Previously Unreleased 1963 Live Performance On Double LP!
Includes 4 Previously Unreleased Songs From Doc's Early Performing Repertoire!
Long acknowledged as Americas premiere folk guitarist, Arthel Lane Doc Watson was born in what was then the tiny rural community of Deep Gap, North Carolina in the heart of the Blue Ridge mountains on March 3, 1923. Surrounded by music and musicians, Doc and his siblings grew up listening to hymns, murder ballads and down home string band music, all of which would later find places in his own repertoire.
In 1953, Doc formed a honky tonk dance band with pianist Jack Williams called Jack Williams and his Country Gentlemen. Their repertoire consisted primarily of rockabilly, country and western, pop standards and square dance tunes, and Doc played electric guitar in this ensemble. To fill occasional square dance requests, Doc learned to flatpick fiddle tunes on the guitar, as Joe Maphis had done in the 1930s. Unlike his contemporaries Chet Atkins and Merle Travis, who started their professional careers playing acoustic guitars and later switched to electric, Doc began on electric and later made the transition to acoustic with the advent of the folk revival of the Sixties.
Although he continued to work with Williams playing country and pop music, Doc never stopped playing traditional mountain music with his family and friends at home. These included Clarence Tom Ashley, Docs father-in-law Gaither Carlton, and two other neighbors, fiddler Fred Price and guitarist Clint Howard, all of whom would travel and record with Doc in the future. It was in these comfortable home surroundings that Doc was first discovered and recorded by folklorist Ralph Rinzler and collector and discographer Eugene Earle, who were on a collecting trip through North Carolina looking for traditional artists to record. Once these field recordings were released, as Old Time Music at Clarence Ashleys Vol. 1 (and later Vol. 2) on Folkways Records, Docs reputation grew, and he soon began playing for enthusiastic urban audiences farther from home.
Features:
Double LP
Previously unreleased 1963 live performance
24 bit mastering
Includes 4 previously unreleased songs from Doc's early performing repertoire
Limited time digital download
Selections:
Side 1:
1. Wabash Cannonball A.P. Carter
2. The House Carpenter Traditional
3. I Wish I Was Single Again Traditional (previously unreleased)
4. Little Darling Pal Of Mine A.P. Carter
5. Train That Carried My Girl From Town Doc Watson
6. Worried Blues Traditional
Side 2:
1. Old Dan Tucker Traditional (previously unreleased)
2. Sweet Heaven When I Die Claude Grant
3. Doc's Talkin' Blues Chris Bouchillon
4. Little Margaret Traditional (previously unreleased)
5. Sitting On Top Of The World Lonnie Carter and Walter Jacobs
6. Dont Let Your Deal Go Down Doc Watson
7. Blue Smoke Merle Travis
Side 3:
1. Deep River Blues Doc Watson
2. Way Downtown (w/ Ralph Rinzler and John Herald) Doc Watson
3. Somebody Touched Me (w/ Ralph Rinzler and John Herald) Doc Watson
4. Billy In The Low Ground (w/ John Herald) Traditional
5. Boil Them Cabbage Down Traditional
6. Everyday Dirt David McCarn
Side 4:
1. I Am a Pilgrim Merle Travis
2. No Telephone In Heaven A.P. Carter
3. Hop High Ladies The Cakes All Dough Traditional (previously unreleased)
4. Little Sadie Doc Watson
5. Black Mountain Rag (w/ John Herald) Doc Watson
6. Blackberry Rag (w/ John Herald) Doc Watson
7. Days Of My Childhood Plays Alfred G. Karnes
Includes 4 Previously Unreleased Songs From Doc's Early Performing Repertoire!
Long acknowledged as Americas premiere folk guitarist, Arthel Lane Doc Watson was born in what was then the tiny rural community of Deep Gap, North Carolina in the heart of the Blue Ridge mountains on March 3, 1923. Surrounded by music and musicians, Doc and his siblings grew up listening to hymns, murder ballads and down home string band music, all of which would later find places in his own repertoire.
In 1953, Doc formed a honky tonk dance band with pianist Jack Williams called Jack Williams and his Country Gentlemen. Their repertoire consisted primarily of rockabilly, country and western, pop standards and square dance tunes, and Doc played electric guitar in this ensemble. To fill occasional square dance requests, Doc learned to flatpick fiddle tunes on the guitar, as Joe Maphis had done in the 1930s. Unlike his contemporaries Chet Atkins and Merle Travis, who started their professional careers playing acoustic guitars and later switched to electric, Doc began on electric and later made the transition to acoustic with the advent of the folk revival of the Sixties.
Although he continued to work with Williams playing country and pop music, Doc never stopped playing traditional mountain music with his family and friends at home. These included Clarence Tom Ashley, Docs father-in-law Gaither Carlton, and two other neighbors, fiddler Fred Price and guitarist Clint Howard, all of whom would travel and record with Doc in the future. It was in these comfortable home surroundings that Doc was first discovered and recorded by folklorist Ralph Rinzler and collector and discographer Eugene Earle, who were on a collecting trip through North Carolina looking for traditional artists to record. Once these field recordings were released, as Old Time Music at Clarence Ashleys Vol. 1 (and later Vol. 2) on Folkways Records, Docs reputation grew, and he soon began playing for enthusiastic urban audiences farther from home.
Features:
Double LP
Previously unreleased 1963 live performance
24 bit mastering
Includes 4 previously unreleased songs from Doc's early performing repertoire
Limited time digital download
Selections:
Side 1:
1. Wabash Cannonball A.P. Carter
2. The House Carpenter Traditional
3. I Wish I Was Single Again Traditional (previously unreleased)
4. Little Darling Pal Of Mine A.P. Carter
5. Train That Carried My Girl From Town Doc Watson
6. Worried Blues Traditional
Side 2:
1. Old Dan Tucker Traditional (previously unreleased)
2. Sweet Heaven When I Die Claude Grant
3. Doc's Talkin' Blues Chris Bouchillon
4. Little Margaret Traditional (previously unreleased)
5. Sitting On Top Of The World Lonnie Carter and Walter Jacobs
6. Dont Let Your Deal Go Down Doc Watson
7. Blue Smoke Merle Travis
Side 3:
1. Deep River Blues Doc Watson
2. Way Downtown (w/ Ralph Rinzler and John Herald) Doc Watson
3. Somebody Touched Me (w/ Ralph Rinzler and John Herald) Doc Watson
4. Billy In The Low Ground (w/ John Herald) Traditional
5. Boil Them Cabbage Down Traditional
6. Everyday Dirt David McCarn
Side 4:
1. I Am a Pilgrim Merle Travis
2. No Telephone In Heaven A.P. Carter
3. Hop High Ladies The Cakes All Dough Traditional (previously unreleased)
4. Little Sadie Doc Watson
5. Black Mountain Rag (w/ John Herald) Doc Watson
6. Blackberry Rag (w/ John Herald) Doc Watson
7. Days Of My Childhood Plays Alfred G. Karnes
