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This year we thought it was important to celebrate the life and music of our dear friend Doc Watson ... For the past 25 years he has been the artistic center of MerleFest, so everyone — musicians and fans — came together as a family to pay special tribute to the man and the musician who meant so much to us all.
We produce in this world a lot of extremely talented, bright people who contribute in a whole range of fields, but there are really only a very few geniuses produced, and Doc Watson was truly a genius when it came to music
From the beginning, Doc Watson has been the artistic center of this festival ... So for MerleFest 2013, we will come together as a family to pay special tribute to the man and the musician who meant so much to us all.More quotes »
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Online Voters Suggest Legacy Recording by Flatt & Scruggs with Doc Watson
& Scruggs with Doc Watson, Strictly Instrumental (Columbia, 1966) Bluegrass instrumentals from the strings of guitarist Doc Watson and his friends Flatt & Scruggs and their Foggy Mountain Boys. Strictly Instrumental is the result of a momentous session held from Cybergrass Read more »
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Old Crow Medicine Show at MASS MOCA FreshGrass Bluegrass & Roots Fest
spirit that leaps off their strings whenever they pick up an instrument. Discovered by legendary bluegrass picker Doc Watson while they were busking on a street corner in Boone, North Carolina, the group's ascendancy happened on the heels of its first major from Cybergrass Read more »
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Fest season
In fact, the band’s website displays prominently a part of the Westminster Catechism: “The chief end of man is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.” That’s something, almost everyone who knew MerleFest’s founder agrees, Doc Watson is doing right now. from World Magazine Read more »
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Daylight Video
up dreaming of this song, which has been performed by many musicians, but none better than Doc Watson: “Shady Grove.” Ed Kilgore is a contributing writer to the Washington Monthly. He is managing editor for The Democratic Strategist and a senior fellow at from Washington Monthly Read more »
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MerleFest draws crowd, honors Doc Watson
artists, performing on 14 stages. “This year we thought it was important to celebrate the life and music of our dear friend Doc Watson,” said Ted Hagaman, director of the festival. “For the past 25 years he has been the artistic center of MerleFest, so everyone from Greensboro News Record Read more »
