Friday 3 March 2023

Doc Watson

 Well, the house is now full of boxes and mysterious items, small and large, waiting to be unpacked and disposed. It's going to be a long job... Meanwhile, I'm crossing the border into Derbyshire to spend the weekend with my cousin – but before I go, I have to quickly mark a centenary: a hundred years ago today, the great guitar picker, singer and songwriter Doc Watson was born at Deep Gap, in Watauga County, North Carolina.  For a fine tribute (complete with poem), see today's Anecdotal Evidence. I have nothing to add except to offer this sample of the Doc in action, here with bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs (as ever in his buttoned-up business suit) –




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