Godspeed Doc

gdb
gdb Posts: 6,012
edited May 2012 in Music & Movies
Sad news.....

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20120530/US.Obit.Doc.Watson/
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited May 2012
    Sounds like a great old timer. RIP
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited May 2012
    Check out "Will the Circle be Unbroken" with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band et al. Especially "Tennessee Stud" w/Doc ! Oh Hell....here ya go....

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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited May 2012
    One more time....

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  • 72RR
    72RR Posts: 159
    edited May 2012
    RIP Doc
    Truly inspirational, both as a player and a person
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited May 2012
    RIP Doc, Sad news, Man they are dropping like flies lately.
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited May 2012
    Dang, I was hoping he would be able to pull through. I'm glad I got to see him solo and with friends just a few weeks ago at Merlefest, he seemed to be in pretty good shape for how old he was. Next years fest is going to be a sad one without him, R.I.P. Doc...
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,430
    edited May 2012
    Thanks for the music, Doc. Here's a favorite of mine:

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    Jay
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited May 2012
    "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and friends (oh what friends!) was the first album I ever heard with Doc Watson on it. Man he had a distinctive style.

    Some great music on that double album. The outtakes and between the songs banter are interesting. Some of the old country guys, Roy Acuff in particular, are pretty funny the way they admonish the NGDB to maintain a steady tempo. You get the feeling they didn't think a lot of those young'uns!
    "Science is suppose to explain observations not dismiss them as impossible" - Norm on AA; 2.3TL's w/sonicaps/mills/jantzen inductors, Gimpod's boards, Lg Solen SDA inductors, RD-0198's, MW's dynamatted, Armaflex speaker gaskets, H-nuts, brass spikes, Cardas CCGR BP's, upgraded IC Cable, Black Hole Damping Sheet strips, interior of cabinets sealed with Loctite Power Grab, AI-1 interface with 1000VA A-L transformer
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited May 2012
    My favorite Doc album is Memories; plays a lot of the traditional stuff he cut his teeth on.

    Cody - You think they'll go through with Merlefest next year? If they do, man, there won't be a dry eye in the house.
    Wristwatch--->Crisco
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited May 2012
    They's good hosses !!!
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited May 2012
    strider wrote: »
    Cody - You think they'll go through with Merlefest next year? If they do, man, there won't be a dry eye in the house.

    It will go on, next year is going to be tough, but I expect that they will try and put on something special. I know quite a few of the people who make the event happen, this year was the 25th year, and they we're all saying they would like to see it go on another 25. Wont be the same though without Doc though...

    I coudn't believe my first Merlefest of how big of a draw Doc was, every year. Doc's music really got me into bluegrass and folk music, and its now mostly what I play around the house. SO much good bluegrass out there to be discovered.
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  • Dawgfish
    Dawgfish Posts: 2,554
    edited May 2012
    RIP Doc. He was truly one of a kind and one of my favs. Godspeed Doc.
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