Doc Watson on Stage
1971 live album by Doc Watson, Merle Watson
Doc Watson on Stage | ||||
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Live album by Doc Watson, Merle Watson | ||||
Released | 1971 | |||
Recorded | 1970 | |||
Venue | Cornell University and The Town Hall, New York, NY | |||
Genre | Folk, country blues | |||
Length | 74:25 (LP version) 71:30 (CD version) | |||
Label | Vanguard | |||
Producer | Jack Lothrop | |||
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Doc Watson on Stage (sub-titled featuring Merle Watson) is the title of a live recording by American folk music artist Doc Watson, released in 1971. It was originally released as a double LP and contained many previously unreleased titles.
It was re-released on CD by Vanguard in 1990 minus the Hank Snow track 11, "Movin' On" included on the original release.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Matthew Greenwald called the album "One of Doc Watson's finest later records" and wrote "His feel and command of the instrument is truly incredible... A timeless slice from one of the fathers of modern country music."[1]
Track listing
- "Brown's Ferry Blues" (Traditional) – 2:43
- "The Wreck of the 1262" (Traditional) – 3:13
- "Spikedriver Blues" (Mississippi John Hurt) – 3:02
- "Deep River Blues" (Traditional) – 3:39
- "Life Gits Teejus Don't It" (Carson Robison) – 4:36
- "Lost John" (Traditional) – 3:32
- "Hold the Woodpile Down" (Bob Johnson) – 2:58
- "Billy in the Low Ground" (Instrumental) – 1:46
- "I Am a Pilgrim" (Traditional) – 2:42
- "The Clouds Are Gwine to Roll Away" (Carson Robison) – 2:51
- "Movin' On" (melody by Hank Snow, parody lyrics written by Homer & Jethro) - 2:15 (not on the CD)
- "Windy and Warm" (John D. Loudermilk) (Instrumental) – 2:32
- "Doc's Guitar" (Doc Watson) (Instrumental) – 1:35
- "Open Up Them Pearly Gates for Me" (Traditional) – 3:11
- "The Preacher and the Bicycle" (Traditional Folk Tale) – 1:28
- "Jimmy's Texas Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:47
- "Banks of the Ohio" (Traditional) – 3:45
- "Roll On Buddy" (Traditional) – 3:04
- "Southbound" (by Merle & Doc Watson) – 3:16
- "Wabash Cannonball" (Traditional) – 3:07
- "When the Work's All Done This Fall" (Traditional) – 3:42
- "Little Sadie" (Traditional) – 2:37
- "The Quaker's Cow" (Traditional Folk Tale) – 1:38
- "Salt River/Bill Cheatham" (Instrumental) – 2:38
- "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down" (Traditional) – 4:08
Personnel
- Doc Watson – guitar, harmonica, vocals, banjo
- Merle Watson – guitar
Production notes
- Jack Lothrop – producer
- Ed Friedner – engineer
References
- ^ a b Greenwald, Matthew. "Doc Watson on Stage > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
External links
- Doc Watson discography
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- Doc Watson
- Doc Watson and Son
- Southbound
- Home Again!
- Ballads From Deep Gap
- Doc Watson in Nashville: Good Deal!
- The Elementary Doctor Watson!
- Then and Now
- Two Days in November
- Memories
- Doc and the Boys
- Lonesome Road
- Look Away!
- Red Rocking Chair
- Doc and Merle Watson's Guitar Album
- Down South
- Pickin' the Blues
- Riding the Midnight Train
- Portrait
- On Praying Ground
- My Dear Old Southern Home
- Docabilly
- Third Generation Blues
- Strictly Instrumental
- Old-Timey Concert
- Reflections
- Doc & Dawg
- Del Doc & Mac
- Old-Timey Concert
- Doc Watson on Stage
- Live and Pickin'
- Songs for Little Pickers
- Remembering Merle
- Round the Table Again
- The Essential Doc Watson
- Original Folkways Recordings: 1960–1962
- The Vanguard Years
- Watson Country
- The Best of Doc Watson: 1964–1968
- Foundation
- Doc Watson at Gerdes Folk City
- Songs from Home
- Legacy
- Tennessee Stud
- Trouble in Mind: Doc Watson Country Blues Collection
- Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues
- Black Mountain Rag
- Vanguard Visionaries
- Americana Master Series