An Evening with Doc Watson
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- Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2017
- This is a great UNC-TV production from around 1997. Lot's of great blues ...Doc is accompanied by his grandson Richard Watson - Merle's son.
Doc has often been called a national treasure but his influence goes far beyond the US. Doc was a an international icon revered all over the world. As a matter of fact the first time I saw Doc was in Nagoya, Japan. He performed with Merle and T Michael Coleman.
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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.
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You are a very lucky man. Nobody was better than ole Doc.
Thank you for sharing this memory with us. Happy new year Brian. Stay strong!
Dude.. That's incredibly unbelievable.... So jealous... Jk
Incredible memory dude
Now I know why Billy Strings had so much respect for this man.
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."
A jammin' partner for sure!!
God does not need anybody, humans need God.
@@christopherfreeman2767 About half right, I'd say.
God HAD a flatpicker!!
@@christopherfreeman2767
Humans created every one of the thousands of gods recorded in history, including yours.
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 !!!
Right.. the wiring. I forgot about that.
hallelujah brother
@@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
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..
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 ..
Yes. God’s gift 🎁 to the world 🌎
I wish Doc was still here. I'm still just beginning to get to know him.
Gman1717 black same here brother
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.
Saw him at Grass Valley back in the 90's. I spent a lot of years studying his style and material over the years.
Get Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle be Unbroken. Doc is all over it along with Vassar Clements and other bluegrass greats.
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
Docs voice and delivery just got better the older he got.
No one picked the guitar sweeter than Doc.
Rory Gallagher and Roy Buchanan
The chords that old man put in a song should scare most. Listen to his recordings. Oh my great scott.
Grandfather of Country Blues picking... The blind Doc is a genius.
i like doc watson very. nice guy ever. god bless him
doc was the GOAT of traditional music
i am a new fan at 60 years old
So glad to own a Gallagher Doc Watson Signature,wish i couldve met the man.
genuine greatness is rare, and this man is a rare singer, songwriter and guitar picker
I just love the way doc talks and phrases his sentences
It's musical
@@richardnish6469 bingo
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.
He comes across as a wholly decent person
National Treasure !!!!!
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.
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
what a beautiful man that was
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)
Unfortunately Doc's son Merle died in 1985 in a tractor accident. This is Merles son and Docs grandson.
@@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
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.
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🎸🎸
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.
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
An hour,Boy what a great conversation that must of been. Im jealous.
Man I just discovered Doc last year I love his music.
He is fabulous!
Doc , you are part of what history is made of. RIP SIR.
Thank you, such a gentle humble man, genius musician. I love Doc xxx
A master!
Nobody rises to Docs playing and singing
There will never be such as him in my life time again
Sweetest voice I ever heard. Bless you Doc Watson.
the boss!!!!!!
Saw Doc at the Barn UC riverside. 1991. happy I won't die without that experience.
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.
Thank you for the listing... Your English is mighty fine.
@@JanJohanssonmusic what's the name of the song at 23:25? thanks.
@@jerryw6699 Thanks for making the set list. The number is called The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
@@jerryw6699 - thanks for the set list... the number is called The Train That Carried My Girl from Town...
@@jerryw6699 _ The Train that Carried My Girl to Town
Doc is many Genre s but I prefer too think of Doc and remember his presence as a true Folk musician
I sure do miss Doc Watson!
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.
good story...
LEGEND
My only regret is that I wasn’t at this EPIC performance
What a gifted and humble man,,,,,,
Heart warming.Thank you Doc.
One of the few musicians that doesn’t get asked “ do you read music”. Actually I read music as good as Doc.😊
rip doc,and thank you for the music.
I heard doc say the air smell different when he was growing up and he was sure that was fresher
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
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
Unfortunately Richard has passed on also…
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.
I got to meet this man, he was interviewed, by Kelly Lang in huntington beach.. long ago...nice man and what a talent!!
First time I have ever watched him top10 !!!!!!!!
As I listen the tears roll down and remember that my Dad and Doc were the greatest influence in my life.
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.
Greatest!
Loved his fast-triplet picking, he could shred! Also, his use of old-time songs is inspiring.
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...
@@tedpeterson1156 we can only imagine! Thanks Ted.
I've been a fan since 1968. I got to meet him once when I was young. I miss him as well...
My name is Jon Johnson,I live in Wisconsin,I cut down the trees,get down on my knees,and...hell I can't even remember the rest!
Doc is my fav.
I just cant get enough of docs music
One of the few people whom I've never met, but I loved.
a lot of people feel that way about Doc...
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.
Been listening to Doc after I got into Billy Strings and to be honest after almost a year I just figured out he was blind lol.
Billy just brought me here. How bout that Ryman run?!
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.
"And I have heard Doc Watson play Columbus Stockade Blues" Guy Clark "Dublin Blues"
He's got the "preacher's" NUMBER!
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.
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 🎶
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.....
Saw Doc and Merle in Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y. in 1971. It was an AWESOME performance !
What a great guitar player... a true genius!
He was Amazing...
I was lucky to spend 4 days together with him in Beanblosem In. At bill Monroe festival. I then drove him to Louisville to catch a bus back to home. Saved him 8 hours bus time.
He never forgot that. Every time I saw him after that he remembered me. I'll miss him he was a wonderful person.
Heavenly voice! And guitar skills 😎❤
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!
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
@@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!
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.
IMHO......Doc's pplaying was always WARM. Cheers
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!!!
They'll never be another. We lost so much when lost him.
I could listen to Doc all night....A night with Doc Watson and Billy Strings.....
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!
Sure makes me miss my dad...
No words. Except those two.
That makes five
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.
Just Beautiful.
Great....A Genius
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 !
Yeah man. Billy turned me on to this icon
lord have mercy.
🎵
Miss Doc everyday. Loved him.
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!
Thanks Doc Watson 😂 a beautiful shining musical star 🌟 playing with feeling, singing with style , songs with incredible inspiration. Made my day better today.
If blues is feelin good about feelin bad and feelin alright about feelin left out I’m greatful for my Judaeo Christian roots to keep aliveness in my heart.
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.
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!
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!
Thanks for sharing that great story, Margaret
Doc deep river !!! You're the man
Moody river. Wow what a song
Columbus Stunkade Blues is also great 👍 Sorry, recycled comment😐
His iterperatation inspired me since i was 12 , legend
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
An ace among deuces... That's good. Never heard it.
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
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.
Moody River blew me away. So beautiful.
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!
Wats omnipotent make believe deities got to do with it
@@eamontrolleybus1289 you must be truly miserable.
Doc & Chet was the best..
This is the first time ever herd Doc.and knew who he was,wow. Bout 70years ...amazing
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!!!!
Awesome