According to The Advocate’s John Wirt, although Watson was 86 years old, he demonstrated “masterful flat picking and finger ...

Whether you are an expert in folk music or if you can’t tell a banjo from a mandolin, a new biography, “Doc Watson: A Life in ...

Doc Watson, the blind Grammy-award winning folk musician whose mountain-rooted sound was embraced by generations and whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world, ...

You could hear the mountains of North Carolina in Doc Watson's music. The rush of a mountain stream, the steady creak of a mule in leather harness plowing rows in topsoil and the echoes of ancient ...

Doc Watson was the finest guitar picker of his time. Paul Natkin/Archive Photos via Getty Images Ted Olson, East Tennessee State University Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson was born on March 3, 1923, in Stony ...

Doc Watson has been called "a living national treasure" for his virtuoso flat-picking and his repertoire of traditional folk and bluegrass tunes. For more than five decades, the blind guitarist has ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Doc Watson, the Grammy-award-winning folk musician whose lightning-fast style of flat-picking influenced guitar- ists around the world for more than a half-century, died Tuesday ...

Doc Watson, the pioneering folk musician who elevated and shaped guitar playing in America across genres and generations, died Tuesday in North Carolina at the age of 89. In a statement, Watson’s ...

Dolly Parton remains a singing marvel at 77, sounding clear and strong on a new rendition of her ’60s hit “The Last Thing on My Mind” that will appear on the upcoming Doc Watson tribute album I Am a ...

A music great who was well-known in the region passed away Tuesday night. Grammy-award winning musician Doc Watson has died. We've learned Watson died Tuesday at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital Medical ...

If the name Doc Watson doesn’t resonate into your soul, you may not know Appalachian music. Watson, a Deep Gap, North Carolina, man considered one of the greatest flatpicking guitarists of his time, ...