Album · 1973
The Essential Doc Watson
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Tom Dooley
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3:13
2
Alberta
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2:40
3
Froggie Went A-Courtin'
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4:02
4
Beaumont Rag
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1:37
5
St. James Hospital
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3:25
6
Muskrat
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2:51
7
Down in the Valley to Pray
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1:57
8
Blue Railroad Train
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2:41
9
Rising Sun Blues
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4:17
10
Shady Grove
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2:55
11
My Rough and Rowdy Ways
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2:28
12
The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
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3:45
Disc 2
1
Black Mountain Rag
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1:30
2
I Was a Stranger
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3:05
3
Blueridge Mountain Blues
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2:20
4
Country Blues
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3:05
5
Groundhog
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1:40
6
Little Orphan Girl
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2:50
7
Blackberry Blossom
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1:50
8
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
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2:05
9
Rambling Hobo
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0:50
10
Little Omie Wise
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4:05
11
Handsome Molly
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2:00
12
Whitehouse Blues
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1:30
13
I Want to Love Him More
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2:05
14
Way Downtown
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2:00
In print
First pressed 1973, still pressed 1990 — 16 pressings across 5 countries.
Credits
Arnold Watson
Instrument · banjo
Buddy Harman
Instrument · drums
Buddy Spicher
Instrument · fiddle
Doc Watson
Instrument · acoustic guitar, vocals, harmonica, banjo
Don Stover
Instrument · banjo
Eric Weissberg
Instrument · double bass
Floyd Cramer
Instrument · piano
Fred Price
Instrument · fiddle
Gaither Carlton
Instrument · fiddle
Junior Huskey
Instrument · double bass
Merle Watson
Instrument · guitar
Russ Savakus
Instrument · bass
Tommy Jackson
Instrument · fiddle
Des Redding
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Jack Lothrop
Producer
Ralph Rinzler
Producer
Annie Watson
Vocal · vocals
Clint Howard
Vocal · vocals
Alton Delmore
Writer
Clarence Ashley
Writer
Dock Boggs
Writer
Elsie McWilliams
Writer
James “Iron Head” Baker
Writer
Jimmie Rodgers
Writer
Lead Belly
Writer
Rabon Delmore
Writer
[traditional]
Writer