Composer

Doc Watson

American musician (1923–2012)

1923–2012

110 works and musical collections

Born: 1923
Died: 2012
Birthplace: Deep Gap
Place of death: Winston-Salem
Citizenship / historical state: United States
Period (estimated from birth year): Contemporary

Biography

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. He won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. His fingerpicking and flatpicking skills, as well as his knowledge of traditional American music, were highly regarded. Blind from a young age, he performed publicly both in a dance band and solo, as well as for over 15 years with his son, guitarist Merle Watson, until Merle's death in 1985 in an accident on the family farm.

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Life and musical career

Occupations: guitarist; singer-songwriter; street artist; banjoist; singer; composer; musician
Instruments played: banjo; guitar; harmonica; voice
Genres: country music; blues; bluegrass music; folk music; gospel music
Awards: National Medal of Arts; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award; North Carolina Award for Fine Arts
Official website: http://www.docsguitar.com
Nickname: Doc
Languages used: English
VIAF ID: 62706625
ISNI: 0000000078395058
GND ID: 132354802
Library of Congress ID: n81149279
MusicBrainz ID: 8aa38215-217d-432e-aca6-f2d85b05e843

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Guitar, Piano, Vocal, Voice
Genres represented: Country, pop, Rock
Source entries with composition dates: 0

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Risin' Sun Blues	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
'Rangement Blues	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Doc's Guitar	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
You Must Come In At The Door	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Cotton-Eyed Joe	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Open up them Pearly Gates	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Life Gets Tee-jus, Don't It	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Yankee Doodle (In Medley 2)	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Pallet On Your Floor	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
I Don't Love Nobody	See work details	See edition details Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sitting On Top Of The World	See work details	Piano Vocal Country · pop	View sheet music Work & edition details
Beaumont Rag	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Life Is Like A River	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Tom Dooley	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Make Me a Pallet on your Floor	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
New River Train	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sadie	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Your Long Journey	See work details	Piano Guitar Voice Rock · Country · pop	View sheet music Work & edition details
Nashville Pickin'	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Deep River Blues	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Black Mountain Rag	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Thoughts Of Never	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Froggy Went A-courtin	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Spike Driver's Blues	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Intoxicated Rat	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Foggy Mountain Top	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
What Is A Home Without Love	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Going Down This Road Feeling Bad	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Little Sadie	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
What Does The Deep Sea Say	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Frosty Morn	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Natural Born Gamblin Man	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Peach Pickin' Time Down In Georgia	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Tennessee Stud	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Windy And Warm	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Florida Blues	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Bonaparte's Retreat	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
A-Rovin' On A Winter's Night	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Georgie	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Katie Mory	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Matty Groves	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Southbound	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Train That Carried My Girl From Town	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details
Your Lone Journey	See work details	Guitar Country	View sheet music Work & edition details

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 62706625. Portrait: boonejag75, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.