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    Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel...
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  • Doc Watson's discography includes principal albums as a solo artist, as well as with his son Merle Watson, The Watson Family and as collaborator with...
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    his father, Doc Watson. 1965 – Doc Watson & Son 1967 – Ballads from Deep Gap 1971 – Doc Watson on Stage 1972 – The Elementary Doctor Watson! 1973 – Then...
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    bass player of bluegrass and folk music. He is best known for work with Doc Watson and the Seldom Scene. Coleman grew up in Mayodan, North Carolina, graduating...
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  • bluegrass guitarist. He was Doc Watson's performing partner since the early 1980s. As major influences, Lawrence cites Doc Watson, Clarence White, and Django...
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  • music at an early age and were particularly inspired by recordings of Doc Watson, Flatt and Scruggs, Bill Monroe, and other progenitors of country, bluegrass...
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    player Doc Watson was born in Deep Gap and lived there until his death on May 29, 2012. In 1887, the Gap Creek Baptist Church was established. Doc Watson, guitar...
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  • country-and-western players, including Roy Acuff, "Mother" Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Merle Travis, Pete "Oswald" Kirby, Norman...
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    direction changed. He became aware of the folk and blues musicians such as Doc Watson, Lightnin Hopkins, Merle Travis, and Mississippi John Hurt, as well as...
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    the World in 1983. In 1994, Scruggs teamed up with Randy Scruggs and Doc Watson to contribute the song "Keep on the Sunny Side" to the AIDS benefit album...
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