Doc Watson Live at Purdue University 3-19-64

Track List:

1. I Got A Pig At Home In The Pen
2. Every Day Dirt
3. The Deep River Blues
4. The St. James Hospital
5. Fisher’s Horn Pipe
6. Going Back To Jericho
7. Country Blues
8. Doc’s Guitar
9. I Was A Stranger
10. The Long Black Veil
11. The Lawson Family Murders
12. Beaumont Rag
13. Muskrat
14. The Roving Gambler
15. The Lone Pilgrim
16. Handsome Molly
17. The Train That Carried My Girl from Town
18. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down

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. His flatpicking skills and knowledge of traditional American music were highly regarded and he often performed with his son, guitarist Merle Watson, until Merle’s death in 1985, the result of a tractor accident on the family farm.
The loss of his vision to an eye infection before his first birthday was never a hindrance to Doc Watson playing guitar, in both flatpicking and fingerpicking style, although he’s best known for his flatpick work. His guitar playing skills, combined with his authenticity as a mountain musician, made him a highly influential figure during the folk music revival of the mid ’60s. Watson pioneered a fast and elegant bluegrass lead guitar style including fiddle tunes and cross picking techniques which were adopted by many others.
Watson recorded his first solo album in 1964 and began performing with his son Merle, age 15, as rhythm guitarist, later that same year. This recording was made at a critical time in his career, prior to Merle joining him, so you have a unique opportunity to hear Doc Watson perform solo, without anyone accompanying him.
As a result of the resurgence of interest in folk and bluegrass music, Doc was invited to appear at the 1963-64 Newport Folk Festivals and he performed at Town Hall in NYC in 1963 with Bill Monroe
This revival of interest was often manifested by enthusiasm for the genre on college campuses, which led to this amazing and rare performance recorded at Purdue University on March 19, 1964.
Over his career, Watson won seven Grammy awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music from Berklee College and the National Medal of Arts from President Bill Clinton in 1997.

Doc Watson’s estate is exclusively represented by
Folklore Productions/FLi Artists, Santa Monica, California