours! What a great concert that was! I enjoyed every minute. So this video with Doc and his grandson playing together carrying on the family tradition so beautifully is such an inspiration! Love this! Just wish I was at this concert to see it in person!

    • @JanJohanssonmusic
      @JanJohanssonmusic  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for sharing that great story, Margaret

  • @alclark6440
    @alclark6440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Loved his fast-triplet picking, he could shred! Also, his use of old-time songs is inspiring.

    • @tedpeterson1156
      @tedpeterson1156 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He actually started performing on an electric guitar.
      Wonder what could have done with a stack of Marshalls? I mean if he had a mind to...

    • @allanclark8811
      @allanclark8811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tedpeterson1156 we can only imagine! Thanks Ted.

  • @326dad
    @326dad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Saw Doc and Merle in Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y. in 1971. It was an AWESOME performance !

  • @edmccaffrey1
    @edmccaffrey1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    An American original, and icon in country and bluegrass music. A godly man and no doubt one of the worship leaders in Heaven. May God richly bless you Doc, now your eyes allow you to see the Glory of God!

    • @eamontrolleybus1289
      @eamontrolleybus1289 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wats omnipotent make believe deities got to do with it

    • @Southernguitar74
      @Southernguitar74 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@eamontrolleybus1289 you must be truly miserable.

  • @joepalooka2145
    @joepalooka2145 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I saw Doc and Merle in 1973 at McCabe's Guitar Store in Santa Monica. It was one of my most memorable performances. Great to see him here with Merle's son Richard.

    • @beverlyandrews-potry233
      @beverlyandrews-potry233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I too saw Doc and Merle twice...lucky me. When I listen to him I am filled with deep sadness over the tragedy of Merles death. Glad he got to perform with Richard. He will always be with us through his 🎶

  • @jamesbeam35
    @jamesbeam35 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    LEGEND
    My only regret is that I wasn’t at this EPIC performance

  • @driftingstranger
    @driftingstranger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of the few people whom I've never met, but I loved.

    • @JanJohanssonmusic
      @JanJohanssonmusic  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      a lot of people feel that way about Doc...

  • @Karen-yg8rn
    @Karen-yg8rn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am so happy I got to see him before he passed. You just sink right in.

  • @stephenfoust6759
    @stephenfoust6759 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    What a gifted and humble man,,,,,,

  • @ianbriton7956
    @ianbriton7956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the boss!!!!!!

  • @cosmyccowboy
    @cosmyccowboy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Back around 2007 I was living in Lagrange ga. I somehow either heard on the radio or read a flyer where doc Watson would be coming to town. Now I wasn't quite sure who doc was but I seemed to remember reading his name on the back of the great nitty gritty dirt bands circle be unbroken album from the early 70's! So I went to a small auditorium in a RV park not really having any expectations. . . My bottom jaw dropped to my chest and stayed there for over an hour. . . My face hurt the next day from sitting there for so long with a big ole grin on my face! It wasn't just doc but the group of pickers that sat in a semi circle around him produced the best guitar music I have ever heard!

    • @JanJohanssonmusic
      @JanJohanssonmusic  6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Jeff Logue - Thank you very much for sharing that delightful memory. I know what you mean My jaw was temporarily paralyzed after hearing him play Black Mt Rag on the WTCBU album

    • @cosmyccowboy
      @cosmyccowboy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@JanJohanssonmusic doc must have been 81 or 82 by that time and he glowed, I mean he was translucent! You could see his soul shine!

    • @christineschmidt8494
      @christineschmidt8494 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hi Jeff, Dennis here, that's exactly how I heard of Doc also. My father in law filled me in on the rest. The Dirt Band is one of my favorite bands also,especially the Circle albums. All of those older players on a newly produced album doing all of their original songs was a stroke of genius.

    • @Hollcall
      @Hollcall 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      IMHO......Doc's pplaying was always WARM. Cheers

    • @georgealexander8661
      @georgealexander8661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have a great imagination, but there is NO WAY I
      can think why ANYONE would turn thumbs down
      on ANYTHING done by the great Doc Watson!!!

  • @billyblech
    @billyblech 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    i like doc watson very. nice guy ever. god bless him

  • @johnalmond650
    @johnalmond650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Saw Doc live in Tucson years ago and he did not disappoint. Thanks for uploading this concert, it was such a delight to see and hear. The talent that came out of the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee is awesome: Doc Watson, Dollie Parton and more. Simple, elegant, the very best.

  • @virginiwoolf
    @virginiwoolf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Didn't grown up with this music, just heard Doc Watson and fell in love...thanks

  • @j.l.ballentine8687
    @j.l.ballentine8687 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The great Guy Clark gave Doc one of the greatest compliments in his song "Dublin Blues" with the line, "I have seen the David, I've seen the Mona Lisa too, and I have heard Doc Watson sing Columbus Stockade Blues." Pretty haughty company for a little blind kid from Deep Gap, NC and right on the money.

  • @dancochrane617
    @dancochrane617 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Doc Watson could sing and play guitar beautifully, but his choice of songs, his ability to compose is what made him an ace among deuces I first heard him when he did Tennessee Stud back in about 1980 ? Excellent music, thanks

    • @bluerxstandard
      @bluerxstandard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      An ace among deuces... That's good. Never heard it.

  • @leonwhittington1773
    @leonwhittington1773 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got to see Doc performing in Southern Pines one night about 15 years ago. It was luck, I didn't even know he was in town. I was in a club about a block from the theater where Doc was to perform. I was talking to a guy at the bar ( who I didn't even know), he said he had extra tickets to the Doc Watson show, let me have 'em at a discount

  • @dancochrane617
    @dancochrane617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks Doc Watson 😂 a beautiful shining musical star 🌟 playing with feeling, singing with style , songs with incredible inspiration. Made my day better today.

  • @dominiquecharles1004
    @dominiquecharles1004 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Un grand bravo à Doc Watson que j’ai vu à Paris dans les années 75/80. Un concert inoubliable. Cette vidéo est super !! Merci à celui qui l’a enregistrée.

    • @armoise1
      @armoise1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Je l'ai vu à l'Olympia avec son fils Merle à la même époque. En avance pour le concert, nous avons bu une bière à la brasserie la plus proche, avant de réaliser que les deux gars assis à la table voisine étaient Doc et son fils.
      J'ai eu du chagrin quand Merle s'est tué, et encore quand ce grand Monsieur est parti, j'ai envoyé un mot à sa famille car Doc fait partie de ma vie, pas une semaine sans sa musique!

  • @dalecarter923
    @dalecarter923 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Just Beautiful.

  • @Thomas-mo4bw
    @Thomas-mo4bw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the first time ever herd Doc.and knew who he was,wow. Bout 70years ...amazing

  • @bigab0507
    @bigab0507 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Loved this guy!

  • @christophervaca7116
    @christophervaca7116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Doc is my fav.

  • @rll1954
    @rll1954 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I don't recall the year, maybe around 2001. Doc, along with Mike Snyder, Ralph Stanley, and others, came to Norris, TN to play at the Museum of Appalachia. It was an outside venue except the stage was covered. It rained during Doc's performance. I stood there in the rain in an expensive Stetson hat, but it was worth it. BTW, the had dried out just fine and I still have it.

  • @elysium619
    @elysium619 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    They'll never be another. We lost so much when lost him.

  • @MrPlooky
    @MrPlooky 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I saw Doc headline a 3-day bluegrass festival in my hometown, Grand Terrace, CA, in the 70s, he played two shows a day, which means I got to see him 6 times!!!!

  • @abm1968
    @abm1968 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greatest!

  • @jerryw6699
    @jerryw6699 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I first heard Doc Watson on the radio back in the 1980's. We have a local station that would play Tennessee Stud, and they still do. But I never heard any other song until the world wide web got going and now I see what I have missed in my 52 yrs. I like almost all types of music, but Doc's style is second to none. Thanks for making my evenings soulful and relaxing.

  • @hackbritton3233
    @hackbritton3233 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The chords that old man put in a song should scare most. Listen to his recordings. Oh my great scott.

  • @adamrafferty
    @adamrafferty 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    WOW. Stellar singing and playing. I salute you Doc (and Merle!)

  • @schoontube
    @schoontube 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is incredible. Thanks for sharing!

  • @litemetal
    @litemetal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of the few musicians that doesn’t get asked “ do you read music”. Actually I read music as good as Doc.😊

  • @suelarson2562
    @suelarson2562 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Miss Doc everyday. Loved him.

  • @barrydismukes7601
    @barrydismukes7601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Doc Watson and Richard! Can’t get no better!

  • @endgraindan
    @endgraindan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    First time I saw Doc was Merlefest in '96...was better than I expected then I got to see preform with numerous excellent pickers all throughout the weekend. Unreal!! Doc and Dawg is still one of my favorite albums of all time!

  • @eldor7985
    @eldor7985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Heavenly voice! And guitar skills 😎❤

  • @MARKCANEER
    @MARKCANEER 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Doc and Merle are two Stellar examples of not appreciating what we have before it's gone. Doc left behind shoes too big to ever be filled.

    • @dieselman7453
      @dieselman7453 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So true bro I’m reading this In Ireland under a tree because it starting to rain .. I love doc and play his tunes when I get the chance and merle was a wonderful guitarist and Richard rip to them all ., be well friend cheers from Ireland 🇮🇪.. Brian .... it’s funny the way we comment here and never know who ur talking to it’s a weird world🎸🎸

  • @kyzor-sosay6087
    @kyzor-sosay6087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank You for this video,absolutely fantastic.

  • @shaggyroggers1084
    @shaggyroggers1084 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Dude is a legend I never knew for years that some of my favor musicians were covering him and he was just covering others made jokes about how he couldn't write a lick frequently.

  • @johnpage7380
    @johnpage7380 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    First saw Doc and Merle together on TV in the 70's and have been a fan ever since. Sadly shortly after that telecast Merle was killed in a freak farm accident. All that talent laying in the grave so soon.....doesn't seem fair some how! Doc has since joined his son and they are playing in heaven now together again. RIP guys!