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Doc Watson has died
WRAL news ^

Posted on 05/29/2012 5:12:20 PM PDT by doubleA

Breaking News: Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson died at 89 at a Winston-Salem hospital Tuesday evening, according to his manager and a hospital spokesman.

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1 posted on 05/29/2012 5:12:23 PM PDT by doubleA
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To: doubleA; mylife
Sad news.

Thank you Doc for the memories.

2 posted on 05/29/2012 5:16:29 PM PDT by South40
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To: doubleA

R. I. P. Doc Watson


3 posted on 05/29/2012 5:17:25 PM PDT by Southern Partisan
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To: doubleA

Sherlock is sad.


4 posted on 05/29/2012 5:19:04 PM PDT by TaMoDee ( Lassez les bons temps rouler dans les 2012! Allez Pack!)
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To: South40

He’s gone back to the old home.


5 posted on 05/29/2012 5:21:53 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: doubleA

RIP DOC. THANK YOU! There is a pallet down on my floor for yunz if yunz need it.


6 posted on 05/29/2012 5:22:23 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts bolt the Constitution together as the loose screws of the Left fall out!)
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To: doubleA

Not familiar with the name...can anyone cite some of his more popular songs?
Thanks.


7 posted on 05/29/2012 5:22:51 PM PDT by Ignatz (Winner of a prestigious 1960 Y-chromosome award!)
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To: doubleA

RIP Mr Watson, you were about the best


8 posted on 05/29/2012 5:23:57 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (I like Obamacare because Granny signed the will and I need the cash)
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To: doubleA

RIP Doc. I know you are with Merle now (his son). Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your music and the way your soul shone through it.

I can play some of his classics, pretty close to note-for-note. I just can’t do it as fast. Many flatpicking guitar heros stand on Doc’s shoulders.


9 posted on 05/29/2012 5:25:41 PM PDT by CPO retired
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u0gBEOG3js


10 posted on 05/29/2012 5:25:41 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: doubleA

Reunited with Merle.

“He had the nerve, and he had the blood...”

Thanks, Doc, RIP


11 posted on 05/29/2012 5:25:46 PM PDT by PlateOfShrimp
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Doc was the best damm flat picker ever in my book and one of my heroes. I’m glad I got to see him when I did because there won’t be any more chances on this earth.


12 posted on 05/29/2012 5:25:55 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes (What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today.)
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To: doubleA

Rest in peace Doc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=migePRg5ClE
Doc Watson - I am a Pilgrim


13 posted on 05/29/2012 5:27:29 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Ignatz
One of my favorites
14 posted on 05/29/2012 5:28:36 PM PDT by gortklattu (God knows who is best, everybody else is making guesses - Tony Snow)
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To: Ignatz
You ain't from 'round here, is you? :-D

Watson is best known for his stellar guitar picking style, but he sings a little too. (Oh, dear -- sang.)

Shady Grove

Way Down Town

Deep River Blues

God rest him, he was one of the last of the real old-timey musicians.

15 posted on 05/29/2012 5:29:59 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGS Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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16 posted on 05/29/2012 5:30:28 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: mylife

If you were aiming for Doc, you missed.


17 posted on 05/29/2012 5:32:26 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes (What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today.)
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To: doubleA
RIP. I just listened to Deep River Blues again. Man had talent, and didn't let a little thing like being blind slow him down much.

/johnny

18 posted on 05/29/2012 5:35:06 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Liberty Valance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5c1k949Zn4
Tennessee Stud - Doc Watson and Jack Lawrence


19 posted on 05/29/2012 5:37:31 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: doubleA

I had the pleasure of seeing him perform at least a dozen times when I lived in Boone. Truly an artist.


20 posted on 05/29/2012 5:39:47 PM PDT by 11Bush
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