Person · US guitarist, singer & songwriter
Doc Watson
Albums
78
Members
4
Active
1923–2012
Origin
United States
Biography
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music. Watson won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Watson's flatpicking skills and knowledge of traditional American music are highly regarded. He performed with his son Merle for over 15 years until Merle's death in 1985 in an accident on the family farm.
Discography
At Folk City
Bill & Doc Sing Country Songs
Doc Watson
Doc Watson With Clarence White - Home Recordings
Southbound
Strictly Instrumental
Doc Watson On Stage
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad / Freight Train Boogie
Elementary Doctor Watson
New Born King
Old Time Music At Clarence Ashley's
Summertime
The Essential Doc Watson
The Essential Doc Watson
Make Me A Pallet
Memories
Cypress Grove Blues
Doc and the Boys
Home Again!
I Can't Help But Wonder / Southbound Passenger Train
Live at Newport Folk Festival
Old Timey Concert
Hot Guitar / Doc Watson Guitar Album
Reflections
Out in the Country
Favorites
A Prairie Summer Home
Riding the Midnight Train
Portrait
Favorites of Clint Howard-Doc Watson
Doc Watson Sings Songs for Little Pickers (live recordings)
On Praying Ground
Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record, Volume 2
My Dear Old Southern Home
The Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley: 1960 Through 1962
Docabilly
The Vanguard Years
The Vanguard Years Sampler
Good Deal! Doc Watson in Nashville
Doc & Dawg
Legends of Bluegrass (Gold Collection)
Mac, Doc & Del
In Concert
The Best of Doc Watson: 1964 - 1968
The Best Of Doc Watson 1964-1968
Third Generation Blues
Doc Watson at Gerdes Folk City
Foundation: The Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964-1998
Legacy
'Round the Table Again
Songs From Home
Songs From Home
Tennessee Stud
Doc And The Boys / Live & Pickin'
The Three Pickers
Trouble in Mind: The Doc Watson Country Blues Collection 1964-1998
Vanguard Visionaries: Doc Watson
Americana Master Series: The Best of the Sugar Hill Years
The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show / Reflections
20 of His Best
Credits
Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton
Live at Club 47
Never the Same Way Once - Live at the Boarding House - May 1974
Wondrous Love
Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 3
Third Generation Blues
Doc Watson & Son
Good Deal! Doc Watson in Nashville
Docabilly
Songs From the Southern Mountains
The Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley: 1960 Through 1962
My Dear Old Southern Home
Remembering Merle
Doc Watson Sings Songs for Little Pickers (live recordings)
On Praying Ground
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Portrait
Riding the Midnight Train
Shake Your Little Foot
Pickin' the Blues
Down South
Doc & Merle Watson's Guitar Album
Meat Puppets
Out in the Country
Red Rocking Chair
Reflections
Live & Pickin'
Look Away!
Lonesome Road
Old Timey Concert
Dirt, Silver & Gold
Doc and the Boys
Home Again!
Memories
Two Days in November
Waitress in the Donut Shop
The Essential Doc Watson
Then and Now
Elementary Doctor Watson
Ballads From Deep Gap
Strictly Instrumental
Southbound
Doc Watson
At Folk City
33 Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals
Bill & Doc Sing Country Songs
Bluebird
Busy Bee Cafe
Doc Watson On Stage
Family & Friends
Favorites
Folk Songs Of The Hills
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad / Freight Train Boogie
High Country Snows
Hull's Victory
In Concert
Jammed If I Do
Macarena (Country Version)
Mockingbird
Norman Blake & Tony Rice 2